SpacePirate: Age of Rust

http://spacepirate.io Kickstarter Campaign

Tell me quick, what is SpacePirate?

A dark noir text/graphic adventure game in a sci-fi dystopian universe.
A turn-based role playing game (think Dungeons&Dragons in space)
You can play alone or with other players.
In-game use of Bitcoin, a popular cryptocurrency.
Not a pay-to-win based game.
A treasure hunt with puzzles, clues, and mysteries with no purchase or pledge required in order to play.
Has blockchain-enabled cards to collect, trade, and use.

What's new:

So, it's been a little while since I've been back to update everyone here on the progress on the game from my previous post. There's been a lot of development, in fact, there is an alpha demo called "the prologue" of the game which has two reward puzzles in the game. Each logic puzzle has a 0.1 bitcoin reward, follow the clues and solve the puzzles to claim the in-game rewards.

The prologue, is a small playable demo, which is really more of a pre-alpha release of SpacePirate. Keep in mind, doesn't have full functionality yet, but it's meant to tell a small story leading up to the events of where things start in the full release of the game. The prologue opened in April 2017 and already has more then 100 people playing the game. There are a few areas to explore and some puzzles to solve as well, plus a little bit of combat thrown in for good measure. I wanted to give people something to explore, and a mystery to solve while the rest of the game is in development. A few players have finished the prologue in about 20 hours of game-play.

What kind of game is it?

It is very much a retro game in a modern style. Like others, we grew up playing adventure and rogue-like games on the Commodore and later on desktop computers. These games captivated the imagination and got me interested in playing games online with other people. Playing games like The Pawn , Zork and The Hobbit and then reading books (Remember Choose Your Own Adventure ?) got us interested in science fiction and games. We really enjoyed playing multiplayer games like MajorMUD , Kyrandia and Tradewars 2002 too. Those games changed everything, because you played with others, you developed a camaraderie with other players in a close community that often continued for years. Recently, I found that people were still playing these games, but wanted more. They wanted to go on new adventures, and make new friends.

SpacePirate: Age of Rust is a dark sci-fi role playing adventure game in an intergalactic dystopian universe. It features turn-based combat against both game enemies and other players. It also plays like a dice-based D&D style game that you play with other people. Make no mistake, at its heart is an adventure and a mystery that rewards players with hidden treasures. The SpacePirate universe is an open game, a place where you can be as good or as evil as you want to be. You can seek lost treasures and solve puzzles, build a base to defend with other players or betray them and take over their empire, place a bounty on their ships or claim another bounty for your own personal gain, or wander around the universe and help other players.

CRYPTOCURENCY INTEGRATION - You don't need to buy any bitcoin to play SpacePirate. Rather the opposite, you might end up getting Bitcoin as rewards for solving puzzles in the game. Want to upgrade your weapon in the game and have cryptocurrency? Yes, you can do that in SpacePirate. The game also accepts 20+ other cryptocurrencies (Steem, Litecoin, etc) via ShapeShift.io.

BLOCKCHAIN TOKEN CARDS - RustChain Cards offer players the ability to collect, trade, and use cards in the game. These cards will also be on the blockchain as a limited series ofdigital tokens to trade outside the game. Cards can used in the game to award players special items and capabilities in the game. An example would be +1 to attack and +10 to armor or an in-game item such as an elite class of ship. Some cards will available for free in the game as rewards for solving puzzles or other achievements.

Some the of the reasons why you will want to play SpacePirate: Age of Rust

Strategy, role-playing, and adventure

You barter your way into a VK-99F starfighter, jump into your flight suit, and set off to build your own outpost on the edge of the known universe. You upgrade the weaponry, shields, and beginning the mining operations on the asteroid belt. Everything was going to plan until someone unknowingly flew right into your trap, set off a dozen mines and found themselves stranded on your doorstep. They want to surrender, so you....?

Maybe you are scavenging on an abandoned colony ship that has been drifting aimlessly in the cosmos. You come across an AI-enabled mech is trying to defend the ship against your hostile invasion. You roll a 20 and it rolls a 4, your blaster melts a hole through its head and it slumps to the ground. Another steps out from the shadows, you fire your blaster again and roll a 1.

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If you're interested in finding out more about SpacePirate, check out our website (spacepirate.io) and visit our kickstarter page where you'll fiind more links, videos, images, and more.