Terraria: Otherworld
Terraria: Otherworld was intended to be a new spinoff game of the Terraria franchise. It was originally announced by Re-Logic and Engine Software. It was described as an open-world sandbox RPG/strategy game that would take a novel approach to the Terraria experience to explore "what might have been".
Set in an alternate dimension within the Terraria universe, Terraria: Otherworld places the player (and a "rag-tag band of survivors") in a struggle to restore a corrupted world.
In April of 2017, Re-Logic announced that development of the game would no longer continue with the help of Engine Software. Instead, Pipework Studios had taken over in place and Re-Logic announced that "we will be working with Pipeworks to examine the entire game, from top to bottom, to see how it fits with our high expectations and core vision for this project".[1]
In April of 2018, Re-Logic announced that development of the game has been terminated, stating "our team has a clear vision for this game - one that we shared with all of you with much shared excitement - and, in spite of all of our efforts, the current state of the game remains equal parts far from that vision and beyond behind schedule from our initial planning when we shared Otherworld with all of you three years ago".[2]
With the release of version 1.4.0.1 for Terraria, the previously unreleased soundtrack for Terraria: Otherworld was implemented into the game as an alternate soundtrack accessible through the Party Girl.
Returning features
- Generated worlds made of many modifiable blocks and walls, including soils and ores
- Background tiles such as furniture, trees, and other plants
- Liquids such as lava and water
- Health and mana
- Dynamic time and weather
- Tools such as swords, axes, pickaxes, hammers, and bows
- Armor, accessories, and vanity items
- Coins and other items dropped from enemies
- Torches and Rope
Environments
Items
Enemies
NPCs
New features
- Many unknown new blocks, items, furniture, and enemies
- Story, lore and character development for NPCs
- Weapon skills and skill trees
- A defensive style of gameplay, featuring turrets that are able to be upgraded and customized
- Purifying towers, for removing corruption
- Wartowers, for defending purifying towers
- Dedicated wings equip slot
- More ways to fight the corruption
- New corrupted forms of blocks, such as Dirt and Snow
- More weather, such as lightning
- New enemies, such as Crystal Archer, Super Shark, Triffid, and Scavenger
- A new crafting station, the Zinc Anvil
- An improved crafting system, with crafting tabs and favoriting recipes
- New swinging hooks
- A more robust quest system
- A leveling system for weapons, including upgrade slots
- Extra large worlds
Environments
- Crystal Cave
- The Core
Items
- Ebondirt Block
- Gold Plated Tomahawk
- Striking Trident
- Flintlock Rifle
- Nickel Sword
- Promethium Spear
- Crimson Axe (item)
- Vampire's Kiss
- Hellbender
- Holy Staff
- Ore Buster
- Silicon Sword
- UFO Vehicle
Enemies
- Triffid and Scavenger Corruption enemies
- Crimother boss
- Super Shark
- Crystal Archer
- Spawnpod
- Crimson Eater
- Corruption Poisonbag
- Floating Sword Guy
NPCs
- A Snail NPC
Gallery
Videos
Screenshots
First screenshot from the website
Second screenshot from the website
Third screenshot from the website
Fourth screenshot from the website
Furniture in a house at day
Furniture in a house at night
Arctic biome
Underground building
Crafting interface
Inventory of the player and a tower
Player character models
3 staff weapons
Core biome
Quest from an NPC
World size selection, including extra large option
Fort inside a protective bubble
Silicon sword leveling up in a lava biome
Explosives skill leveling up in an ocean biome
House on the edge of a protective bubble
Surface building
Underground lava biome
Underground crystal biome
Concept art
Spawnpod
Enemies
Quest items
Trophies
Consumables
UFO vehicle
Furniture
Armors
Crimson eater
Corruption poisonbag
Floating sword guy
Sharks
Other images
Photo of a computer screen with Terraria: Otherworld being played on it
Photo of a computer screen with Terraria: Otherworld being played on it
The header from the game's steam listing
The steam screenshot for the soundtrack
The album cover for the soundtrack
The steam preview image for the soundtrack
The steam header for the soundtrack
Notes
- From the "The Core" screenshot, it seems that hearts and stars on the HUD represent only 10 health and mana, respectively.
- On May 11, 2020, in response to a Discord user asking him to finish development, Terraria creator Andrew Spinks stated, "100,000 signatures and $15 and I'll open source it."[3] A Change.org petition concerning the topic was made and the money was provided, and the petition received over 15,000 signatures in the first 2 days. However, on May 13, 2020, Andrew Spinks clarified, "If I release TOW source it's because I could get the legal details worked out. Not because of a petition."[4] The petition reached 100,000 signatures on January 17, 2022, however, Terraria: Otherworld remains unreleased, though it is said that Terraria 2 is in development, possibly being the alternative to this game.
References
- ↑ Changing of the Guard: An Update from Otherworld April 3, 2017
- ↑ This is the End: Otherworld Development Cancelled April 13, 2018
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/gjldl6/since_were_on_the_topic_of_redigit_saying_things/
- ↑ Redigit's message in #journeys-end-chat on the official Terraria Discord server May 13, 2020
