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Alabaster Dawn - A GEM in the making!

Hideous Snake

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Alabaster Dawn is an Action RPG building on top of the best aspects of Radical Fish Games' previous title CrossCode, featuring a deep and engaging combat system, challenging puzzles and an epic story set in a curious world full of secrets to discover and places to explore.

The shadow of Nyx has fallen, warping the world into a wasteland and vanishing the gods and their people. Now, Juno, the Outcast Chosen, awakens to an impossible task: bring it all back.

Tiran Sol, a World in Ruin


Alone and without the guidance of the gods, Juno finds herself in a ruined world she once called home. Her task: awaken the rest of humanity and rid the world of Nyx. Only in unity can the world be rebuilt and only through the strength of a Chosen can the curse be broken.

But where are the gods? How long has humanity slept and what is the mysterious entity known as Nyx?

A (planned) 30-60 hours of playtime await you in this massive adventure, with 7 unique areas and many secrets to uncover. Rebuild settlements, establish trade routes and advance science by helping people. Each new advancement will be accompanied by the settlements changing visually, opening up new paths and opportunities!

Dance around your Enemies


Experience a deep and fast-paced combat system inspired by Devil May Cry, Kingdom Hearts and CrossCode. Take full control over a total of 4 elements and 8 unique weapons of which 2 can be slotted into each element at any given time. To fight the many different enemies found in the game, you will have to make use of everything at your disposal and to help with that - you can switch your setup at any time, even during combat!

Unlock Combat Arts on each weapon's skilltree (yes, that's one skilltree per weapon!) to pummel enemies in style, and top it all off by equipping Divine Arts to each element, unleashing powerful spells to finish off even the hardiest of foes.

Exploration


While the gods may be silent, they've left many structures and secrets for you to find. Solve challenging puzzles using your weapons and team members, parkour along hidden paths, find treasure or simply collect various resources while exploring the world of Tiran Sol. Treasure found while exploring can contain a host of different rewards, such as new recipes for the cooking system, gems to slot into your equipment, upgrade materials and many more. Whatever you do will always be a help to you or the various communities you will come across!

Can't reach some loot yet? No worries, the world map allows you to place reminders, fast travel between landmarks/checkpoints and mark objectives. It's up to you to decide how much guidance you want!

An RPG Through and Through


Alabaster Dawn gives you plenty of systems to build your main character. Equip gems into your weapons and core to activate powerful enchantments. These can range from simple stat increases to situational buffs that change the way you engage enemies. Expand your available gem slots using the skilltree and craft/upgrade gems via particular NPCs called "Artificers".

You can even level-up your healing options! Cook dishes at resting spots to increase your stock of healing bulbs and unlock powerful temporary boosts. By cooking a great variety of dishes and using your boosts, you will increase your Palate Level, further enhancing the effects of your future meals. With plenty of ingredients at your disposal, it would be a waste not to turn them into precious "food XP"!

Show this game some love man although its in Early Access but it is VERY CLEAR that this is a gem in the making!

 
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Looks good but I do t support early access anymore. I've found that once I play it in a bad state I get bored waiting and don't want to replay the same stuff over and over waiting for new content before I'm burnt out on it before 1.0 release
 
Loved Crosscode. I'm waiting till its at least far along that i wouldn't have to start over again from scratch when its "done"
 
Bought the EA at launch. Will wait for 1.0. Combat IMO needs work. It's not as fluid as Crosscode IMO. Too much focus on weapon swap and you have to set up loadouts for each element.
 
Just like No Rest For The Wicked, the console release will signify when I should buy the game, because that's usually the 1.0 version.

Looking forward to it for sure.
 
Loved Crosscode so I bought it at launch, will let it reach a more complete state before I play it.

The protagonist having white hair, red & black clothes? She's Helltaker coded!

9.webp
 
Crosscode almost instantly entered my top 10 of all time. A masterpiece of game design.

It's painful, but I will wait for a physical console release...
 
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
"Early Access will continue as long as necessary until we complete the main story of the game. Since Alabaster Dawn (much like CrossCode) is ambitious in scope, we expect Early Access to go on for at least 2 years. This allows us to not rush development and to deliver a final game we can be proud of."

Sounds cool and all but I think I'll wait.
 
CrossCode was good and I tried the demo of this and liked it. It's gonna be a good one but Early Access single player games is stupid. I'll be there when the real game comes out though.
 
featuring a deep and engaging combat system, challenging puzzles and an epic story set in a curious world full of secrets to discover and places to explore.
Yeah, sounds like a video game, all right.
 
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