Spire of Arkodea
Arkodea is an independent game studio based in North-East Scotland, founded by developer Ray Tweedie. Spire of Arkodea has grown from a solo passion project into a collaboration with artist Sarah Cooper and composer Tom Targett, bringing together a shared love of distinctive, characterful games and worlds. Support from the Starter Fund gives Arkodea the opportunity to dedicate substantially more development time to Spire of Arkodea, expand the contribution of its collaborators, and turn the current playable build into a polished vertical slice. The funding represents an important step towards establishing Arkodea as a sustainable independent studio focused on creating original, slightly offbeat yet sincere games.
Key features
- An original creature-raising RPG blending virtual-pet care, exploration and real-time battles.
- Players are drawn into a mysterious world inhabited by Monoforms: strange creatures which can be raised, trained, battled and evolved.
- A story-driven journey filled with unusual characters, hidden secrets and a central mystery: finding a way home.
- Real-time combat which rewards active defence, dodging, and careful use of each Monoform’s abilities.
- Each player’s Monoform can evolve in different ways and depends on more than just battling. Training minigames, quality of care, stats and the player’s actions all shape progression.
- A distinctive visual style inspired by the pre-rendered adventures of the original PlayStation era.
- Designed for players who love creature raising, virtual pets, nostalgic RPGs and strange, quirky, sincere worlds.
- Initially targeting PC and Mac via Steam, with other platforms planned for the future.
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The Starter Fund will let me take Spire of Arkodea from a part-time passion project into something I can properly commit to. The funding gives me more time to actually make the game, bring on some trusted collaborators as paid contractors, and turn the version I have now into something much closer to the game that’s been living in my head all this time. Above all, I want to use the funding to give Arkodea a proper foundation. The immediate plan is to finish Spire of Arkodea, but the real long-term goal is to build a small, sustainable studio that can keep making original games that feel like they belong to us.