OutRune
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Demo Ended
About the game
Captured by 'The Rune-less', a dark and powerful being, you must take Ash on her journey to escape imprisonment and put an end to all the pain and torture that the Rune-less is inflicting on the world. To escape this nightmare, you must vanquish rooms of minions, who are only alive to serve the bidding of their master whilst he experiments with different ways to increase his power. Along her journey, Ash will encounter many obstacles that you, the player, must help her overcome, including mysterious powers and curve balls from The Rune-less that could completely change your approach. Not all surprises are there to hinder you, though. By utilizing the machines created by the Rune-less, you can twist them to your advantage by combining the energy of runes for powerful stat increases with a simple and efficient crafting system.
This crafting system is designed to empower you without breaking focus. You will randomly encounter these rune machines, which take any combination of two runes that you collect on your playthrough. Each rune has a core value represented by its color:
- Health (Green)
- Agility (Blue)
- Luck (Yellow)
- Damage (Red)
Are you feeling slow and low on health? Then try dropping in a blue and green rune and the machine will forge a power up that is based around the core values of those two runes you submitted. With over 90 power ups, each with a two rune recipe, you will be empowered in different ways every time you play, and you can deposit different runes according to how your current run has been in the hopes you will survive just a little longer.
The core of the game takes inspiration from classic rogue-like games, with a fun and addictive game loop leaving you with that itch to try and get further than you ever did before.
Being created by a solo developer, the game is set to be released into early access in Q4 of 2023. At that point the game will consist of four floors to traverse. Each floor consists of a randomly selected progression of rooms (from a pool of rooms created specifically for that floor), with a boss to fight at the end of each floor! You'll also find other characters to rescue and have the opportunity to play as next time.
During development all player feedback is taken on board to help grow Outrune into the best possible version of itself, so please don't hesitate to get in touch with suggestions and comments.
Detailed Description
Captured by 'The Rune-less', a dark and powerful being, you must take Ash on her journey to escape imprisonment and put an end to all the pain and torture that the Rune-less is inflicting on the world. To escape this nightmare, you must vanquish rooms of minions, who are only alive to serve the bidding of their master whilst he experiments with different ways to increase his power. Along her journey, Ash will encounter many obstacles that you, the player, must help her overcome, including mysterious powers and curve balls from The Rune-less that could completely change your approach. Not all surprises are there to hinder you, though. By utilizing the machines created by the Rune-less, you can twist them to your advantage by combining the energy of runes for powerful stat increases with a simple and efficient crafting system.
This crafting system is designed to empower you without breaking focus. You will randomly encounter these rune machines, which take any combination of two runes that you collect on your playthrough. Each rune has a core value represented by its color:
- Health (Green)
- Agility (Blue)
- Luck (Yellow)
- Damage (Red)
Are you feeling slow and low on health? Then try dropping in a blue and green rune and the machine will forge a power up that is based around the core values of those two runes you submitted. With over 90 power ups, each with a two rune recipe, you will be empowered in different ways every time you play, and you can deposit different runes according to how your current run has been in the hopes you will survive just a little longer.
The core of the game takes inspiration from classic rogue-like games, with a fun and addictive game loop leaving you with that itch to try and get further than you ever did before.
Being created by a solo developer, the game is set to be released into early access in Q4 of 2023. At that point the game will consist of four floors to traverse. Each floor consists of a randomly selected progression of rooms (from a pool of rooms created specifically for that floor), with a boss to fight at the end of each floor! You'll also find other characters to rescue and have the opportunity to play as next time.
During development all player feedback is taken on board to help grow Outrune into the best possible version of itself, so please don't hesitate to get in touch with suggestions and comments.
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