Release Date: 2014-01-27
Developer: Sweet Dog Studios
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Early Access
Price: 6.99
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. Youll explore mysterious locations Mine blocks for resources and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures some of which dont even want to kill you and eat your corpse. Along the way youll be able to craft armor weapons gadgets and more to assist you in surviving in an inhospitable environment.StorySensing that an apocalyptic war was imminent the United Nations executed a last ditch plan to save what they could of the human race. 2 crafts were launched a massive colony ship called the Hephaestus and a smaller faster scout ship called the Hermes. The destination was a recently discovered earth-like planet with the potential to harbor life located roughly 18 light years away. The Hermes reached the planet first in order to establish a presence in anticipation of the arrival of the Hephaestus.4 years later as the Hephaestus approached its destination a faint signal was detected from a nearby asteroid. Against their better judgement the crew of the Hephaestus decided to investigate and in doing so set in motion a chain of events that would ultimately lead to their destruction. The good news is you managed to survive by hitching a ride on a small escape pod just in the nick of time. The bad news is everyone you knew and loved is dead you have nothing but the clothes on your back a standard issue multi-function wrist laser and a faulty artificial intelligence companion named AGIS. Oh and the human race is probably doomed. Probably.FeaturesAn expansive world with procedurally generated and hand-crafted content.Online Co-Op MultiplayerA bunch of weird alien creatures.Some familiar creatures.Chickens.Mining hunting gathering.Gobs of ores materials and animal organs you can use to...Craft all kinds of weapons armor gadgets furniture etc. A bit of story and lore to hold the whole thing together.Eggs.All spiritual content in this game has been assessed by Dr. Halamkah advisor to the stars.Current State of DevelopmentSigns of Life is currently in Alpha. We feel like weve put together a fun satisfying experience that will allow us to get wider feedback while we complete the rest of the game.Right now our first priority is making sure that the content we have in-game is as bug-free balanced polished and fun as possible based on feedback from you folks. We have a significant prologue/tutorial planned as well as significant content beyond what is currently playable so the sooner you get involved the more of an effect youll have on the final game. We deal in hard science and in working very closely with our personal science advisor at Sweet Dog Studios that tends to lead to results.We are still very much in development and we would like you to join us in shaping the game from here on out. Your feedback is vital to us so dont be shy =)Caveats/IssuesSome sound effects are missing but we are actively working on filling them in.