Onibi Studio–a newly based sport studio that includes business veterans who labored on titles akin to World of Warcraft, Baldur’s Gate 3, Fortnite, and League of Legends–has introduced its first sport. Tomo: Endless Sea is an anime-inspired, open-world action-RPG during which gamers will get the possibility to tame mysterious creatures named Tomo, craft numerous contraptions, and discover a procedurally generated oceanic world generally known as Endless Blue. The sport may even help on-line multiplayer, and is labeled as an MMO, along with its different genres. Tomo: Endless Blue is presently scheduled to launch someday in 2026.
Alongside its announcement, Onibi Studio shared a first-look at Tomo: Endless Blue in an lovely trailer that turns shockingly darkish in its remaining moments. In it, two characters strategy an island aboard a flying whale-like creature that’s seemingly an island itself. The pair catch their first Tomo earlier than delving into the ocean beneath, swimming to shore, and beginning off on their very own journey on the voxel island. All through your complete trailer, an authentic track composed by Cécile Corbel–best recognized for her work on Arrietty–and sung by Ai Higuchi of Assault on Titan fame, performs. As for what occurs subsequent, properly… you’ll be able to see for your self:
Although Minecraft-meets-Pokemon is an apt comparability for Tomo: Endless Sea, the studio has additionally expressed nice emphasis on what units it aside, akin to the sport’s physics. On Tomo’s Steam page, Onibi Studio wrote, “Blocks have physics and can be utilized to create automobiles and contraptions. Whether or not it is a boat, crane, or airship, construct your individual machines block by block–with your creativity, the chances are limitless.” Moreover, the Endless Blue will embrace different options, akin to arenas, historic ruins, and “vibrant, bustling worlds that really feel really alive.” Villages, their structure, tradition, tales, quests, dialogues, and individuals are all dynamically generated, based on Onibi, in an try to make sure no two places are the identical.
“When worlds finish, fragments of their civilizations turn out to be islands adrift within the Endless Blue. As gamers embark on a journey to uncover the story of every procedurally generated island, they uncover vibrant villages crammed with characters and Tomo residing their lives, each island and village a microcosm of a novel tradition,” Onibi Studio wrote within the sport’s press launch. “The trailer peeks into only one story of many within the Endless Blue, giving us a slice of life on this infinite world the place one could uncover surprising secrets and techniques mendacity in darkness.”
Tomo: Endless Blue is obtainable to wishlist on Steam however doesn’t presently have a launch date. Beneath are a couple of photographs that showcase what gameplay will seem like.
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