July 8, 2013
AVERAGE PLAYTIME 3 HOURS
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
http://ringrunner.netAbout Game
Trek across the universe in a 30 hour long story-driven campaign based on a companion Sci Fi novel, or challenge 6 scenarios alone, cooperatively, or competitively through local or online multiplayer. Choose from 60 customizable hulls that act as templates for 400+ wildly-varied skills. Level layouts, backgrounds, and AI enemies are all procedurally generated, yielding billions of challenges.StoryYou awake from unelective brain surgery to find key memory centers of your brain missing. They've been replaced by Nero, your peanut-butter-craving neuro-Hud, who'll guide you through the universal super-highways known as The Rings. If you survive fiery trench runs, flail-swinging gladiators, and feuding trash moguls, you'll discover that you're a , capable of rewriting the physical laws with your thoughts.In the interests of universal order, The Consortium of the Inner Rings has slated the Sages for extinction, plunging the cosmos into a war with casualties measured in galaxies. You'll play a pivotal role in this terrible battle... if you can find out who you are.Big PictureFeatures <ul><li> 400+ Unique Abilities - many inspired by fantasy games</li><li> 60 Fully Customizable Ships - five archetypes, with many hybrids to choose from</li><li> 30 Hour Story-Driven Campaign - universe based on a companion Sci Fi novel</li><li> 6 Scenarios - Play alone or coop and competitively through online multiplayer</li><li> Infinite Challenges - The level layouts, backgrounds, and AI enemies are procedurally generated</li><li> Reliable Multiplayer - drop-in and drop-out of games with seamless host migration; no waiting in lobbies </li><li> Local Coop - "Duo" ships allow a friend to act as a copilot, usable in multiplayer modes and second half of campaign</li><li> Full Soundtrack - 20 tracks of music and hundreds of original sound effects</li><li> Classic Arcade Inspired Mini-games - earn Sage abilities by conquering challenges in The Subrostrum</li><li> 30 Prebuilt Ships - jump straight into the action with these handcrafted hulls</li></ul>ScenariosChallenge these Scenarios through single or Online Multiplayer: <ul><li>Space Defense League - League of Legends/DotA in space! Complete with cruisers, bosses, swarms of drones, and waves of power up crates</li><li> Zombie Survival - Rack up the kills before the hordes of space zombies feast on the atoms of your brains; defeat custom bosses to gain Super Sage abilities!</li><li> Wave Survival - Survive waves of procedurally generated bosses, swarmers, and standard ships</li><li> Gladiator Mode - Run a gauntlet of procedurally generated bosses</li><li> Spire Battle - Fast-paced base vs base battles</li><li> Deathmatch - No teams; it's every Sage for his or herself</li></ul>Steam WorkshopPress Quotes"Clearly had a little TLC put into it. The writing is solid by video game standards, the graphics are solid by indie game standards and the gameβs fun by any standard." - Indiestatik"At its best, it takes the very idea of a twin-stick shooter, shakes it by the collar and shrieks, 'Space is enormous and deserves more than lasers and lightshows β let us strive for the beauty and variety that the stars deserve.'" - Rock, Paper, Shotgun"Bites off way more than it can chew, and itβs endlessly endearing for it." - GiantBomb
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