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48 days until 60 Parsecs!

by: Eric -
More On: 60 Parsecs!

Developer Robot Gentleman is preparing to deliver the follow-up to their hit adventure/survival game 60 Seconds, and today they announced the September 18th release of 60 Parsecs!

This game has such an amazing hook, I couldn’t believe when I read it that no one had thought of it before. Trapped on a space station with a nuclear bomb fast approaching, players have 60 seconds to run around and gather all the supplies they can find before being launched in an escape pod. They then have to survive using their wits and the stuff they were able to scavenge before the bomb blew their home out of the sky.

With a wild variety of events and scenarios that could take place on your shuttle, 60 Parsecs! promises to be different every play-through. “Did a brainslug hitch a ride on the captain, making them toss everyone out the airlock? Or did the infamous swinging aliens of Omicron-7 weigh your shuttle down, pulling it into the gravity of a dying star? Drawing upon roguelite sensibilities, 60 Parsecs! offers up a non-linear narrative that ensures every adventure (and hilariously macabre death) is unique, making for replayability that’s - and we’re so sorry for this one - out of this world!” sayeth the press release.

Some other goodies:

SCAVENGE & EVACUATE

With only 60 seconds before nukes reduce the space station to floating particles in the vacuum of space, frantically grab whatever supplies and crew you can before getting out of there. You never know when that sock puppet will come in handy.

SURVIVE & DECIDE

Space funerals are inconvenient, so try to avoid dying where possible. Use your limited supplies and (hopefully not limited) wits to make difficult choices and ensure your survival, even though the odds are definitely stacked against you.

EXPLORE & CRAFT

Duct tape fixes all problems, but how do you fix (or at least craft) duct tape? Chart expeditions to find resources, craft survival essentials and explore strange new worlds in a procedural, very-much-permadeath adventure.

LEAD & PROTECT

As captain, it's your duty to keep the crew happy - they're less likely to kill you that way. Manage relationships as you watch them grow closer and hopefully not throw each other out the airlock.

The trailer to this one really sells the fun-factor, as well as the Lost in Space/Star Trek 60’s sci-fi vibe. 60 Parsecs! launches on Steam on September 18th, with hints that the game will be coming to other systems a little further down the line.