About this project

Hi. I'm Eli, and my team of people who make games is making a game. An online community based game named Favor The Gods to be exact. This game is about hundreds of players coming together to hew a civilization out of the wilderness. How about I start with the official setting for the game?

The world of FtG was once devastated by human technology, but it has since been reclaimed and rejuvenated by the forces of nature. Players are the Residents: the genetic legacy of mankind, out from inside technological ruins and fighting for survival in a beautiful and dangerous landscape. Players are free to live and do as they please, but survival demands a great deal and requires large scale thinking. The future earth is surreal, bountiful, and sets trial after trial upon the Residents as they re-forge civilization.

Well that certainly sounds nice. But what is this game? How is it different? Firstly the concept for this experience was born many years ago - forged from the idea that massively multiplayer games should actually be multiplayer games. It's nice that I can pick an MMO off the shelf and maybe watch other players hit the same beast I'm hitting or maybe we can have a conversation, but what that isn't - is player to player experience. The point of FtG is to change the way these games are approached, let alone played. We're striving for legitimate community function and player interaction by changing the focus of our game from 'combat' to one of 'survival' and 'discovery'.

In addition to making the game mechanics more intuitive and allowing players to construct almost anything they can think of we're going to add monthly plot-hooks in place of static quests and instanced experiences. These will be unique and a reflection of the state of the game world at the time of their inception. To find out more about the game itself you can go to www.FavorTheGods.com, but here's some of the meat and potatoes of what we're offering:
We're offering up isometric beauty - painted tiles and expressive animations make this an entrancing world to explore. Construct buildings from an ever increasing selection of elements and design in six directions: on, in, and above a layered world. Use parts you find or build your own out of the raw materials to craft unique tools to fit your changing needs. Our game-world is completely persistent - as time goes on and things shift and evolve the marks made on the planet will remain forever. We've placed the statistics behind the scenes and focused on making the game function more like the real world. We've replaced static quests and instanced areas with organic and epic monthly events, which will never repeat.

We've been working on this project for a long time and now we're ready to take it to the next level. We'll be using the money generated here to buy servers, a huge data pipeline, testing machines, and to market FtG upon completion. The $8000 we're asking for won't cover all our costs, but it is an excellent start. Please help us with whatever dollar amount you can pledge, even $1 helps!

For more information check out www.FavorTheGods.com, or stay in touch with our Facebook page. We'll also be updating this project page as frequently as we can!

Please help, and thanks in advance,
Eli C.