ION Lands, developers of the critically acclaimed adventure game Cloudpunk, brought their slice-of-life spin-off Nivalis to the PC Gaming Show with an announcement trailer. The team is also announcing a publishing deal with 505 Games, who will work to help release the game on PC through Steam. Take a look at the announcement trailer below!
Managing a Store in a Cyberpunk Cityscape
Nivalis, as the name implies for those who played Cloudpunk, takes place in the bustling city of Nivalis. While vibrant neon lights dot the shops and homes throughout the city, Nivalis is far from an easy city to make a name for yourself. Gangs infest the city streets, soulless corporate entities want to exploit every piece of you for profit, and best of all, the city could easily collapse at any minute with terrible infrastructure. Yet here you are, ready to make a life for yourself the only way you know how: business ventures!
As with any business venture IRL, you have to start small with things like food stalls and amenity stores for those who simply need something quick and on the go. Earn yourself some funds though, and you can quickly climb the ladder from owning a bar, to a nightclub, to owning the entire night underbelly of Nivalis. All of this, done with the beauty of an otherwise slimy city as your backdrop. Best of all, it’s all done in a unique voxel art style which is sure to impress.
While Nivalis showed off quite a bit of gameplay and in-engine footage during the PC Gaming Show, ION Lands currently doesn’t have a release window for the game set. You can be sure though that we’ll keep you updated when the game eventually releases on PC through Steam. Judging by Cloudpunk’s direction too, you can expect to see the game hit console storefronts at some point following launch.