The huge open-world role-playing game from Daggerfall developers now wants your support

Even if development is slowly starting, you will probably have to wait a few more years for The Elder Scrolls 6. But two former Bethesda developers could now significantly shorten your waiting time.

The two role-playing veterans have been working on a modern and spiritual successor to The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall in Unreal Engine 5 for several years. The next big step will be financing. But the developers need help for this.

The developers want your help

We're talking about the role-playing game The Wayward Realms, whose development is progressing slowly but steadily. However, the question of financing is still open at this point. The developers want a crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter start and thus enable an early access release before it is sold to a publisher. So they rely on the support of the fans.

You can find more information about the game further down in the article. You can already see a teaser here:

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The Wayward Realms: Eerie trailer for the role-playing game from former Bethesda developers

Anyone who supports the campaign and joins Early Access via Kickstarter will have the opportunity to explore a defined area and experiment with the magic, quest and combat systems. Additionally, backers will receive a full copy of the game when it officially launches. The campaign is still going on start in spring 2024.

If you want to support The Wayward Realms, you can do so via the project page on Kickstarter make or the game put it on your Steam wishlist.

Rethinking procedurally generated content

The gigantic role-playing game is developed by OnceLost Games. This studio consists, among others, of the development legends Ted Peterson, who was involved in The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, Oblivion, Daggerfall and Arena, as well as Julian Lefay, who primarily worked on the first two parts of the game series.

The Wayward Realms focuses on complex action and decision system and wants to make every playthrough unique. To do this, the developers also rely on artificial intelligence, which generates parts of the huge open world and serves as the director of the gaming experience. You can see another teaser here:

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The Wayward Realms – Teaser for the open-world RPG from the former Elder Scrolls developers

The developers explicitly point out that Important quests, dungeons and cities are built by hand. The AI ​​serves to expand this basic framework as well as numerous NPCs and factions with dynamic quests and environments based on your actions. This should make the game significantly more flexible than genre colleagues like Skyrim.

You can find more interesting information about The Wayward Realms in our extensive preview. The developers also explain to you why, despite the AI ​​content, the role-playing game has much more in common with The Elder Scrolls than with games like No Man's Sky.

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What do you think so far about The Wayward Realms and the idea of ​​creating a unique gaming experience through AI-generated content? Will you be keeping an eye on the game? We are very interested in your opinions, so feel free to write them in the comments!