Gamescom Attendees Can Play the Game at Courage Cologne, on Indie Arena or Meet with Lofty Sky Devs in ESDigital Games Booth
August 19, 2024
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ESDigital Games :
GAMESCOM: COLOGNE, GERMANY-- MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2024 -- Indie publisher ESDigital Games and Toronto-based film and game production studio Lofty Sky Entertainment, have announced a Q1 2025 launch window for Sky of Tides. A new downloadable demo for the Sci-Fi Narrative Adventure-RPG is available on Steam in conjunction with today’s announcement.
Set in numen9, a technologically advanced universe on the brink of war, Sky of Tides explores the aftermath of a great calamity that fractured the planet, floated the oceans into the sky, and split the land into nine separate planetoids. Players follow Rin D’Lorah, a teenage girl who must venture across the least hospitable regions of numen9 in search of her missing father, joined by a runaway rebel and a robot with his humor parameters set to high. Along her journey, Rin encounters a diverse cast of characters that present choices that will shape both Rin and numen9’s future, as she discovers her power to heal the broken planet and its people.
The development team wanted to create a fresh take with Sky of Tides’ RPG elements, letting the story and tone influence the gameplay. Unlike most conventional RPGs that encourage min-maxing of character attributes, Sky of Tides rewards balance. There are 32 scenarios to explore, but for a limited time players who achieve parity will be rewarded with the complimentary exclusive unlocking of the Sky of Tides: Alta animated series, from within the game. The five-episode companion series tells the story from the perspective of Alta Gildeon, another compelling female protagonist, and her twin brother Kyrll.
“We’re storytellers first, and so it was important to us that the game mechanics emerge organically from the main character’s goals,” says Judith Chang, creative director at Lotty Sky. “It’s a broken world that’s divided and out of balance. The standard min-maxing of stats just really didn’t seem to fit here, so we’re trying something different. Players still make their own choices, and there are 32 possible outcomes in the end, but the game rewards balance because that’s really what the world and the story needs from Rin.”
Press and consumers attending Gamescom this week will be able to check out all-new gameplay for Sky of Tides at the Indie Arena booth in Hall 10 (2nd level, Space 10, Wednesday August 21 through Sunday, August 26. The game will also be part of this year’s Courage Cologne event at devcom Developer Night on Tuesday, August 20 (tickets). Press attending Gamescom are encouraged to meet with the developers on the ESDigital booth in the Galaktus bizhub (Hall 4.1, booth D-011).
A new demo with updated gameplay is now available. GDC 2024 “Best in Play” nominated, Sky of Tides is slated for release in Q1, 2025 for PC via Steam and the Epic Game Store, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One and X/S consoles and the Nintendo Switch next year. Wishlist or download the free demo with updated gameplay on Steam. For more information, please visit https://esdigital.games/.
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About Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.
Lofty Sky Entertainment is an independent media company that creates engaging stories and experiences across different digital mediums from games, film and TV, and virtual reality. Established in 2017, the Toronto based team has garnered significant critical acclaim, including the 2018 Canadian Screen Award-nominated narrative game Shuyan Saga and the feature film Eternal Spring, which became the first animated film selected as Canada’s official submission to the Oscars® for best international feature in 2023. The game team consists of developers, game designers, and artists who work on multiple original IPs at the studio. The creative team for Sky of Tides includes several female key creatives.
About ESDigital Games
ESDigital Games is a global video games publishing company specializing in premium indie and mid-core games for both PC as well as consoles. ESDigital Games portfolio includes the 80s-themed point-and-click adventure Unusual Findings and the Early Access releases of roguelike action RPG Scholar of the Arcane Arts, the twin-stick shooter REMEDIUM, RTS tower defense and match-3 mechanics title Cats on Duty and the complex alchemy RPG Battlejuice Alchemist. Other exciting titles in development include the side-scrolling Metroidvania inspired Awaken - Astral Blade, the story-driven sci-fi adventure Sky of Tides, the sci-fi stealth action game Steel Seed and the awe-inspiring action-adventure title Island of Winds as well as new unannounced titles in development. ESDigital Games has offices in London and Limassol, Cyprus.
Editor’s Note: Games published by ESDigital Games and representatives from each title’s development studio will be available at Gamescom in the following locations:
ESDigital Games Meeting Room - Hall 4.1 Booth D-011 (Galaktus bizhub)
Sky of Tides (Lofty Sky), Steel Seed (Storm in TeaCup), AWAKEN - Astral Blade, Battlejuice Alchemist (Alchemical Works), Island of Winds (Parity Games),and more.
Indie Arena Booth - Hall 10.2, Booth F010g - E019g (Section 1, booth 5)
Sky of Tides (Lofty Sky), Steel Seed (Storm in TeaCup), AWAKEN - Astral Blade, Battlejuice Alchemist (Alchemical Works), Island of Winds (Parity Games), plus photo zone with cosplayers.
Polish Indie Booth (Galaktus)
REMEDIUM (Sobaka Studio), Cats on Duty, Memory Lost
Additional Resources:
Sky of Tides Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1120330/
Sky of Tides 1st Release Window Reveal Trailer w/TV series Teaser: https://youtu.be/kfnpn4Z_7tw?si=usdfBWcjK_t8mf-9
Sky of Tides Reveal Trailer: https://bit.ly/SkyOfTides_Reveal
Lofty Sky’s Twitter: https://x.com/LoftySkyGames
Lofty Sky’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loftyskygames
Lofty Sky’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loftyskygames/?hl=en
Lofty Sky’s Discord: https://discord.com/invite/22DUvWpz
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