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THRUSTLANDER

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At a glance

Developer: Improbable Pixel

Release Date: December 2020 (Atari VCS), July 2021 (Steam)

Platforms: Atari VCS, PC

Website: thrustlander.com

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1411040/ThrustLander/

Price: USD:$14.99

Availability: Digital Download

Languages: English

File Size: ~2GB

Press Contact: Please use the contact page

PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• MINIMUM:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

  • OS: Windows 10 Version 18362.0 or higher

  • Processor: AMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460

  • Memory: 4 GB RAM

  • Graphics: NVidia GTX 460 | AMD RX 550

  • DirectX: Version 11

  • Storage: 2 GB available space

• RECOMMENDED:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

  • OS: Windows 10 Version 18362.0 or higher

  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake

  • Memory: 8 GB RAM

  • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 | AMD RX 570

  • DirectX: Version 11

  • Storage: 2 GB available space

About this game

ThrustLander is a cave-flyer with modern graphics and a range of different gameplay modes (from speed run to destroy everything) set in beautiful claustrophobic environments. As players progress they can upgrade their ship to overcome challenges. With over 250 levels (and 4 difficulty settings) there is something for everyone.

Gameplay

• Learn to control the ThrustLander ship in progressively more challenging levels and game modes.

• Plan strategies of attack when faced with difficult enemies or environmental obstacles.

• As you play, you earn credits. Use these to buy and upgrade weapons, ship upgrades, attack drones and secondary systems!

• Earn XP as you complete missions to unlock levels and upgrades!

• Play timed missions with no enemies racing ghost ships through caves and trying not to crash.

• Play retro levels complete with retro music on a simulated 4:3 CRT monitor.

As you play the game you unlock groups of levels meaning you will never get stuck behind a tricky level.

Features

• 250+ levels across all modes.

• 10 weapons to equip with 11 upgrades.

• 5 secondary weapons.

• 5 types of drone.

• 5 possible ship upgrades.

• Destroy mode.

• Retro mode.

• Timed mode : Race through levels in timed mode with no enemies, attempting to beat ghost ships to the finish line!

Graphics

Modern DX11 graphics with realtime lighting effects and highly detailed environments.

ABOUT ME / History

My Name is Robert Capper. I have a wonderful wife and child. My background is in graphic design and 3D computer animation. I work as a technical director for an architectural visualization company called designstor. I have a love for 3D graphics, programming, art, games and generative art.

ThrustLander is a game that I have been making for the last 2 years in my spare (ish) time. I have actually been making this game in one form or the other ever since being inspired by a game called grav on the Atari ST.

I started out making ThrustLander because I could not find a modern alternative to a cave-flyer that I really enjoyed that had the features in that I wanted. So here we are!

Cave-Flyers tend to be very high skill games that require the player to put in a lot of time to learn how to play. I am hoping to make the genre much more accessible by adding skill levels and the ability to upgrade the players ship, the trick is going to be doing this and still keeping it challenging and fun for all players.

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