Platform: PC | Xbox One | PlayStation 4 | macOS | Nintendo Switch | PlayStation 3 | PS Vita | Wii U If the project is completed, > your career as a master burglar will be untenable_ > Steal it, before that can happen_ -Īdventure | Action | Role Playing | Indie Meanwhile, from the safety of your rickety airship up in Outer Space, you can modify your thief with new skills, tools, and all manner of advanced technological horrors, allowing you to take on bigger buildings with better security, for gargantuan rewards! Have you got what it takes to pull off The Swindle? // THE_SWINDLE.GetTransmission() - > London, 1849_ > In 100 days, Scotland Yard will activate their breakthrough Artificial Intelligence technology, > codenamed "The Devil's Basilisk"_ > Its surveillance capabilities will be total. Platform: PC | Xbox One | PlayStation 4 | macOS | Linux | Nintendo Switch | PS VitaĪll the buildings you’ll be robbing are randomly-generated, so you’ll never get the same level twice. It is notable for its unique gameplay mechanics such as item stacking and looping, its gratifying endgame, its approach to storytelling, its art direction and its soundtrack composed by Chris Christodoulou.Ĭategories in common with Risk of Rain: Action | Indie | Platformer While lesser known, Risk of Rain was one of the games that contributed to the launch of the roguelite trend between 20. They can also learn more about the lore of the game through collectible logs regarding monsters and items. Through various achievements, they can unlock new items that will appear in future runs as well as 12 different playable characters. However, difficulty constantly increases with time and death is permanent.
Over the course of a run, the player will gain experience levels and find a multitude of items to improve their abilities and eventually become immensely powerful. The player is a survivor of the crash of the UES Contact Light transport space ship onto an unknown planet and must fight the hostile residents to find their way back. Hopoo Games was at the time composed of only two students from the University of Washington : game designer Paul Morse and artist and programmer Duncan Drummond. Risk of Rain is an action platformer roguelite developed by Hopoo Games and published by Chucklefish in 2013.