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Protecto

Build barricades and face spectacular natural disasters in a relaxing physics-based game where every structure can save lives.

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January 5, 2024
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About the Game

Nature is angry.

For years, humans have abandoned their waste across oceans, mountains, and forests. As the planet suffers, the elements unleash their fury: gigantic avalanches, deadly rockslides, dam collapses, and devastating lava flows now threaten human settlements.

But deep within forgotten depths, one final hope still sleeps.

Awakened after centuries of silence, Protecto, a gigantic guardian of nature, reluctantly agrees to protect humanity despite his resentment toward mankind. Guided by the animals who still believe in the balance of the world, he chooses to confront these natural disasters while teaching the worst polluters in history a lesson they will never forget.

In Protecto, build barricades, manipulate physics, and try to save as many homes as possible across 40 levels blending strategy, puzzle-solving, and spectacular destruction.

Each environment introduces its own dangers and unique materials:

  • Stop powerful avalanches using wooden structures in snowy mountains.

  • Resist massive rockslides with heavy marble barricades in urban environments.

  • Redirect raging floodwaters caused by dam failures using strategically placed brick blocks.

  • Slow devastating lava flows with obsidian structures in volcanic regions.

Take control of Protecto from above the level and carefully drop your blocks to create the most effective defenses possible. Once your structure is ready, trigger the catastrophe… then watch the results unfold.

Every chain reaction becomes a spectacular physics-driven event where each block can mean the difference between survival and total destruction.

As you progress, earn money, unlock new materials, and improve your strategies to revisit previous levels, beat your records, and save even more buildings.

Earn the mysterious Bigbangium medal in every challenge and uncover the secret behind this strange material before facing the final Boss.

Despite its apocalyptic scenarios, Protecto delivers a surprisingly relaxing experience thanks to its peaceful environments, immersive soundtrack, and contemplative gameplay combining construction, physics, and natural disasters.

Build.
Trigger.
Admire the chaos.
Save what remains of the world.