Gameplay Overview
THE GAME VISION
Fableborne was conceptualized from the start as a mix of strategy and action RPG elements. At its core it combines base building and hack’n’slash gameplay in one game with a dual-stick controls scheme. While gameplay is the fun-hook, game progression becomes the essential retainer that keeps you pushing the scores, which is why we designed Fableborne with endless upgrade cycles with the possibility to trade any in-game item with others.
The Gameplay Pillars
- Easy to learn controls and good readability on the game maps
- Explore the world and discover new islands to gather resources
- Build and fortify your base, customize and upgrade to protect it from other players
- Raid other player’s islands in asynchronous PvP battles or fight in PvE challenges
- Upgrade your Echoes, unlock new skills and abilities to build the perfect Echo-roster
- Trade Echoes, islands, items and other NFTs on the marketplace
- Compete against other players in snackable sessions for real value rewards
PICK UP & PLAY
Easy to Learn Controls
Accessibility is one of Pixion Games core pillars, especially in regard to game design, so Fableborne was made to be easy to pick up. When you load into the game, the controls will be easy to understand and you get the hang of it in mere seconds.
You control your character from the isometric perspective (90 degree camera view angle) with twin-stick controls. On the left side you control your character’s movement with a control pad, left, right, up and down, while on the right side you can trigger your character’s abilities with buttons. In total your character will have a Basic Attack that you can continuously use, an active Special Ability, as well as a devastating Ultimate Ability you can use on a cool-down.
Readability
Another important aspect of accessibility is readability, which becomes even more important on mobile devices and in a competitive environment. It makes gameplay more watchable, which helps viewers, on stream for example, to understand what’s going on in the game. And when you are playing by yourself, the gameplay experience feels much fairer. No one wants to be hit by something out of the blue that you can’t see and lose first place in the league, eh?
Since Fableborne is very action oriented, you constantly need to dodge enemies and avoid being hit by tower projectiles, while making sure you don’t trigger a trap on the floor. Attacks are telegraphed and have enough contrast so you can see them very clearly before they hit you.
THE GAMEPLAY LOOP
When players enter the Shatterlands, they become Fableborne, a being shrouded in mystery discovering a new and broken realm, born from a cataclysmic event.
Many resources can be found in the elemental quadrants of the Shatterlands and only the bravest adventurers dare to venture out and claim islands in the search of the rarest materials.
However, only a few select resources can be found on a single island. Players will need to get creative in their search for upgrade materials. Questing, bartering, and raiding are amongst many tools of the adventurers’ trade.
New players arrive in the broken realm of the Shatterlands with a starting island, floating in the skies and an Echo with common rarity. Now it is up to the player to explore the Twisting Aether, upgrade their Echoes and discover new islands.
On their journey, players can find empty islands they can settle on, or islands that are occupied by more… or less imposing foes. There are two types of occupied islands, by real players and NPCs, and to progress in the game, players need to raid both types.
When challenging other players in PvP, the player will attack their opponent’s base, counter defensive structures, dodge projectiles from fortified towers, evade traps and face off against monsters. One of these core structures is the Heart of the Island, an essential part of each floating base, acting as an indicator of the island’s life.
Once the island’s defenses are in peril, the player can reap their opponent’s resources and improve their overall ranking.
If the player chooses to raid a NPC island, they venture into a small PvE adventure, akin to a short dungeon, where they need to complete multiple stages of increasing difficulty, concluding in a fierce boss battle. Rewards are plenty, not only can players obtain resources, they can also work towards receiving new Echoes by beating PvE challenges.
THE CORE FEATURES
Islands & Raiding
Harvested and raided resources can be used to upgrade the player’s base to a powerful stronghold, to fortify it against other players’ raids or improve the island’s capabilities to harvest even more resources.
The player has access to plenty of different options to upgrade and customize their base. Some of them will provide good defense possibilities, others are used to yield the rarest element stones.
Should the player’s island’s defenses falter, it is up to them to take revenge and recoup a portion of the lost goods.
Echoes & Upgrading
Players can also choose to update their Echoes to make them even stronger, unlocking new skills for their Echo, upgrading their stats, while increasing their rarity along the way.
With every upgrade, the player can choose the direction or specialty of each and every Echo they obtain, every decision can impact and change the gameplay style significantly. For example by choosing a specific upgrade to an active ability, players can increase the number or travel speed of projectiles of their Echo’s Basic Attack, add new status effects, or even change the way abilities are used entirely.
Fableborne features a rouge-like upgrade system providing millions of variants to upgrade Echoes and island, so the player will never run out of options to upgrade and progress in the game, which increases the replayability of the game core loop drastically.
Pixion League
Players can always participate in limited time tournaments on the world map, competing for a special reward. Fableborne will feature a regular rank system, available to all players, and Pixion League, a completely new system, that will be revealed at a later stage, featuring tournaments and events with special conditions, rewarding the winners with real value rewards.
Make sure to subscribe to the newsletter, join our community on our Discord server, and follow us on Telegram and Twitter to stay up to date with Fableborne!
Let’s embark on an exciting journey together, let’s #becomefableborne.
THE FABLEBORNE TEAM
