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Prime Directive

Prime Directive is a first person 3D action-adventure shooter in which players control Marty, a small but brave robot. Marty acquires unique abilities to fight enemies and solve puzzles while exploring a mysterious alien world.

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Developer
Jonathan Stoffer
Publisher
KittySoft Studios
Release
May 22, 2023
3 years and 73 days ago
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About the Game

Discover the Story


Marty has crash landed on an alien world. He must escape, but can he survive? The mysterious inhabitants of the world hunt him at every turn. Guide Marty to discover what happened to the abandoned human colony. The planet holds a dark secret and you must choose how to resolve it... Find your answers by scanning the environment for clues, solving puzzles and searching unique environments. All while while battling alien creatures, and rogue robots.

Gameplay


  • Discover secrets and power up Marty to explore deeper into the planet Xenix in this metroidvania style first person adventure game.
  • Collect dozens of power-ups to go from fragile to super charged over the course of the adventure.
  • Explore a mysterious alien world with 4 different environments to discover.
  • Recover logs and piece together the fate of the missing colonists.
  • Fight off dozens of alien life forms including titanic battles with MegaFauna.
  • Solve complex puzzles using unique power ups including self duplication.
  • The game can be played with tips for a more comfortable experience.
  • Featuring different possible endings based on choices made by the player in the game.

Group Combat


  • Why fight alone when you can team up with yourself?!
  • Marty will gain the ability to duplicate himself, making himself into a one robot army!
  • Confuse your enemies, unsure of which version of you is the real one.
  • With this ability you can record and duplicate actions. Create synergistic actions that work together to topple enemies and solve puzzles.

Challenges Missions


  • Special challenges will put your skills to the test.
  • New challenges are added regularly so check in to see whats new.
  • See how you rank against the world with competitive leader boards.

Split Screen Multiplayer


  • Fight 1v1 for points by accomplishing pre-selected objectives.
  • Deaths creates clones for your army so matches escalate with each death.
  • 1v1 becomes 2v2... 5v5... 50v50... and so on... as each life is recorded and added to the battle turning you into a literal one man army!
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