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Ex-Fortnite devs' ‘collaborative RPG’ Project ORCS aims to let you make your own Baldur’s Gate 3Roll for initiative
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Image credit:Lightforge Media
Image credit:Lightforge Media
FormerFortniteand Blizzard developers have formed new studio Lightforge Games to make amultiplayerRPG that applies the collaborative world-building and storytelling of original tabletop Dungeons & Dragons to the polished video game presentation of its successors in the likes ofBaldur’s Gate 3.
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As you’d expect from a D&D-likeRPG, players can level up their characters across multiple quests, returning to a home base that they’ll also be able to upgrade and expand. Guilds are also planned, allowing players to form larger groups who share a world they’ve built together.
The whole thing looks very slick in its reveal trailer, with Lightforge CEO Matt Schembari’s work as a lead engineer at Blizzard and UI director at Epic Games - including on Fortnite’s battle royale mode - easy to see in the clean interface and social interaction between players.
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Project O.R.C.S. | Official Announce Trailer
“We’ve set out to make a roleplaying experience that has never been attempted before in the games industry. We’re calling it a Collaborative Storytelling RPG or CSRPG,” Schembari said. “Project ORCS is a collaborative game that will give new and old RPG fans a way to create their own stories on an interactive canvas.”
Whether that ambitious aim pans out remains to be seen, but we’ll be able to see for ourselves soon enough. Project ORCS is due to launch into early access later in 2024.
