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Rolus in the Outskirts

The top-down adventure game where nothing ever seems to go your way. Soak in the atmosphere as you wander around the middle of nowhere, looking for one thing: a dollar-menu cheeseburger.

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Penguins at Work
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Penguins at Work
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About the Game

Living out of a shed in the middle of nowhere, Rolus is always down on his luck. Today his tummy rumbles, but without a cent to his name, he's got to find a way to eat. Luckily for him, there's a fast-food restaurant right down the street. He finds himself dumpster diving, looking for any scraps, when suddenly a meteorite comes down from above—crashing into both him and the dumpster!

Join Rolus and his newfound friend, as they try to scrounge up change to finally buy the fated dollar-menu cheeseburger.

Featuring

  • Top-Down Combat, go around shooting ducks, junkies and gnomes

  • NO Health Pick-Ups! Gather up crystal shards, and trade them for either health, or...

  • Crystal Bullets, use these higher-damage piercing shots to target multiple enemies at once.

  • Wander through the Outskirts, experience the humor of what goes on in the everyday life of a backwater town.

  • Freaks and Weirdos, come face to face with the Outskirts' best, deal with their troubles in anyway you can, in exchange for measly pennies.

  • Hand-drawn Graphics, expressive art reminiscent of flash cartoons from the 2000s

  • Original Soundtrack, home-recorded by PostElvis, filled with eclectic genres, ranging from garage punk to ambient to folk.

  • Gnomes, voiced by VinePotato

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