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(fHeistGeist - Doublequote Studio - A story-focused cyberpunk RPG about the consequences of that 'one last job' going terribly wrong. Coming to Steam on November 11th.
Hi everyone and good IndieSunday to you! Allow me to introduce you to the game we're making in our small team of four, based in Bratislava, Slovakia. It's called **HeistGeist**.
Steam page https://store.steampowered.com/app/1982940/HeistGeistreshly updated)
Watch our Story Trailer https://youtu.be/Z78sutHyZzE?si=2y-kmgxIbWinkdcy
Join our Discord https://discord.com/invite/HgrJJfK7Ky
# About the game
Our game is a story-focused (non-roguelike) cyberpunk RPG with cards instead of skill trees. In **HeistGeist**, you play as Alexandra, a professional thief for hire who's desperately trying to stay alive after her last job in Venice went terribly wrong. On the run from corporate assassins and with a knife to her throat courtesy of a very unhappy client, Alex needs to assemble a team of professionals to pull off the heist of a lifetime.
It’s a proper heist story, inspired by the likes of *Mission: Impossible*, *Inception*, *Money Heist*, and *Ocean’s Eleven*.
The game is set in Central Europe, in a futuristic cyberpunky version of our hometown, Bratislava.
Instead of having skill trees, you build your character by putting together a deck of cards to suit the strategy you're going for. As you play certain cards, they accumulate upgrade points. Once the card levels up, it can be modified into one of two versions, each suitable for a different character build, offering deep customization enhancing your strategic options and synergies.
You also acquire cyberware that alters some of your base stats, such as hand size, deck size, positive status effects, or other resources when installed.
And you can't really have a cyberpunk game without hacking. In HeistGeist, hacking is implemented through a unique puzzle mechanic inspired by the new *DeusEx games* and *Android: Netrunner*. You use cards, representing viruses and programs, on nodes in a digital grid to reach the payload located at the end of the grid.
So, tl;dr, what can you expect from the game?
* A thrilling story spanning 10 missions
* Fully voiced dialogues featuring 14 talented voice actors
* Card-based combat with more than 40 unique cards to build a deck tailored to your preferred strategy
* Hacking puzzles to test your wits
* Original, brain-melting soundtrack by Robert Bruckmayer
* Fully hand-drawn illustrations and visuals
# Our inspirations
I always liked card games like *Magic: The Gathering, Android: Netrunner* and videogames like *Slay the Spire, Griftlands, Nitro Kid* etc. I'm also a big fan of cyberpunk works like the *Sprawl trilogy* by William Gibson, movies like *Blade Runner, Upgrade* and of course games like *CP2077*.
Games with card-based combat are usually roguelikes, but I really enjoyed what *Griftlands* did, with adding quite a lot of story and character into it. We decided to push it a bit further and try to make a proper non-roguelike RPG focused on characters, their relations and storytelling, all intertwined with card-based battles and hacking. Our inspiration draws from games like *Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales* and *Black Book*.
# Main Features
* **Heists** - Pull off high stakes heists in which every choice matters
* **Story** - Follow an original cyberpunk story full of twists and intrigue, set in unusual setting in Central Europe, with a fully voiced cast of characters
* **Combat** - Fight your enemies in card-based battles where sequencing and powerful combinations are the key to your success
* **RPG** - Build your character by constructing a deck of cards that suits your playstyle and by augmenting your character through the installation of cyberware that changes your attributes.
* **Hacking** - Use cyberspace to hack into secure servers in a unique card-based puzzles where you run programs and install viruses in order to get to server at the end of the grid
If this is something that interests, we have a **free Demo** featuring a part of one mission available on Steam.
**The game is set to launch on November 11th 2024, on Steam and then Nintendo Switch sometime next year.**
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Hi everyone and good IndieSunday to you! Allow me to introduce you to the game we're making in our small team of four, based in Bratislava, Slovakia. It's called **HeistGeist**.
Steam page https://store.steampowered.com/app/1982940/HeistGeistreshly updated)
Watch our Story Trailer https://youtu.be/Z78sutHyZzE?si=2y-kmgxIbWinkdcy
Join our Discord https://discord.com/invite/HgrJJfK7Ky
# About the game
Our game is a story-focused (non-roguelike) cyberpunk RPG with cards instead of skill trees. In **HeistGeist**, you play as Alexandra, a professional thief for hire who's desperately trying to stay alive after her last job in Venice went terribly wrong. On the run from corporate assassins and with a knife to her throat courtesy of a very unhappy client, Alex needs to assemble a team of professionals to pull off the heist of a lifetime.
It’s a proper heist story, inspired by the likes of *Mission: Impossible*, *Inception*, *Money Heist*, and *Ocean’s Eleven*.
The game is set in Central Europe, in a futuristic cyberpunky version of our hometown, Bratislava.
Instead of having skill trees, you build your character by putting together a deck of cards to suit the strategy you're going for. As you play certain cards, they accumulate upgrade points. Once the card levels up, it can be modified into one of two versions, each suitable for a different character build, offering deep customization enhancing your strategic options and synergies.
You also acquire cyberware that alters some of your base stats, such as hand size, deck size, positive status effects, or other resources when installed.
And you can't really have a cyberpunk game without hacking. In HeistGeist, hacking is implemented through a unique puzzle mechanic inspired by the new *DeusEx games* and *Android: Netrunner*. You use cards, representing viruses and programs, on nodes in a digital grid to reach the payload located at the end of the grid.
So, tl;dr, what can you expect from the game?
* A thrilling story spanning 10 missions
* Fully voiced dialogues featuring 14 talented voice actors
* Card-based combat with more than 40 unique cards to build a deck tailored to your preferred strategy
* Hacking puzzles to test your wits
* Original, brain-melting soundtrack by Robert Bruckmayer
* Fully hand-drawn illustrations and visuals
# Our inspirations
I always liked card games like *Magic: The Gathering, Android: Netrunner* and videogames like *Slay the Spire, Griftlands, Nitro Kid* etc. I'm also a big fan of cyberpunk works like the *Sprawl trilogy* by William Gibson, movies like *Blade Runner, Upgrade* and of course games like *CP2077*.
Games with card-based combat are usually roguelikes, but I really enjoyed what *Griftlands* did, with adding quite a lot of story and character into it. We decided to push it a bit further and try to make a proper non-roguelike RPG focused on characters, their relations and storytelling, all intertwined with card-based battles and hacking. Our inspiration draws from games like *Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales* and *Black Book*.
# Main Features
* **Heists** - Pull off high stakes heists in which every choice matters
* **Story** - Follow an original cyberpunk story full of twists and intrigue, set in unusual setting in Central Europe, with a fully voiced cast of characters
* **Combat** - Fight your enemies in card-based battles where sequencing and powerful combinations are the key to your success
* **RPG** - Build your character by constructing a deck of cards that suits your playstyle and by augmenting your character through the installation of cyberware that changes your attributes.
* **Hacking** - Use cyberspace to hack into secure servers in a unique card-based puzzles where you run programs and install viruses in order to get to server at the end of the grid
If this is something that interests, we have a **free Demo** featuring a part of one mission available on Steam.
**The game is set to launch on November 11th 2024, on Steam and then Nintendo Switch sometime next year.**
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