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2014 · Black Forest Games · Action · Role-playing

Rogue Stormers

DieselStormers is a roaring run 'n' gun for up to 4 friends in co-op multiplayer mode with RPG elements, procedural level generation and a combinatoric weapons system that lets you make your own guns from a huge number of looted parts.

Released: 17 July 2014
Platforms: Linux PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One
Genres: Action Role-playing Adventure Indie Platformer Shooter
Developers: Black Forest Games
Publishers: Black Forest Games
Modes: Co-op Single-player Multiplayer
Engine: Vision, Custom built engine
Country: Germany
Age ratings: USK 12 ESRB T PEGI 16 ACB M
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian and 2 more
Features: Co-op Family Sharing Full controller support Multi-player Online co-op Remote Play Together Remote Play on TV Shared/split-screen Shared/split-screen co-op Single-player Steam achievements Steam trading cards
Time to beat: 3hmain story4hcompletionist

About

Rogue Stormers (originally DieselStörmers) is a fantasy action game, initially developed by Spellbound Entertainment. It was revealed at the Game Developers Conference 2010, in San Francisco under the project name Ravensdale, and it has been in development since 2007.

In 2012, Spellbound Entertainment went into administration, emerging as Black Forest Games. They have since planned on continuing the development under the name DieselStörmers until the developer changed the name to Rogue Stormers in 2015.

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Gameplay

Rogue Stormers is a multiplayer platformer focused on a cooperative style of gameplay. Players team up with their friends, fighting hordes of orcs and goblins with customizable weapons. As a reward for completing missions, the players receive crafting materials and gun parts, which can be assembled to fit their personal playstyle (e.g. affecting stats like range or rate of fire, bullet patterns like shotgun or cannon, or additional effects (rebounding shots, piercing shots, incendiary ammunition etc.). The game supports online- and local co-op, as well as single-player.

Development

The game has been in development since April 2013, but the concept already existed in 2008, before Spellbound received the rights for Arcania: Gothic 4. It was shelved at the time so that the team could focus its attention and resources on Arcania. After the successful release of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, Black Forest Games turned its attention back to Ravensdale and decided to fund the project via Kickstarter. In 2013, crowdfunding for the game was cancelled. In 2014 the game was renamed to DieselStörmers, and the team started a second Kickstarter campaign which was successful.

The game was released on Steam Early Access on July 17, 2014.