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Roswell Ranch

Howdy, stranger! Hide from a vigilant UFO, find weapon components, and protect the farm from malevolent extraterrestrial threats.

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HELIX Games
Publisher
HELIX Games
Release
August 22, 2024
1 year and 345 days ago
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About the Game

Howdy, stranger! Hide from a vigilant UFO, find weapon components, and protect the farm from malevolent extraterrestrial threats.

Can you save the farm?

After an ominous 9-1-1 call, the police captain has sent you to investigate some strange sightings on a farm. The caller? Why, that's ol' Reed Redmond, the local conspiracy nut. At least, that's what the other residents of Roswell, New Mexico think. Little do they know, extraterrestrial threats are coming - and you can bet Reed is prepared. Unfortunately, Reed had to flee town before he could finish assembling his latest project. It's your job to find the components of BERTHA, the world's first anti-extraterrestrial firearm. Solve puzzles around the farm to find all the parts, and you might just stand a chance against those big-headed invaders! Oh, and be careful - a watchful UFO patrols the area, eager to abduct any humans it finds...

Replayability

Even after the game has been beaten, Roswell Ranch offers a varied experience with each playthrough. The keys needed to solve puzzles spawn in a controlled set of randomized locations. This is to ensure that items are continually difficult to find, but not so difficult that finding them is impossible (i.e., items that are required to beat the game do not spawn in the cornfield or other hard to reach areas). Additionally, upon completion, players are presented with a completion time that they can try to beat in their next playthrough. How fast can YOU save the farm?

Collectibles

Find all 10 UFO collectibles hidden around the map to earn an achievement and enable UFO Mode, a game mode in which BERTHA fires UFO projectiles. Alternatively, find the hidden cowboy hat to give the aliens some good ol' country style... but be warned, the cowboy hat spawns in a random location every game!
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