Romanian developer Sand Sailor Studio and writer Thunderful have introduced that the third-person Viking sandbox survival sport Aska is working its subsequent closed beta in April. Particularly, the closed beta will happen April 15-21.
Anybody can join the closed beta by wishlisting Aska on Steam after which visiting the sport’s Discord to study extra about subsequent steps. Sign-ups shut on April 5.
For anybody simply catching up, Aska places gamers on a mysterious island the place they should trek out and “construct a Viking empire worthy of Odin’s reward.” The sport is playable solo or with as much as three others in co-op. You will get a better look within the trailer under.
“Gamers should survive, summon clever NPC villagers, gather sources, and construct a thriving settlement. Gamers might want to automate, handle and defend their increasing tribe and put together to outlive the bitter winters,” reads a line from the sport’s description.
Aska has been in improvement for greater than 4 years by a small crew of 10 individuals. Artistic director Cristian Diaconescu mentioned, “We’re coming into the ultimate section of our beta testing interval and we won’t wait to present gamers the facility to construct their very personal really purposeful Viking village, who is aware of what they will construct.”
A serious element of Aska is its AI NPCs. As followers of survival-type video games know, gathering and managing sources is an enormous time sink, however in Aska, AI characters do lots of that for you as you function the tribe chief.