Ubisoft is reportedly engaged on an Animal Crossing-inspired sport referred to as Alterra. Within the sport, gamers will construct their house on an island inhabited by NPCs referred to as “Matterlings.” Gamers can go away their house to find new biomes, Matterlings, and supplies out in broader environs.
Insider Gaming first reported on Alterra’s growth. In accordance with the report, the sport will use voxels to generate its world. For the unfamiliar, voxel graphics show cubes on a grid, a la Minecraft. Alterra can also be set to function constructing and crafting mechanics, letting gamers assemble objects and places out of supplies they discover out on this planet. The report claims Alterra was developed from a cancelled mission which additionally used voxel graphics.
Insider Gaming claims they’ve seen pictures of Alterra’s NPCs. The Matterlings are reported to resemble Funko Pops, i.e. cartoon figures with giant heads, albeit in a voxel fashion. Some Matterlings resemble fictional creatures like dragons, others real-world animals like birds and polar bears.
The report asserts that Alterra is beneath growth at Ubisoft Montreal. Patrick Redding (previously lead on Gotham Knights) is the mission’s inventive director. Fabien Lhéraud–who has labored as a advertising and marketing, model, and media supervisor at Ubisoft for over 20 years–is Alterra’s lead producer. The report signifies that the sport has been in growth for 18 months and is probably going nonetheless years away.