InXile tells the next chapter of The Bard’s Tale on Kickstarter

The Bard’s Tale IV will launch with “challenging maze-like dungeons,” “devious puzzles and riddles,” and a first-person dungeon-crawler experience enhanced by the Unreal 4 engine — if you pay the bill, InXile Entertainment announced this morning.

The publisher announced this morning that it would take the next chapter in the old-school computer role-playing game to a $1.25 million Kickstarter June 2 on the 30th anniversary year of the original. You, too, can chip in to see the new “dynamic phased combat system” and hear Gaelic musicians on the score, the announcement said. Photogrammetry, which uses 2D photos to create 3D representations of items, will put objects in-game taken from photos in Scotland.