The Book of Kleopatra: some changes

So, a little about the plans.

We have substantially reworked the concept of the "Book of Kleopatra" and are currently working on a new visual image of the main character. Why change it? Because the new character has gained new characteristics and a new style of life, therefore, the old image doesn't match her somewhat.

What changed. The heroine is still named Kiera and we still have not come up with an interesting last name :) But this is will fixable. Now the girl is no longer an archaeologist, not a xenologist, and nothing like that. You know, we don’t want to hear something like "this is a parody of Lara Croft!" Yes, and some parts of the plot with the life of an archaeologist, too, didn't match.

Now Kiera is an interplanetary criminal, an elusive thief who can penetrate anywhere and get everything he wants. The girl has a rich arsenal of both skills and devices for carrying out such operations, and at the same time there are many connections in criminal and other circles throughout the inhabited part of the galaxy. Yes, those of you who read the series of Harry Harrison's books "The Stainless Steel Rat" are probably now recognized in the description of the old Jim DiGriz :) Yes, yes, yes! Kiera is a very similar character to him.

Our heroine lives in an unremarkable and little-known place, which called a Hauser Island, located on a distant planet. Actually, the illustration above is a concept that we plan to take as a basis for the development of this location. It will certainly not look quite like that, but it seems. At its core, this is an abandoned smuggliers settlement, which has now been habited by various dubious individuals who prefer to been away from a noisy civilization. And if for the old version of Kiera (an archaeologist) such a place of residence was strange, then for her new image it is quite logical.

In everything else the game plot has not undergone significant changes. Kiera receives new order - get some ancient artifact stored in a hard-to-reach place. Quite possibly, it will be the repository "Ninth Dimension" already familiar to you, although it will also be significantly reworked for the better :) With the find of an artifact - Book of Kleopatra itself - on the girl fall a Spell, causing an ever-increasing sexual desire that you need to periodically quench, or the character will reach a state similar to drug intoxication and madness in a set, which will cause many difficulties in the game process. And, in order to get rid of the spell completely, it is necessary to carry out a special ritual for which it is required to collect the 69 artifacts, described in Book. In general, a lot of work to be :)

The location of most of the artifacts is unknown and the player will have to search and obtain information about them in various ways. Others are located in protected or simply inaccessible places from where they are not so easy to get. In general, the place of action of Kiera will be dozens of different locations on the set of planets belonging to different intelligent races, with different levels of development and friendliness.

Well, all this is in the future :) Currently we are working on the character itself as well as developing a "home" location - the settlement where Kiera and her diverse neighbors live. The game will begin exactly with it, there the player will be able to familiarize himself with the character control, interaction with the environment and NPC's, learn some skills and other things.

Of course, we will post the development details in a timely manner here. Stay with us, friends :)