Cute Fighters. Serious Skills.
A stylized 3D weapon-based arena fighter where Australian animal warriors battle across Verdantia, a magical world threatened by The Blight.
Watch the official Game Announcement Concept Trailer for Eucalyptus Edge and get your first look at the magical world of Verdantia, its unique animal warriors, and the vision for the game. Follow development as we continue building the Phase 1 combat prototype in Unreal Engine 5.8.
Verdantia is a magical wildlife world inspired by eucalyptus forests, crystal caverns, coastal harbors, sunbaked red desert outposts, moonlit rainforests, and ancient battle grounds. It is beautiful, dangerous, and built for champions.
Explore the regions planned for Eucalyptus Edge. Each location is designed as a memorable landmark with its own atmosphere, hazards, and combat identity.
A high-altitude arena surrounded by ancient eucalyptus trees, wooden platforms, and scenic cliffside views.
Planned focus: ring-out pressure, breakable railings, lantern hazards, and strong vertical atmosphere.
A frozen mountain region built around icy ledges, wind pressure, and dangerous arena edges.
Planned focus: slippery surfaces, cold wind pressure, cliff danger, and dramatic snow lighting.
A glowing underground arena filled with radiant crystals, reflective surfaces, and magical combat lighting.
Planned focus: crystal hazards, underground waterfalls, glowing arena edges, and magical ambience.
A vibrant harbor of bamboo platforms, tidal hazards, rope bridges, and shifting battlefield momentum.
Planned focus: moving platforms, tidal pressure, dock edges, and coastal combat flow.
A mystical rainforest arena filled with bioluminescent plants, moonlight, fog, and hidden paths.
Planned focus: atmosphere, glowing plants, low visibility moments, and magical forest energy.
A windswept desert arena built around ancient carvings, red rock cliffs, totem banners, and blazing sunlight.
Planned focus: sand gust hazards, open sightlines, ring-out pressure, red dune atmosphere, and endurance-based arena design.
A once-sacred grove where ancient roots twist and pulse with dark energy — living roots, toxic pools, and spreading corruption under perpetual twilight.
Planned focus: root eruption hazards, corruption pools that shrink safe space, collapsing root bridges, and multi-level ring-out combat.
The ceremonial grounds where champions gather to prove their skill, honor their clans, and protect Verdantia.
Planned focus: championship spectacle, local versus presentation, crowd energy, and final arena polish.
Fighters are built around signature weapons, movement styles, readable silhouettes, and clear combat identities. Phase 1 focuses on proving the core loop through local versus gameplay and training arena combat.
The Blight twists nature, amplifies aggression, and threatens every clan. What begins as a sacred combat festival becomes a fight to protect the balance of the world.
Champions who fall to The Blight can be purified through combat. Victory is not only about defeating opponents, but restoring the natural life force that connects Verdantia.
Tight and readable action with light attacks, heavy attacks, blocking, dodging, counters, and combo chains.
Every arena edge matters. Knock opponents out of the battlefield or win through health pressure.
Build Verdantia's natural life force through active play and spend it on special and ultimate abilities.
Stylized effects, expressive animation, magical impact, and no blood or graphic violence.
Wren and Ripper are the active Phase 1 fighters and the only characters currently ready for full combat testing. Every other champion remains visible as part of the planned roster while progressing through the production pipeline.
The Kangaroo · Mobile Bruiser
Primary Phase 1 fighter. Fully integrated and being validated for the prototype showcase.
The Tasmanian Devil · Aggressive Brawler
Primary Phase 1 fighter. Complete animation library and Unreal integration ready for match validation.
The Koala · Balanced Staff Fighter
Awaiting final Blender setup and the two-handed staff production pipeline before Unreal combat integration.
The Kookaburra · Precision Duelist
Character and attached weapons require final production validation before the combat animation and Blueprint pass.
The Sugar Glider · Whip Specialist
Model and rig are prepared. Flexible whip physics and final Unreal integration remain in development.
The Platypus · Crystal Tonfa Specialist
The character is being rebuilt through the standardized import pipeline so Unreal correctly locates and validates the mesh.
The Emu · Windspine Polearm Fighter
Height and upright import are corrected. Polearm setup, animation production, and combat integration remain.
A visitor from beyond Verdantia
A secret challenger reserved for a future reveal and later development milestone.
Phase 1 is being completed around one polished matchup in Eucalyptus Summit. The immediate goal is a stable, controller-ready, 60 FPS combat showcase with working menus, character select, HUD, complete match flow, and trailer-ready gameplay.
Verdantia is shaped by eucalyptus forests, crystal caverns, coastal harbors, sunbaked outposts, moonlit rainforests, icy ridges, corrupted hollows, and ceremonial battle arenas.
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Eucalyptus Edge is being shaped in public through concept art, Kickstarter updates, in-engine cinematic production, and Phase 1 prototype development.
Backers can help shape Verdantia by voting on training partner concepts for future prototype content.
Behind-the-scenes concept planning for training systems, visual feedback, and combat practice spaces.
The 90-second "Nature Fights Back" trailer is fully directed — 21 shots across five acts — and is now being built shot-by-shot in Unreal Engine 5.8 Sequencer, rendered entirely in-engine.
The original five-phase roadmap is now divided into smaller production milestones so progress can be tracked clearly from the current Wren vs. Ripper prototype through the full game.
UE5.8 project, visual identity, world direction, roster concepts, core documentation, website, and production standards.
Wren and Ripper models, rigs, animation Blueprints, locomotion, combat animation libraries, and validated Unreal imports.
Audit and finalize attacks, hit detection, damage, blocking, dodging, counters, Edge Energy, ring-outs, KO, rounds, and victory flow.
Complete Main Menu, Character Select, HUD, Options, Pause, controller navigation, Eucalyptus Summit, and 60 FPS optimization.
Package and capture a polished Wren vs. Ripper match for a Kickstarter gameplay reveal mixed with the existing concept trailer.
Add the next production-ready fighter, expand arena content, improve AI and training, and strengthen the complete playable slice.
Online matchmaking, private lobbies, networked combat validation, ranked systems, replay support, and spectator tools.
Complete the core roster, remaining arenas, story progression, unlock systems, polish, audio, accessibility, and content balancing.
Steam release, post-launch balance updates, new fighters, arena expansions, DLC, seasonal content, and community events.
The Kickstarter campaign is live. Every pledge helps complete the Wren vs. Ripper Phase 1 prototype, fund the gameplay showcase, and move Eucalyptus Edge toward its full vertical slice and Steam release.