Tactical RPG based on science fiction turns We are the caretakers will be released on Early Access for PC via Steam on April 22 for $ 19.99, announced developer Heart Shaped Games. It will support text in English, with French, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese and other translations in development.
Heart Shapted Games also announced that 10 percent of the game’s sales revenue will go to the Wildlife Conservation Network’s Rhino Recovery Fund.
“Our goal with We are the caretakers is to raise awareness about conservation in a way that engages people with the issue, ”said Heart Shaped Games founder Scott Brodie in a press release. “This is a science fiction story, but the problems that the Conductor and Caregivers face are present in the real world now, and we hope it will make you think about how we are taking care of the world in which we live.”
Here’s an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
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We are the caretakers is an afrofuturist squad management RPG. Assemble a mysterious team of guards on squadron-building systems inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Ogre Battle, and XCOM. Defend the endangered animals your world depends on in strategic turn-based combat. Define your approach to global resistance, balancing your reputation, funds, research, animals and alliances. We are the caretakers is a fusion of challenging strategy RPG that asks you to protect a planet by fighting for the people, animals and ecosystems that inhabit it.
Main features
- Afrofuturist Universe – Former Activision-Blizzard artist Anthony Jones brings breathtaking Afrofuturist style and human empathy to a complex world of science fiction.
- Reputation System – Each action affects how others see Caregivers. Do they fear you? Or will they support their mission to protect the threatened Raun and decide the fate of the world?
- Shift meetings – Balance strength with diplomacy in an innovative turn-based combat system. Live with the consequences when dealing with the complicated reality of animal conservation.
- Squadron Building – Gather up to nine squads of characters with diverse traits, weaknesses, skills and personalities. Train and improve your caregivers in more than 20 exclusive work classes.
- Increase your thirst – Meet leaders, research technologies and recruit allies at your science fiction headquarters. Balance your conflicting demands to save our world.
- Nuanced narrative – In our morally complex world, individuals outside your team are just as important as the rangers you place on each map.
- Generated Wildlife – The challenging, procedural-generated survival mode brings endless ways to play.
- You get a baby Raun – He will rub his nose against your bed long after it gets too big to do it reasonably. It’s adorable.
Watch a new trailer below.
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