

An action game: The next project will be a standard action game that the studio can try out. Things that Ulisses is already good at, without too much financial risk. It's about a story to read and with beautiful pictures. Only this is a visual novel, with very little RPG content. The Visual Novel: It will start as early as May 2022, when a new DSA "game", Wolves of the Westwind, will appear on Steam. This is the only way to guarantee that the necessary love and care flow into the product that the publisher and the fan community want.īut Ulisses simply cannot develop any games at the moment. Instead, Wagner has devised a new plan, and part of it is to empower Ulisses Publishing to develop the games themselves. Simply giving the licence to external developers who have no love or vested interest in the world, as happened with Book of Heroes, should definitely no longer be the way.įor many fans, the two Drakensang role-playing games are among the best RPGs in the DSA universe.

In the podcast, Jan Wagner talks about his plan to make DSA games successful again. Jan Wagner from Ulisses Digital Games in conversation In the podcast, Jan Wagner, Head of Digital Games at DSA publisher Ulisses, gave us exclusive insights into the master plan for good PC games based around Das Schwarze Auge. The Black Eye is supposed to come back, just not necessarily any time soon. Because while games are becoming more and more expensive, the world of Das Schwarze Auge has remained a German niche market.īut not all hope is lost yet. Why DSA is struggling nowadays also has to do with how the PC market has developed. For many years, there has not been a game in Aventuria that could tie in with these high times. Where there was once light, there is now shadow. The Black Eye produced classics such as Drakensang, The Northland Trilogy or Satinav's Chains. Once upon a time, a time-honoured role-playing system ruled the German lands and brought joy and happiness to the hearts of German fans of cultivated role-playing with some glorious PC games. In an interview, Jan Wagner from Ulisses Digital has now revealed the master plan for a comeback. The Black Eye had a glorious RPG past, but it's over. New role-playing games with The Black Eye: Here's how to bring back the days of Drakensang:
