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To those that don't know what City of Steam is (no surprise there, we're an indie developer, so getting widespread recognition is a tad harder for us), it's an industrial fantasy/steampunk MMORPG, lightweight enough to play on even older computers and accessible straight from your browser. Even then, thanks to Unity 3D and a lot of in-house tools, we've managed to still make it look quite impressive, and all stored in but a few megabytes!

And this isn't just some average fantasy world with a few steampunk elements thrown in, oh no! The entire world itself is a mechanism of gears and spokes, with pipes and boilers as ancient as the world itself. Current civilizations are build upon these, and these industrial aspects are simply part of the world's history and daily life; races such as humans and elves do exist, but they live alongside dwarves that are part-machine, robotic toilers that roam the land, and both magical and mechanical monstrosities that threaten their existence.



(Go to http://www.cityofsteam.com/world/world-machine to check it out in full animation)

I'll  keep the rest of this short so I don't come off as just another spammer, but if you have any questions about the game I will gladly answer them!

Mmmm, that image brings back memories of Planescape. Ima do my research on this one and see if it's up my alley.

Thanks for checking it out! Be sure to let me know what you think.

This game looks pretty cool, im looking forward to trying it out :)

Nice, thanks! Let me know what you think, or if you have any questions. We've recently updated the site, too, so there should be a lot of stuff to check out if it interests you.

I'm just impressed by the new website and forum, nice work. The new Goblin-focused conent dev diary is what I've been waiting for a long time, can't wai to see more. Keep up the great work.

interesting mix best of luck guys, hopefully doesnt get group into that another browser game category.  Good to see some Indie Devs doing something original

Thanks! And yes, the "browser-based" stigma is something of an obstacle to overcome... Considering what we can pull off so far though, it's safe to say we can start changing that misconception (maybe not entirely, but it's a start).

Still, given that some are so set in their ways as to never give browser-based games a second glance, there's been talk about possibly having a client-based version in the future. Certainly not for Alpha though... but later? Maybe.

Originally posted by GTwander

Mmmm, that image brings back memories of Planescape. Ima do my research on this one and see if it's up my alley.

I played Planescape several years ago (around 5 or so maybe - I can't remember).  I thought it was an odd game at the time.  There were some things I really liked about it such as how you had to travel out of the underworld when you died.  A lot of stuff was broken or crudely implemented, but it was still fun to explore.

Originally posted by CoS_Ian

Thanks! And yes, the "browser-based" stigma is something of an obstacle to overcome... Considering what we can pull off so far though, it's safe to say we can start changing that misconception (maybe not entirely, but it's a start).

Still, given that some are so set in their ways as to never give browser-based games a second glance, there's been talk about possibly having a client-based version in the future. Certainly not for Alpha though... but later? Maybe.

This game looks pretty cool.  I've checked out the website and watched the dungeon making video (I liked it).  You have a pretty nice site. The merchandise section could use a little work.  I wanted to check out the coffee mugs, but the pictures could be better.

Overall, nice stuff.  I'm interested.  I'm also not worried about the browser thing.  I've seen some Unity games that looked pretty good.

since my last post, I have been jumping around the website, it looks pretty good, must say my biggest turnoff is that there are a lot of cool races which is great, but very few classes.  Now I dont know if maybe they branch off into sub classes or not, this is just my first view, and Class variation and races is always the first thing I explore, and there are many others like me

also dont like that Goblins and Orcs have the same physical starting str

Originally posted by Torvaldr

This game looks pretty cool.  I've checked out the website and watched the dungeon making video (I liked it).  You have a pretty nice site. The merchandise section could use a little work.  I wanted to check out the coffee mugs, but the pictures could be better.

Overall, nice stuff.  I'm interested.  I'm also not worried about the browser thing.  I've seen some Unity games that looked pretty good.

Hmm, true, that Mug section does look off. I've nudged the web designer guy about it. Thanks for pointing that out!

Originally posted by Myrdynn

since my last post, I have been jumping around the website, it looks pretty good, must say my biggest turnoff is that there are a lot of cool races which is great, but very few classes.  Now I dont know if maybe they branch off into sub classes or not, this is just my first view, and Class variation and races is always the first thing I explore, and there are many others like me

also dont like that Goblins and Orcs have the same physical starting str

 

There will definitely be more classes in the long run; the 4 right now are just what we'll have available initially. More will be added as we include more content (remember, we're still pre-alpha :P )

As for the stats...hrm, I asked design about it, and it's actually a typo. Their physical strength should be 2, and physical agility 7. I'll have someone fix that too, thanks for bringing that up!

Originally posted by GTwander

Mmmm, that image brings back memories of Planescape. Ima do my research on this one and see if it's up my alley.

First thing it made me think of was Terry Pratchett.

Just a quick update, we've got a new gameplay trailer up!

Have a look on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRR6ENSr780&list=UUyjRmmmX4KOQ9SJPkWFc53w&index=1&feature=plcp

Enjoy!

That picture looks almost like Diskworld ;)