City of Steam: a Steampunk-ish MMO

*To begin with, I'd like to extend my sincere thanks to Eridanis, who gave me the permission to post this here.

Hi, all! Time to get greased up for a new a steampunk-ish MMO playable in about a month (mid-July)! Mechanist Games is an indie game developer and we're now heading towards the Alpha Test stage for our first title, City of Steam. Note that I use "steampunk-ish" instead of straight up "steampunk"... Well, admittedly it's not your typical steampunk visual style. We prefer to call it “industrial fantasy”, in view of the fact that it's more of a hybrid of magic and steampunk aspects.

Basically we encourage you to sign up to our newsletters on get_email | City of Steam Official Website to get priority for an alpha key in addition to following the latest updates about the game. We will also do key giveaways on partner sites and forums when the test is nearing its starting dates for sure.

A little about the game:
Created in Unity 3D (with copious in-house tools, too) and lightweight enough to be accessible from your browser, City of Steam is set in a world of clock- and steamworks, pipes, gears, boilers, bridges, tunnels and towering spires, all suffering from years of neglect and abandonment. Nexus, a metropolitan city in decline, is set at the centre of a colossal mechanical world, the World Machine. This is where players set out to explore the world.

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As you can see, the world itself is a machine, and flat to boot. The elemental gears (the Steam, Coal, Rust and Oil Spokes) are forever rotating around the Major Plate – the core of the giant machine. Each carries a season with them to the areas they pass by; i.e., the Steam Spoke carries springs to the regions it passes by, and so on.

Our gameplay trailer on Youtube [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j_tQW9oR-s"]here[/ame].

Well, I could rattle on about this for pages but I should probably cut it short here, lest I come off as just another spammer. :p

We'd be more than happy to read your input and answer any questions you may have, so post away! :)
 

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The first weekend session of the Alpha Test is but 1 day 19 hours away (starts at 7pm PDT on July 20th) away. We've partnered with some media sites on giving away a bunch of Alpha keys. Here are the links:

MMORPG: City of Steam Alpha Test Key Giveaway!

N4G: City of Steam Alpha Key Giveaway | N4G

Gaming Climax: City of Steam Alpha Key Giveaway | GamingClimax Global MMORPG Site

Now Gamer: Win! City Of Steam Alpha Key Giveaway! - NowGamer

Gotgame: GotGame | City of Steam Alpha Key Contest

Lazygamerz: The First Batch has Arrived! Alpha Keys are in!

MMODEN: City of Steam Alpha Key Giveaway Game Features, Giveaways, MMO News | Free to Play |

For anyone who has already received a key, we've just put up our landing page/key activation page whereon you can redeem your keys.

Hope you all will enjoy playing our game. As always, feel free to give us your input.;)
 
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