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Abyssonaut

Dive into a mysterious abyss filled with danger and ancient relics. Explore its depths, uncover artifact formulas, keep a damaged laboratory running, and try to escape alive.

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About the Game

Abyssonaut - is a survival exploration game with base building and resource management elements, where you play as the last surviving employee of a laboratory that was studying a mysterious abyss.

Lore

You are one of the last surviving members of a laboratory that discovered the abyss and began to investigate it.

[Gif the abyss]

After several expeditions, the laboratory was heavily damaged, and the path back was sealed. During their research, the team discovered the first unidentified entity, which they named the <Appraiser>.

[Gif the appraiser]

The Appraiser accepts various items retrieved from the abyss:

  • resources

  • artifacts

  • relics

By evaluating their value and consuming them, it can create anything that is already known. An item becomes known only after its formula has been discovered.

The team had no choice but to descend deeper into the abyss to gather more value and repair the laboratory.

And you… were left behind.

Explore, Gather, and Survive

[Gif the gamePlay]

Descend into the mysterious abyss:

  • Discover valuable materials, and collect resources

  • manage your hunger and thirst

  • search for edible food and drinkable water

Discover Resource Formulas and Artifact Blueprints

[Gif of a research lab]

There are two main ways to craft items:

  • Crafting using laboratory equipment

(Laboratory equipment requires maintenance and resources)

  • Crafting using the Appraiser

Both methods require the crafted item to be known.

Power and Life Support

[Gif the generator]

The entire laboratory runs on generators.

Without power, systems shut down.

You must:

  • Monitor energy production and consumption

  • Maintain generators

  • Carefully distribute electricity between modules

[Gif the distributor]

Building Bases in the Abyss

[Gif the base example]

Build bases directly within the abyss to:

  • Prepare for deeper expeditions

  • Defend yourself from threats

  • Store resources and artifacts

  • Increase safety