Do Your Best Wargames Impression with Retool on May 19th!
For those with a keen interest in indie games, you may want to keep your eyes on this title. Retool is a finalist in the 2015 Indie Game Contest in Strasbourg, and with good reason. This is Hut 90’s first foray into the industry, and they’re poised to make a solid debut, as Retool looks pretty damn solid for a first entry. The game takes place on an incomplete orbital space station that orbits around Sinai, the home planet of a mysterious race of creatures known as the Onix. The Onix defeated mankind after a 43 year long war of attrition, and now, as Maria, you must make use of your hacking abilities to make it back home, by any means necessary.
Across 20 levels, you’ll hack all sorts of machinery to help turn the tide in your favour, and you’re going to need it against the Onix. They’re a race of aliens so committed to victory that they’d stop at nothing to defeat mankind, taking them on as slave labour to repair the damage they did to themselves. With your hacking abilities however, you aren’t completely overwhelmed, as it will serve a key role in helping you progress within each area.. As you play the title, you’ll make use of all sorts of mechanics to help survive this title, such as the following:
- Hack computers to rewire electronics to make them work the way you want to
- Twenty challenging stations where you must complete different objectives
- A vast amount of electronics that you can hack to stealthily, or violently, get past Onix Guards
- A unique cloning system where you can never lose in a level.
For more information on Hut90 and Retool, you can visit their website. You can also give them some love on Twitter, or purchase the game when it drops on May 19th. You can grab it from Steam, should the title catch your eye. Fans of stealth games and hacking focused titles are sure to find enjoyment in this unique looking indie title!
Source: Press Release