From Press Release:
Grand Rapids, Michigan – February 12th: FINJI, the award-winning development studio and publisher of Night in The Woods, Chicory or Tunic and indie artist Michael Brough (868-HACK) have today announced their collaboration on 868-BACK, a computer-hacking strategy roguelike game. Players will be able to try the game’s first demo at the Steam Next Fest later this month.
Inspired by roguelike dungeon crawlers, 868-BACK challenges the player to get out of the server alive while fighting Megacorps. Navigating servers as if they were dungeons and using illicit software as tools, they’ll learn to take risks to increase their wealth and clout to take on more and more difficult mega-corporation servers.
868-BACK immerses the players in a mission to dismantle capitalism while they use hacking spells to win a fight, clear the sector of enemies, and face more nasty situations before being disconnected (again!) by the richest corporations on earth. Players go through 8 servers, choosing paths that lead to different endings in unique runs made up of 19 days.
Each server is a new experience, allowing the player to start fresh by gaining new powers to dismantle the sector’s defenses and rob capitalism of their most valuable assets. Balancing risk and reward and managing resources are the key aspects to succeed in every encounter. But they have to achieve this against the clock before they are disconnected and booted from the server for good.
Finji Fans can learn more about this newly signed project on the dedicated website, wishlist 868-BACK on Steam, and find more details about FINJI’s other projects like Usual June, here.
