Swedish growth studio Memento Video games has revealed its new title, Jump Ship, an bold sci-fi co-op journey that appears like FLT meets Sea of Thieves and Starfield. Whereas gamers will have the ability to discover the cosmos and search out bounties on alien worlds, the twist in Jump Ship is that they will even be teaming as much as function a spaceship, hold it functioning, and participate in dogfights all through the galaxy. This co-op half varieties a significant a part of the gameplay loop, as gamers will take turns participating in numerous roles, whereas additionally working in the direction of a typical purpose of creating it out alive with as a lot loot as attainable.
“Nobody journey is identical, and issues usually flip into chaos out of nowhere,” Filip Coulianos, recreation director at Memento Video games, stated in a press assertion. “One second you’re chilling and scavenging for elements, the following you are desperately attempting to repair the gasoline leak on the surface of your ship as projectiles from enemy ships fly round your head and your captain is shouting to get strapped in as you attempt to escape the sector. We have tried to construct a recreation that brings the very best of the sci-fi area fantasy collectively in a single co-op expertise, and we will not wait to see individuals bounce in!”
Different key options in Jump Ship embody “modular exploration” via a number of jumps into uncharted territory, whereas randomized occasions and modifiers like photo voltaic flares and asteroid showers will hold gamers on their toes. Gamers can exit their ship to restore the outer deck, discover the floor of an asteroid, or use their jetpack to fly into enemy vessels, and Memento Video games says all of this may be achieved seamlessly and with out loading screens or transitions. The studio was based by a number of business veterans and at present has 12 individuals engaged on Jump Ship.
“We’re designing Jump Ship to fastidiously tread the steadiness between immersion and enjoyable in the case of area exploration,” Memento Video games CEO Daniel Kaplan stated. “We really feel the core gameplay is strong, however we additionally need to contain the gamers and make a recreation they are going to need to hold taking part in, which is why we shall be coming into early entry on PC and Xbox.”
Memento Video games is aiming to launch Jump Ship on the finish of 2024.