Link to the game: https://mathiaskaindl.itch.io/prospector
Trailer:
The inspiration are games of my youth - in a minimalistic form. Although it's definitely just touching them softly at this stage of development, I hope I will get closer to their attractive aspects. The list includes games like Fallout 1/2, Jagged Aliance 2, Anarchy Online, UFO: EU etc.The game is currently ranked as Strategy because it still lacks the mechanics for role playing. The story begins with your decision to become a prospector, searching for precious resources. Without spoiling too much of the main plot, I can safely disclose you very soon realize, the decision was not yours and there is a greater reason for hunting the resources.
Before you get dragged by the story twists, your main activity will consists of exploring the area, mining resources, farming plants for chemicals, building machines and managing your small base camp built close to your landing shuttle. In order to acquire necessary ingredients, you can explore the planet (mostly it's subterrean areas), exchange goods at trading posts or simply plunder the bot camps.
The game contains a playable tutorial and is free to download now - and until I finalize all game mechanics, notably saving/loading the game progress. I made my life harder and opted for custom game engine on top of MonoGame/XNA toolkit. Still, I hope the game will be available for all three desktop platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac.
Of course, your comments are very welcome!