| Basingstoke | |
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| Developer(s) | Puppy Games |
| Publisher(s) | Puppy Games |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS |
| Release | 27 April 2018 |
| Genre(s) | Roguelike, stealth |
| Mode(s) | |
Basingstoke is a roguelike and stealth video game developed and published by Puppy Games. It was released on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS on 27 April 2018. [1] [2] [3]
The player must escape an invasion of deadly aliens on foot, using their "wits and cunning". [4] The player is not able to use guns, only improvised gadgets. [4] The ultimate objective is to escape the town of Basingstoke and get "as far away from it as you possibly can". [5] However, the game does not have a health bar, and players die if they are hit once by the aliens. [4]
It is unclear if the game takes place in the same universe as Revenge of the Titans , but the game's name was based on the initial town where the aliens invaded in that game, where it was included "as a joke". [5] When aliens suddenly invade the town, the player character is trapped and must figure out how to escape alive.
The director of Puppy Games, Caspian Prince, lived in Basingstoke for a year in 2008, leading to the idea to use the name in the games he created. [5] The game includes some real locations from the actual town of Basingstoke. [5] [ needs update ]
The game uses the Unity engine, [6] and was originally planned to be released in 2015. [7] [6] However, the scope of the game changed during development, leading to a significant 3-year delay and lengthening of the game itself. [8]
In 2017 Julian Benson of Kotaku UK called a demo version "a wonderful idea that looks excellently executed". [9]
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