Project Utgardr

Discord, new features and timeline




About the Game
Project Utgardr is an open-world, parkour, platform, first-person and puzzle adventure, inspired by Norse and Viking mythology.

Motivated by Shadow of the Colossus's profoundness and by the Mirror's Edge and Downward's nimble gameplay.


In the Scandinavia of the II century A.D., Thyra finds herself trapped in the astonishing mountains of her land. A mysterious vertical crack has queerly appeared on a facade of a mount, and Thyra explores an hidden hollow to pass through it to new sprawling landscapes. Thyra remains cornered after a rockfall and sets off in search of a way home.

Thyra rapidly gets in touch with the mysterious environments of this beautiful land, until she discovers ancient Norse altars that lie untouched for years. Time-worn runes are engraved over them, linked to the Norse gods and Viking culture. At the epicenter of the natural events caused, an entity guides her through the path.

Influenced by the entity and unexpectedly blooming, Thyra surprisingly discovers magical flowers that grow in hidden ravines and seem to be her only hope. Thyras journey will move her forward through this mysterious and impervious land till the deepest corners of an ancient road where she must climb hazardous pillars, solve the Norse puzzle altars, and unfold secrets that lie behind a forgotten tale about the Jotnar's myth.

"And yet someone looks at her,
and yet someone guides her,
nonetheless someone deceives her..."


Features:

- A Young Norse Woman and Her Unexpected Journey

Take Thyra through the breathtaking landscapes of this journey to find a way home after being unexpectedly cornered into mysterious and dangerous mounts. Clear up the mysteries of these peaks during the Thyra's travel through the harsh ambients and learn how to juggle her parkour skills.

- An Open-World Marvelous and Harsh

Be engaged by the sprawling environments of this land. Discover different paths, secrets and puzzles built by an old Norse civilization eons ago. Play into different territories while a mysterious entity guides you veiled.

- The Norse Puzzle Altars

Clarify the eldest Viking runes engraved in magical cult altars wich Thyra must interpret to have a chance to proceed and find a way home.

- Spontaneous Parkour and Platforming

Use walls, hike across slopes, dive from dizzying pillars, and sprint freely through different landscapes. Take advantage of Thyra's parkour abilities to allow her to smoothly traverse the open world with ease.

- Flashes of Norse and Viking Culture

Unfold some important aspects of Norse and Viking mythology, discover the first runic alphabet and interact with the typical objects of this Nordic culture. Attend the unexpected secrets that lie behind a forgotten tale that awaits, regarding the legendary Jotnar.

- Someone looks, guides and deceives

Follow the concealed signs and any mark left over the old rocks of these mountains. Locate strange glowing flowers that seem to have been grown on purpose to proceed to certain points. Pray the Horgr scattered all over this land to incredibly have an help by someone for a safe return point.