Astrog

Game Details

Title: Astrog
Genre: Action, Indie
Developer: DigitalArtefact
Publisher: DigitalArtefact
Release Date: 28 Feb, 2019
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1025650/Astrog/

About This Game

ASTROG is a top-down action game with exploration, crafting, survival, role-playing and roguelike elements.

As a member of the Astrog Initiative (astra + rogue) you were traveling through undiscovered parts of space, gathering data about strange new worlds. At your journey your radar found a magnetic anomaly, that were emitting radio signal. It turned out to be the artefact created by extraterrestrial species. After examining the artefact, you’ve obtained data about highly advanced alien technology and artefact teleported to the unknown place in space, you’re communication with the command center seems to be deliberately jammed by someone. Not being able return home, you’re only option now is to check the radar and keep exploring this part of space, perhabs you’ll find the source of jamming…

Current features:

These features already implemented, but they will be refined and fleshed out as development goes on.

• Dynamic world: environment and encounters randomly generated as you move through space
• Free-flow combat system: there are no restrictions on what combinations of skills you can use simultaneously, experiment as you like
• 44 different skills and weapons to use, such as death rays, missiles, damage auras, shields, teleporter, gravity emitters and so on
• Instant action: select activity you like with your radar based tracking system
• Collect blueprints, that can be obtained from alien artefacts and relics, used to craft weapons, perks and augmentations
• Avoid or use to your advantage different traps, anomalies and hazards that surround artefacts and relics
• Storm fortified space stations, packed with mines, death rays, defence towers, observing satellites and other safeguard systems
• 30 types of enemy spaceships and defence fortifications
• Mine asteroids for resources and develop upgrades for your ship
• Over 60 classic musical records, that can be collected and played

Planned features:

These features will be implemented later in the development, if you buy game now, there will be no need to buy additional content like DLCs or addons to get them.

• Story mode
• Non hostile NPCs and dialogue system
• "Phaistos Disc": enigmatic alien relic, that allows move through time and space or even different dimentions
• "Sigil Kamea": mysterious artefact, that obscures line between scientific and paranormal, it’s purpose is yet to be discovered
• Research milestones: various goals similar to achievements, but for in-game rewards
• Session goals: randomly generated every time yous start game (in-game rewards only)
• Expansion of content: more enemy types, more skills, more environment assets, more activities, more everything
• Extended survival mode
• Improved AI

Potential features:

These features potentially will be developed, yet there is no guarantee that some of them will be moved to sequel, other project or not implemented at all.

• Expanded story mode: global objective and various ways of achieving it, from destroying everything on sight to negotiating and manipulating NPCs
• More factions, that have different relationships with you and each other
• Manually created side quests
• Randomly constructed side quests
• Random secret encounters, with pop culture references
• Level editor
• Steam achievements
• MacOS version

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS:

Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

Processor:

Intel Core i3 or AMD Phenom II

Memory:

4 GB RAM

Graphics:

NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT or AMD Radeon HD 6670

DirectX:

Version 9.0c

Storage:

3300 MB available space

Additional Notes:

System requirements may change during development of the game.

Recommended:

OS:

Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

Processor:

Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 5

Memory:

8 GB RAM

Graphics:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon R7 260X

DirectX:

Version 11

Storage:

3300 MB available space

Additional Notes:

System requirements may change during development of the game.

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