Playniac

Factsheet

Developer:
Playniac
Based in London, UK

Release date:
PlayStation 4 Jul 10, 2018 / Steam Jul 12, 2018 / Xbox One Jul 13, 2018

Platforms:
PC (Windows / OSX)
PlayStation 4
Xbox One

Website:
insanerobots.com

Regular Price:

Description

Fight to the DEATH in this unique card battler. Compete in intense one-on-one duels. Lead a riotous robot rebellion through randomly generated survival arenas. Overthrow a malevolent robot despot in the epic 15+ hour single-player campaign. Insane Robots is card battling... HACKED! Insane Robots is a unique card battler with a brave tale of robot rebellion. Its a quirky, "rogue-lite" 2D strategy game where you battle for survival with token-based skirmishes in random-generated arenas. Each tournament brings tales of loyalty and betrayal; cold logic and insane risk. Power up your robot, lock down your slots, hack your opponent and launch your attack. Discover branching, reactive stories; strange and rare augments; special boosts that bring surprising twists; dynamic hazards like the acid cloud or ring of death; and deadly enemy robots ready to fight you and each other. Only a cunning player can survive the tournaments, unlock enough memory fragments and overthrow the Kernel to discover the terrible truth. Coming to PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 from Jul 10, 2018.

History

The core Insane Robots battle system was originally created in 15 minutes as a tabletop prototype using a pile of old business cards. This was only the start of a substantial physical and digital design process. The Playniac team has been playing and iterating the game since then, running tabletop sessions in their studio and at festivals worldwide during 2013-2014. Development of the digital game started in Jan 2015 and 15 people have formed the core team, including developer/designer Tom Kail (80 Days, Biome); developer Andrew Thorpe (Ori and the Will of the Wisps); artists Catherine Unger (Snipperclips, Detective Grimoire, Haunt the House, The Swindle), Fran Court (Hue, Stealth Inc 2, Frozen Synapse 2, New Art Academy 3DS), Belinda Leung (Total War, Pokemon Art Academy), Karen Teixeira (Twelve a Dozen, Oceans Heart), and Alice Duke (Fantastic Beasts, Lazarus); writers Yasmeen Khan (Fallen London), James Wallis (The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Paranoia RPG), and Charlie Carter; and designer/developer and Playniac founder Rob Davis (International Racing Squirrels, Cat On Yer Head, Anomaly X, Battlefield Academy). The game's soundtrack includes tracks by Noise 5000 and legendary French electro producer Kid Loco.

Features

• No CCG - avoid costly expansions and time-consuming customisation
• Overthrow the despotic robot ruler
• Master the 22-token battle deck
• Survive randomly generated arenas
• Compete in intense local and online ranked 2P multiplayer
• Play the deep 15+ hour single-player campaign
• Beat deadly hazards in five arena environments
• Unlock 43 robots and find over 100 augments
• Over 150 illustrated branching story events

Insane Robots Credits

Rob Davis
Designer & Developer

Tom Kail
Developer

Andrew Thorpe
Developer

Catherine Unger
Artist

Karen 'bitmOO' Teixeira
Artist

Belinda Leung
Artist

Fran Court
Artist

Alice Duke
Artist

Adam Clark
Artist

Charlie Carter
Writer

James Wallis
Writer

Yasmeen Khan
Writer

Gemma Thomson
Junior Designer

Noise 5000, Kid Loco and Audio Network
Music

Eliot Webb
Web developer

Stephen Hey
Marketing

Des Gayle
Launch Producer

David Storr
Launch and teaser promos

Dean Letts
Gameplay, blog post, and DLC promos

Dan and Tony Porter, The Trailer Farm
Teaser promo

James Briggs
QA

Claire Morley, Amir Moin, Anxhelino Graci, Haydn Ross, Gideon Sola-Oke
Testers

Ruben Garcia
Junior Developer

Contact

Inquiries
[email protected]

Twitter
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Web
playniac.com