Developer Opus Major, formed by previous members of Ubisoft, have released an announcement trailer for their online player-versus-environment adventure title MAJJAM. Gematsu reports that the game is set for launch on PC and that an upcoming playtest is currently in the works.
MAJJAM is set in a vibrant living world where music is the fundamental life force under threat by a corruption called Kode only combatted through improvisational musical “jamming,” to revive the environment.
In a press release shared on Gematsu, Opus Major founders Pierre-Armand Nicq and Jean-Nicolas Vernin said about MAJJAM “Our team’s dream is to make the world jam together,” and that “In music, a jam is a suspended moment—a shared energy between friends, strangers, and other passionate souls who just happen to be there. You might not know each other, but for a few magical, spontaneous moments, you vibe together. It’s that same spark you sometimes feel in a multiplayer game. Our dream is to bring all these joyful moments together into one single, shared experience.”
Opus Major aims with in accessibility with MAJJAM by allowing players to replicate musical jam sessions, even for non-musicians; allowing players to engage with rhythms and melodies to battle Kode, explore environments and solve puzzles. Players can engage with a dynamic fog system, as they write in their release “Players can beat back its fog through their musical powers, and explore new zones that used to be restrained under the fog tides”
Opus Major aims for players to experience the spontaneity and creativity of musicianship. Their goal is to make players jam together, emphasizing accessible, intuitive gameplay where collective musical expression shifts and changes their created world. With the unique offering that Opus Major is bringing to players the title may find its footing when it finally receives its release.