Surgeon Simulator, I Am Bread, I Am Fish… despite the claims of the studio founded in 2010, we can’t say that Bossa’s catalog (sold for a pittance in 2022) has gone beyond the stage of a nice game crazy. The fault of Worlds Adrift, this MMO project taking place in the heart of an archipelago of celestial islands on which Bossa had bet big before having to give up with a heavy heart in the face of the lack of players. A few years later, many elements of Worlds Adrift however, made the trip to Lost Skieswhether we are talking about the world made up of islands lost in the middle of a sea of clouds or the characters who survey this aerial universe with their grappling hook.
Bossa innovates
The big difference is that instead of making a massively multiplayer game, Bossa has scaled back its ambitions to adopt the much wiser formula of co-op adventure/survival gaming for 1-6 players. Direct consequence, Lost Skies already testifies to an achievement and an artistic direction that seems well above his aborted project (four screenshots hide among the concept art). Players will be able to build and command a flying ship to navigate between the plots of this world that has broken apart for unknown reasons and discover the secrets that hide in the remains of ancient civilizations. Resources from islands and ruins will improve both his ship (a real base of operations equipped for combat) and his character. The latter enjoys great freedom of movement thanks to tools and actions such as the grappling hook, the glider or climbing.
The output of Lost Skies is not expected until 2024 on PC, but those in a hurry can take part in the open development process that Bossa Games intends to launch later this year. “Throughout open development, the Bossa community will be able to access and test vertical slices of gameplay and specific elements and mechanics, and potentially change the course of game development. “, can we read. The first step to participate in these tests? Join the game’s Discord community.