Re:Legend is what happens when Pokemon[1] meets Monster Hunter[2] meets Stardew Valley[3]. It’s a role-playing game with an emphasis on training monsters called Magnus, co-operative gameplay for upto four players, and life-simulation elements such as farming. The game will be available on the PC, PS4[4], Xbox One[5], and Nintendo Switch[6].
While it wears its inspiration on its sleeve, it also happens to be one of more successful gaming Kickstarter projects[7] out of Asia in recent memory, hitting all its stretch goals and getting 900 percent more funding than initially requested. Gadgets 360 caught up with the studio behind it - Magnus Games in Kuala Lumpur - to find out more.
Re:Legend origins
"I think our first game was called Zombie Shooter on the App Store. I don't want to remember. It was really bad,” says Dong Chee Gan who co-founded Magnus along with his brother Welson. That was over a decade ago when the duo were just students. My brother came up with an idea to make a game. I'd do the music, he'd write the code, so we made our first game almost 10 years ago. It's a zombie game, and it's no longer on the App Store. There wasn't many games during that time so we started making that and we did a few more different games.”
If you were expecting a rags to riches indie success story though, think again.
“We failed as we didn't know what should be done as game developer," he says. "The quality was not good. We decided to pursue our education to learn more about the industry, play more games, and meet better people.” Armed...