Survival action platformer, focused on open gameplay all wrapped up in Sci-Fi narrative following a team of 4 mercenaries. Read more
Survival action platformer, focused on open gameplay all wrapped up in Sci-Fi narrative following a team of 4 mercenaries.
About this project
PROTOTYPE NOW AVAILABLE TO TRY - LINK BELOW - SCROLL DOWN
Play as one of four mercenaries as they attempt to gather resources on an alien bug planet while trying to survive!
Use guns, structures, unique abilities, A.I. familiars and artifacts to destroy the bugs while you work towards getting you and your team back into space and home.
- 4 characters to choose from. Each with a unique ability and speciality.
- 6 environments randomly generated terrain. Each with unique topography which greatly affects where you can place turrets/structures and the effectiveness of certain weapons/abilities.
- Over 20 bugs to overcome wave after wave.
- Bosses that push you to the limits of your abilities.
- 8 weapons shared between the characters. Each can be fired in eight directions for strategy.
- 4 structures, each with two upgrades. Use them for their good offensive and defensive capabilities.
- 4 A.I. familiars [pets] to ally yourself with.
- Mothership will always have your back while floating in the sky above you. Sending you supply drops containing munitions and placeable turrets.
Environments play a large part in this game. Positioning of your turrets/structures can dramatically change a battle. The environment can also turn a fairly simple bug skirmish into a very quick end for you.
4 characters at the moment with more to come. Each specializing in certain styles of play.
The pixel character you can see in game received a redesign.
PROTOTYPE
LINK Prototype of game here for download. Not representational of final game idea, and is really rough around the edges. (Hence why a portion of this KS is going towards hiring a better programmer) LINK
After working on this project over 9 months solo and being entirely self funded we have a functioning prototype. I now need help to turn this into the awesome game it was born to be.
We have budgeted as much as possible and negotiated to keep prices as low as possible hence the low goal of £3000. This amount is just slightly more than enough to cover the games costs with a tiny excess to cover any problems/issues we may face.
The soundtrack will be handled by Ryuno, who has worked in several games, including Cavern Kings.
Some demos for the games soundtrack can be listened to here:
Games main theme:
Chilled Mountain biome tune:
Rocky Desolation biome tune:
Help us by voting yes in our Greenlight campaign. This enables us to distribute the game on Steam as well for Linux/Mac/Windows.
Thankyou to IndieRetroNews who made an article for us. Check out their other articles.
Contact us at: press@discmach.com
Risks and challenges
What we have at the moment with the game is a prototype. It is really rough, but has done the job of fleshing out game mechanics, graphic styles and showing the potential of this idea.
The funding from this Kickstarter campaign will support the development of this game so there comes the typical risks and challenges that face any project like this.
We've planned fervently on the financial side of things and everything shown here should be completed easily within budget.
The stretch goals are set realistically and don't dramatically change the core of the game.
Main risk we have is running over the planned January 2015 release. Completing the game is well within our means in the time allotted so any delays would not be too major.
We understand how important transparency is in crowd-funding endeavors. Every development on the game or problems/issues will posted in frequent announcements.
FAQ
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Digital instruction manual. Containing game design doc, lore of the world, characters, aliens, tips and tricks - all to make your game experience better + Digital ost + Digital copy of game + Backer credits.
Digital instruction manual. Containing game design doc, lore of the world, characters, aliens, tips and tricks - all to make your game experience better + Digital ost + Digital copy of game + Backer credits.
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Access to development forum with ALPHA/BETA access and have a say in the direction of the game through polls + Digital instruction manual + Digital ost + Digital copy of the game + Backer credits.
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Design an alien/bug alongside us with their own abilities and backstory. You will be credited with this role for the whole world to see! + Digital instruction manual + Digital ost + Digital copy of the game + Backer credits.
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Design a playable character alongside us with their own ability and backstory.
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This tier also includes a print of the character you designed - show it off to everyone you know! + Digital instruction manual + Digital ost + Digital copy of the game + Backer credits.
Design a playable character alongside us with their own ability and backstory.
You will be credited with this role for the whole world to see.
This tier also includes a print of the character you designed - show it off to everyone you know! + Digital instruction manual + Digital ost + Digital copy of the game + Backer credits.Estimated delivery:
Funding period
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