Burning Roads is the story of a difficult journey accross a hostile planet. The player has to navigate his convoy over the map, solving conflicts using a card game that grows in complexity. With playtime of a few hours and a randomly-generated world the game invites exploration of the world and mechanics through repeated playthroughs.

• Burning Roads is a rogue-like with a card-game combat system
• The project is currently in the concept stage with playable prototypes
• We aim for a commercial release in the second half of 2015
• Target platforms will be PC and console, with a potential later tablet release

• The player is in control of a convoy or a group of people
• The group needs to reach a certain place to complete the game
• Gameplay time for one playthrough is 2-6 hours
• World is randomly generated each time you play
• There only one rolling save-game that tracks your progress: What you lose is gone

• The player can select different convoy setups (characters, equipment) when starting a game
• In a map view the player’s convoy travels overland exploring the area, looking for the target safe place
• There’s clear hints and directions on where to travel towards the goal
• There are random encounteres with multiple-choice for the player
• The player can visit settlements and meet and acquire characters, vehicles and equipment etc.
• A simple resource management is included, where the player has to supply his followers
• Here decisions between the health of the convoy and the combat power of your characters come into play

• The player will regularly come into conflict, which is resolved in a view different from travel
• Both physical combat and social conflicts are resolved using the same central game system
• A turn-based card game with multiple characters simulates encounters
• Each character has their own deck of cards
• As characters improve their decks and their combat possibilities improve and change as well

• A science-fiction planet after a near apocalyptic galactic event (no zombies!)
• Elements of science-fiction and post-apocalypse mixed together
• The game takes place 100 years after a technological apocalypse
• The convoy is trying to get to a means to leave the planet
• Themes of hope and cooperation are at the core of the game
• The world should be deep and complex to provide room for future games and products
• Check out the Pinterest inspiration folder for additional visual input

The world is not set in stone and can be changed. I very much want to create this world in collaboration. What’s important to me is that it doesn’t end up being a vanilla fantasy or science-fiction world and that the setting and game mechanics work well together.

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