Rite of Life launches on Kickstarter & Steam Greenlight news

Rite of Life is a Life-Sim RPG being developed for PC, Mac and Linux. It is heavily inspired by games such as Harvest Moon, Pokémon, Dark Cloud and Monster Hunter. It features a player-driven open world where you start with a small encampment. Through exploring, battling and gathering resources you can turn your home into a prospering town.

Yesterday Rite of Life launched on Kickstarter and we've had an amazing first 24 hours. Over £2000 has already been pledged of the game's £3025 base funding goal. We've also launched the game on Steam Greenlight earlier today. Below we're going to share the links to both pages as well as the latest trailer of the game and an in-depth look at the key features of Rite of Life. Let us know what you think and if the game interests you please consider sharing your support towards the Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight pages of the game.

• Player-Driven Open World - Progression throughout the game is defined by you. Whether you want to focus on developing your home, helping the villagers become masters of their craft, levelling up your character so that you can take on anything or exploring the vast world of Rite of Life. You set your own objectives.

• Influence The Economy of Your Home - Bring materials back to your village and watch as your home develops from a small encampment into a prospering town.

• Level Up Villagers - Bring relevant materials back to your home to help the villagers train in their specialised craft. As they improve, more will unlock in their shops.

• The Spectrum System - A unique levelling up system inspired from Final Fantasy X's Sphere Grid. Allows you to level up your character how you want to in order to suit your playing style.

• Innovative Town Editor Mode - Customise the look and feel of your home with an in-game editor mode. Also complete unique quests only possible using the town editor.

• Interior Editor Mode - Decorate your house with numerous items you find, craft or buy.

• Seasons, Dynamic Weather and Day & Night Cycles - Fully immerse yourself in the world of Rite of Life. Encounter different enemies, explore secret areas and experience new things as the seasons, variety of weather and time of day alter the world and how you can explore it.

• Unique Turn-Based Combat - A tried and tested turn-based combat system that allows you to choose how to attack your enemy, exploiting their weaknesses. Watch as the season, weather and time of day affect the strength and behaviour of the enemy you're fighting. Is the enemy more feral at night? Are they weakened in the snow? Can't they handle the summer heat? Discover when best to hunt certain enemies. Also includes a huge selection of skills, attack animations and fully animated boss battles!

• Ever-Changing Environments - A new adventure awaits you each day as the surrounding environments change offering new challenges and resources to gather.