The Montana Chronicles: Montana's Croatoa

Release Date: 2017-07-07

Developer: Austin Boucher

Genres: Violent, Casual, Indie, Strategy

Price: 1.69

Game Play Building on classical maze crawlers Montanas Croatoa is an attempt to break away from grid based movement in dungeon crawling puzzle based games. In real time the player must escape from the maze of enemies with limited sight. To make things more difficult in each level the player must activate a switch which will power the elevator to the next floor. A variety of enemies makes each level its own challenge. The Story Have you ever heard of Montanas Croatoa? They say the myth started as a fairy tale to keep children out of the abandon mines. But as with every fairy tale there is an origin to it. In 1950 a mining community north of Helena MT just up and vanished. The offical report was that there was a gas leak inside the mine that caused the entire facility to be closed. But theres one missing part in that report how did they abandon the mine if they never left?Follow the story of the only survivor of Montanas Croatoa. The Weaponized Strains and InfectionsThe Reanimation StrainThe concept came from the fungi that reanimates dead ants known as the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. This fungi was spliced with dandelion dna which led to a fast reproducing reanimation strain without the fungi extremties. When paired with a virus that turns the infected victims immune system against itself a very deadly localized strain is developed. The Vine StrainThe vine strain is based after the weed known as morning glory these strains have hardened tips and will pierce further into you than the claws of the basic reanimated.The Flytrap StrainThe flytrap strain is derived from the plant known as the venus flytrap. The flytrap is slow and easy to dodge but if the target is slowed or in the dark makes for a perfect ambush.The Spore ShooterThis advanced strain needs no sustiance to sproute. It fires spores in four directions and waits until it hears the spores hit to fire again.The SpidersSpiders that have been infected with the basic strain be cautious around them. They are faster than you and if you are bit by one you will eventually die.The Pollen SpreaderThis strain is based after the basic dandelion has gone to seed. Every second a target breathes in the pollen the harder it becomes to take the next breath. Soon the body begins to attack itself quickly killing the target. Once attacked the Spreader juts out thorns that impales the attacker. The GUI In the upper right corner are lights that will tell you: if the elevator has been powered if you have picked up the ingame object and if you can overcharge your headlamp for temporary more sight. In the middle of the screen is the current time spent in levelIn the upper left corner of the screen is the current best time ingame 9999.99 means the level hasnt been beaten yet.Across the bottom will show you current attacks and current health. Infomation On the Game 125 puzzle corridors from 5 different mine shafts.In each level the player must reach the exit elevator; however to power the elevator the player must find a switch within the level and activate it. Each level also features an in game item that you can pick up that will give some detail into the game be it a simple lump of coal or researchers observation notes on what the outbreak was. Each mine shafts corridors are based by that shafts name: clay drowned blood webbed and blackened. System Requirements Game requires a mid grade graphics card. Runs fine on a mac from 2012.