Boss Level,a digital gaming startup, based in theDalston area of London, today announced their Kickstarter campaign to fund the
beta phase of their upcoming title Scavengers.
Scavengers is a turn-based strategy game in the style of X-Com, playable
directly through a web browser across PCs, mobiles, tablets and Smart TVs
without plug-ins. However, what truly
distinguishes Scavengers is that despite playing across these myriad platforms
with their different screen sizes and input methods, players will be playing
exactly the SAME game, no matter where they are. This true cross-platform functionality is
highlighted by the ability of players on different platforms to play against
each other at the same time, a feat not yet achieved by any other games on the
market.
The crowd-funding approach of Kickstarter perfectly incorporates the
ethos of Scavengers as being “open-to-all” whether it be via contributing or
playing. The Kickstarter “rewards” on offer thank pledgers by enabling them to
design large aspects of the game and the Boss Level team are excited to see the
level of creativity they expect this to release. In addition, the successful conclusion of the
beta stage will see the release of the Editor through which players will be
able to freely mod large sections of the game’s graphic, audio and map assets
and then distribute these assets via social media. Finally Scavengers is also entirely
free-to-play further ensuring one of the most open player bases ever, requiring
as it does no up-front purchases of hardware, software or licences to access
the game.
Nick Brown, CEO of Boss Level, said:
“We’re really
excited about finally bringing Scavengers to the wider public, both for them to
play it, but even more importantly, for them to contribute to it. Scavengers really is a world first in that no
matter where you play the game and on what platform, you will be able to play
exactly the SAME game with everybody else in the world at the same time. We hope that this Kickstarter campaign is
just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to working with our players as
collectively we build a massively fun and engaging shared experience that is
open to all.”
Richard Wilson, CEO of TIGA, said:
“Scavengers
highlights perfectly what our members are looking to achieve, mixing innovative
new technology with new gameplay opportunities, the latest business models to
ensure the broadest exposure and engaging with their players to the fullest
extent. Furthermore the team at Boss
Level should be commended for managing to get this far on a shoestring budget
and I hope that as many people as possible back this project.”
About Boss Level
Boss Level are using the very latest web technologies to create
massively multi-platform, multi-player games playable with friends and family,
via any web browser whether it be on a PC, mobile, tablet or Smart TV. Boss Level do not believe in building barriers
to players playing their games and thus their games are free-to-play,
accessible by all via the web, and designed to foster a community of
collaboration and sharing.
Contact Nick Brown nick@bosslevelgames.com