[MEDIA ALERT] Announcing Sandbox Fantasy PRG, Astral Terra, Coming to PC, Mac and Linux

FISHERS, Ind. - Nov. 5, 2013 - PRLog -- Summary:

- Full Press Kit with all Assets:http://astralterra.com/press/

- Support Astral Terra on Kickstarter here: http://kck.st/1aplBDs

- Vote for Astral Terra on Steam Greenlight here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=191913279

Fishers, Indiana - November 5th, 2013 - Tethys Interative announces its Kickstarter campaign for the smooth voxel-based fantasy-themed open-world sandbox RPG, Astral Terra. The US Midwest-based indie game studio will allow players early Alpha and Beta access through their crowdfunding campaign, with several reward tiers and options to choose from.

Astral Terra utilizes an advanced voxel-based game engine that allows players to shape the world around them, in real-time, all while exploring, questing, building, digging, creating and so much more.  The replay value is infinite as you can play by yourself or with friends in this immersive and procedurally generated environment.  The game has been described as a Minecraft, Dungeons and Dragons, and DayZ hybrid since it takes the best elements of sandbox, fantasy and survival and combines them into one game.  Astral Terra was built with Unity and will be released on PC, Mac and Linux, as well as being distributed on Steam if the Greenlight campaign succeeds.

Core Game Features:

●     Dynamically Generated Worlds – With a robust modern smooth voxel system, our 7 worlds are generated on the fly every time a player starts a new game.

●     Play Your Way! Shape Your World! No starting Archetypes – just pick your race (The Fey, Dark Elf or Human) and start shaping the world around you. Your character grows the way you play them based on your actions and discoveries.

●     Discovery and Adventure – Unlock the mysteries of the world through exploration and discovery. With the infinitely generating procedural voxel world, the only limit to your journeys is your imagination.

●     Survival – Claim your land, defend it from monsters and other races as well as keeping yourself healed and full of stamina for future combat.

●     Mining and Crafting – Gather ingredients and resources from combat drops or from mining resources to build new items, recipes, and prefab structures. Our in-depth crafting system will have hundreds of weapons, armor and other items to craft with all of the various resources to be found.

●     Building and Sculpting – Create or carve any shape you like with our flexible voxel system – clay like blobs, cubes, spheres, octagons, diamonds and every other shape imaginable. You can also use one of the pre-made prefabs for quick building.

●     Combat and Looting – Dynamic MOB system that gives players the option to both fight and befriend monsters. No gameplay experience is ever the same with the ever-changing dynamically generated environments of Astral Terra.

●     Skills and XP – Gain XP through combat and exploration. Choose skills based on the type of player you want to be. Unlock powerful spells, divine priestly abilities or become a skilled melee warrior - you decide how your character progresses.

●     Invite Friends – Have some friends come over and join your world so they can check out your epic castle or underground fortress. Have them help you finish building out your settlement or go on adventures together – whatever you want!

●     In-Game Server Browser – Check out what other players are up to if their game is open to the public. Filter search results and find the right game for you. Make friends and forge alliances across the planes of Astral Terra.

●     Persistent Progression– Across all servers, game worlds, planes and everything your characters maintain their progression and growth. No need to make a new character each time you join a new game and you won’t lose any progress. This way, the adventures truly never end!

●     Player vs. Player - When playing with others, you're free to engage in optional PvP combat if working together isn't your type of thing. Maybe you want to stage a guild battle, or fight over the most valuable resources? The choice is yours!

Kickstarter campaigns operate under an “all-or-nothing” funding model, so if Astral Terra doesn’t reach its goal of at least  $52,000 at the end of 40 days (date) then Tethys Interactive will not receive any funds from the project. Be sure to follow them on Twitter (@AstralTerra) and Facebook to follow their progress. Consider donating as little as $1 to help their project come to life. If you decide to donate more, you will be among the first to play Astral Terra and receive backer exclusive rewards. The higher the funding amount goes, the more features it will have and the better it will be.

Q&As and Previews -

In addition to the funding request via Kickstarter, Tethys Interactive and Valkyrie PR are now accepting email-based Q&A interviews for coverage, as well as taking preview build requests. Preview builds will not be ready until next week, but we want to get an idea of how many people will be interested. If you’re one of the smart ones that are actually  interested in playing ASAP, hit us up here - david@valkyriepr.com - and let us know.  Remember - it’s in PRE-ALPHA status for all preview purposes and the game is far from finished. Recording and streaming will be allowed if you’re into that sort of thing (which would be awesome) but you will not be allowed to share the build or distribute it and you must clearly state in writing, titling and audibly (if video) that it is in PRE-ALPHA.

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About Tethys Interactive

Tethys Interactive is a small Indie studio located in Fishers, Indiana formed in 2011 by Chris and Amy Wightman.  The studio has successfully developed interactive presentations and games for local companies throughout the state of Indiana with the focus more recently shifting to their true passion of developing, and releasing self published indie games.  The first 2 public releases were fun and casual games for the mobile market(latest was Robot Kitten Balloon Assault on Google Play).  Astral Terra has been in development for 6 months. Tethys is an active IGDA member and has been very involved with the local Indianapolis chapter. Chris and Amy were both on the local IGDA board in 2012.

About Valkyrie PR

Founded in 2013, Valkyrie PR is a recently formed independent studio created to offer indie developers professional-grade and personalized PR, marketing and business services. With over 12 years of combined experience, David Jagneaux, Gary Swaby and Richard Bailey make-up Valkyrie and aim to promote independent studios and games across all platforms.  For more information, please visit: www.valkyriepr.com.