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Prison Colony: A Convict's Tale

Fight enemy vehicles on a procedurally generated, foreign world in this 3D Mecha game. Build better vehicles until you can afford your own spacejet, and escape the prison colony using that spacejet. Defend your base from enemy attack or pick the next mission to play.

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Björn Ganster
Publisher
Björn Ganster
Release
September 29, 2023
2 years and 308 days ago
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About the Game

Life on Surrella is so good that the planet is starting to be overpopulated. As a solution, citizens may be convicted even for minor crimes and will be made to work on off-planet prison colonies. In this game, you play as a convict, trying to survive a series of missions. At the beginning, the missions involve construction tasks, but given that resources are tight, things soon turn violent.

  • Emerge from the Shadows: Complete a series of missions to earn raw materials, your lifeline in this unforgiving world.
  • Build Your Arsenal: Use your hard-earned resources to unlock vehicles
  • Defend your base when needed - if you fail to defend your base, will the invaders just steal your stuff or take your life as well?
  • Dynamic worlds: Procedurally generated 3D terrain with adaptive resolution
  • Low poly models for 2 ground vehicles, 6 walking vehicles (WAVEs), and 3 spacejets -- each with its own weapon loadout
  • Detailed Damage System: Experience a detailed damage model where individual systems fail, adding depth and realism beyond simple health counters
  • Escape: Build a spacejet and escape this planet, securing your freedom
  • Music by Chris Huelsbeck, used under a royalty-free license
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