Tanzia, 3D open world indie RPG on Greenlight

Funny thing. I posted a link to a couple of giveaways that are invite only (not visible in searches on steamgifts.com) on the rpgwatch.com forums. The crazy thing is they've been up for 5 hours and not 1 single entry! It's rpgwatch.com for crying out loud, a site dedicated to RPGs. It says so right in the name. They watch RPGs. Maybe they're like those watchers in the Highlander series where they watch but don't interfere or something. 0 entries... in 5 hours... The community at steamgifts.com has been much more supportive of Tanzia with a lot of people loving the art style, people saying they love open world 3D RPGs (me too!), and everyone just generally really liking the game so far. So I figured I'd give everyone here a heads up. If you're still looking for a copy of Torchlight II or Dragon Age: Origins, swing by the thread on RPG watch. There's also a brief look at the back story of the game if you're interested in that.

http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28620

A cautious yes for me. Graphics looks nice and the music reminds me of Chrono Cross somehow. :/

Just checking though, are you looking to launch into EA or straight for v1.0 release because I might ignore the game altogether if it launches into EA. (No offense but I'm trying to cut down on EA games in my library.)

voted up instantly. would freaking love a game like that. reminds me of all my favorite "Rare" games. i miss that company

voted, thanks for showing me this :D <3 <3 <3 look forward to this game and your future games good sir!

Voted!

Voted. Best of luck :D.

Voted! Like the look of it and I love RPGs.

looks like a World of Warcraft for 3 years old kids

Voted! Looks amazing :) GL

Voted, good luck

well the trailer and screenshots aren't really explicit. screenshots are numerous but almost all the same. all we see is beach, bridge and jingle, without much of self-explanataining.. look at the very 4 last screenshots.. it's too much really.. you don't need to pick a screenshot every 0.1 second (exaggerating there).. that's against-effective for advertising and giving a good image of the game overall no matter its quality.. screenshots must be very different with eachother and have different schemes and overall colors.. must show different things, and get straight to an idea or a feature of the game, without spoiling it

the UI is too big and too glossy and doesn't fit well with what we see from the game world.. decrease its scale by half and bum you already improve the game.. and what are those huuuuge icons to the left ? if you want players to feel good in your game then don't make them feel that what seem to be "PAUSE", "SKILLS", "ACHIEVEMENTS" and "HELP" in front of their faces all the game. you said it wasn't designed for 3-years old but c'mon, really ? unless and even you want these icons to be part of the game (like, if the world's too empty and player needs them to not feel alone lol), you should make them smaller and not put them in the sides.. it completely goes against logical rules set for peripherical vision of the player that are important for a game experience in a 3D adventure game.. put them on an horizontal ligne at the top of the screen for example, or simply hide them.. i guess people can leave without an huge "HELP" icon next to their character all the time..

now as for the world itself.. the trailer doesn't really show much either. is the world that sad ? it looks like a small vacation island and yet there are almost only dark green grass and sad trees everywhere and everything looks the same. you could put flowers and overall vegetation variation to add life into your game and improve the positive player feels.. also the video trailer is pretty.. worthless ? and like for screenshots, pretty against-effective. you show clips here and there and yet it shows nothing, and more, it shows things the wrong way confuses potential buyers/customers/players because you put things that are out of contex and not self-explanatory that will make people wonder what's going on without trying to actually find what, leaving them with a "huh what a mess" impression of the game, and even more of yourself as a developers

it's efficient for a launch to advertise your game and pick a few thumbs up for your vote by giving away other games than yours but it's not much likely that having a good game to show and to play in the first place would screw you

edit : yeah watched the trailer a second time and the only thing i see is mobs running after you and a hand-controlled camera in the opening. that's something bad to show, it looks cheap. and the youtube advertising for your website right off the start of the video is irritating for the viewer. if someone wants to learn more about the game he'll check it up on google or something. prompting such a button will make people go away more than attract them. put a link in description it's perfect, don't bother with on-screen ads

Went to vote and apparently I already had...must have stumbled on it kinda recently too because it looked very familiar...I hope it passes Greenlight soon, it looks great

I already voted for it, but still i didnt like the interface, it looks like a ios/android game D:

Hey guys, Just wanted to let everyone know Tanzia was Greenlit today on Steam. Thanks for all your support!