A story-driven action/stealth sidescrolling RPG with a fresh new vision of cyberspace.
Explore the dark alleys of Harbor Prime and a host of diverse locations in both physical reality and the wild reaches of cyberspace. Discover the truth behind an enigmatic AI striving to reach the Singularity, a theoretical “event horizon” in which artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence and all bets about the future will be off. How will you play your part in the story?
Main Features
Rare melding of realism and creative vision
Realistic action, mature storyline, and complex character interactions meld with hand-drawn characters, animations, and locations, arcade-style melee combat, and an original conception of cyberspace.
Multiple solutions to problems
Operate in cyberspace or normal reality. Overcome obstacles using skills, weapons, special equipment…
Meaningful character progression choices
Will you be a silent assassin, a hacker, or a straightforward gunfighter? Improve your character and gear to unlock gameplay-changing upgrades that reinforce and customize your gameplay style.
Unique hacking mechanic
Transfer your consciousness to your avatar, overcome intrusion countermeasures, take action, and then return back to your body in a fraction of a real-time second to see the results – deactivated turrets, overloaded devices, enemies with crippled implants…
Neo-cyberpunk
Story deeply inspired by the cyberpunk novels of William Gibson and other classical cyberpunk authors, flavored with a contemporary concept of augmented reality.
Rich game world and mindful level design
Visit diverse locations in Harbor Prime, a futuristic city complete with luxurious skyscrapers, run-down shantytowns, and seedy red-light districts. Take part in street brawls, steal corporate data, overcome environmental hazards, and, of course, stay alive – no easy task.
Full voice acting
Interactive dialogues using hand-drawn sprite animations, fully voice-acted by professional actors.
Multiplatform development
Game is being developed in the Unity 3D game engine for PC (Windows), Mac, Linux, and OUYA.
DRM-Free
Dex will be distributed DRM-Free, with an option to receive a Steam key (if we succeed on Greenlight).
Looks pretty good! Love the art style -- very "Beneath a Steel Sky" (speak of the devil, eh Paul?) They're asking for an insanely low amount of money too, KSing this should be no trouble!
INORITE?! I'm broke as fuck and I'm still going to try and find a way to back this! <3 It looks awesome (that "This message is not subliminal. GO VIRAL" bit on the screenie above... hahaha)
Yeah, agreed... these are horrible stretch goals. The game should always be expanded before other platforms are considered, IMO. Having Shield and WiiU as the next stretch goals compared to having an enhanced game with more gear/areas? It's no contest really
Yeah, agreed... these are horrible stretch goals. The game should always be expanded before other platforms are considered, IMO. Having Shield and WiiU as the next stretch goals compared to having an enhanced game with more gear/areas? It's no contest really
Indeed , it's like they're using PC users as a charitable organization for the purpose of saving the more unfortunate handheld aficionados.
Looks absolutely amazing! Gorgeous artwork and while the animations/collisions could do with a little work (based on the videos, sorry, obviously not the gorgeous picture ) I think the whole package looks incredible.
Damn. They really nailed the cyberpunk style perfectly.
sabin1981 wrote:
Looks absolutely amazing! Gorgeous artwork and while the animations/collisions could do with a little work (based on the videos, sorry, obviously not the gorgeous picture ) I think the whole package looks incredible.
Yup! my thoughts exactly. The single characters from the KS page and the videos looked a bit "rough", but somehow they blend in nicely in that static screen. Here's hoping that the animations will be smooth as well. There's nothing worse than have incredibly detailed environments and ugly robotic sprites walking around.
They're up to £27k now ($44k) so the WiiU port is confirmed but they're still £5k short of the game expansion with just over 26 hours to go. Let's hope for a last day rush
2D doesn't give much freedom to move around or explore, compared to isometric view
Exploring isnt more limited, its just on a different axis. Good luck trying to explore vertically in a isometric game, that's what 2D exploring is all about. There are lots of 2D games with tons of exploring because they offer both climbing and jumping (neither which is possible in isometric view).
Damn, love the new trailer gonna up my pledge on this one
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, it's like they're using PC users as a charitable organization for the purpose of saving the more unfortunate handheld aficionados. 
