The Future Project
Infinite Level · 2023 · Metroidvania, FPS, Shooter, Action-Adventure, Sci-fi
PC
9 user reviews67% · 9
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About The Future Project
We rose to the challenge, and pushed ourselves to greater heights. The Future Project, humanity’s latest achievement in space exploration, will allow us to journey the stars safely and effectively. As the player, you are finalizing the functionality of an AI technology that will relieve humanity of the dangers of exploring new planets. Pilot the AI, exploring planets and combating threats in fast paced combat as it journeys through distinct worlds. Obtain new weapons and abilities to enhance your capabilities and become the ultimate explorer and fighter.
Continuing the narrative started in Infinite Level's Impressions, The Future Project expands on the story by showing the aftermath of alien contact and the current progress of the titular Future Project. The story of The Future Project is presented in a way that allows players to interpret the game's events in their own way, at their own pace. Integrated naturally into The Future Project's digital world, piece together the development history of The Future Project, the thoughts of its creators, and the hopes of humanity. But beware, for there are those who believe the project will bring ruin to humanity. They will stop at nothing to destroy the project, ending humanity's hope to reconnect with the aliens.
Played from a first person perspective, players will navigate six uniquely themed environments, discovering the secrets each world has to offer. Use your various abilities for exploration, platforming, and fast paced combat. Abilities come in many forms, from extra movement options to entirely new elemental projectiles. As your abilities grow, so too do your options. Perform impressive platforming feats to acquire upgrades to health and ammo, or use your powers for flashy, skillful combat. As the simulation progresses, players will acquire new abilities which will open previously unexplored areas, allowing the discovery of hidden secrets and upgrades as you explore.
Though the AI is engineered for exploration first and foremost, there will undoubtedly be hostile creatures that must be defended against. The Future Project aims to create a fast paced, compelling combat system that has the player use their abilities in creative, efficient ways. Burn enemies to apply extra damage over time, create an ice shield to block attacks, elevate yourself with the very ground you stand on to defeat enemies, or simply unload all your missiles. Bring your combat prowess to intense boss fights that challenge your knowledge of current abilities. Man eating plants, robotic forces, and creatures from the deep await you!
FEATURES
Continuing the narrative started in Infinite Level's Impressions, The Future Project expands on the story by showing the aftermath of alien contact and the current progress of the titular Future Project. The story of The Future Project is presented in a way that allows players to interpret the game's events in their own way, at their own pace. Integrated naturally into The Future Project's digital world, piece together the development history of The Future Project, the thoughts of its creators, and the hopes of humanity. But beware, for there are those who believe the project will bring ruin to humanity. They will stop at nothing to destroy the project, ending humanity's hope to reconnect with the aliens.
Played from a first person perspective, players will navigate six uniquely themed environments, discovering the secrets each world has to offer. Use your various abilities for exploration, platforming, and fast paced combat. Abilities come in many forms, from extra movement options to entirely new elemental projectiles. As your abilities grow, so too do your options. Perform impressive platforming feats to acquire upgrades to health and ammo, or use your powers for flashy, skillful combat. As the simulation progresses, players will acquire new abilities which will open previously unexplored areas, allowing the discovery of hidden secrets and upgrades as you explore.
Though the AI is engineered for exploration first and foremost, there will undoubtedly be hostile creatures that must be defended against. The Future Project aims to create a fast paced, compelling combat system that has the player use their abilities in creative, efficient ways. Burn enemies to apply extra damage over time, create an ice shield to block attacks, elevate yourself with the very ground you stand on to defeat enemies, or simply unload all your missiles. Bring your combat prowess to intense boss fights that challenge your knowledge of current abilities. Man eating plants, robotic forces, and creatures from the deep await you!
FEATURES
- Six distinct, 3D worlds filled with unique enemies, obstacles, and items
- Fast paced combat mechanics designed for skillful play and player creativity
- Metroidvania-like progression, where collecting new items allows further exploration into previous areas
- Wield the elements as you burn, freeze, bury, and electrify opponents
- Continuation of the story seen in Impressions, with humanity nearing the completion of The Future Project
- Atmospheric environments to immerse yourself in
- Futuristic, immersive musical score complimenting the tone of every scene
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Works flawlessly on a Steam Deck. Picked this up on a whim and glad I did, great game and a fun Metroid Prime style game. Needs polish here and there but amazing work for one developer. Bosses can be pretty difficult and offer a nice challenge. Fun exploration and large environments. Definitely recommend!8 found this helpful
Don't play this game if you're prone to motion sickness. Don't play this game if you have an awful sense of direction, either - despite having a compass and map, it's too easy to get turned around and lost on which way is which (the compass UX being as complex as it is doesn't help whatsoever). Mechanically, its Okay Enough, [i]except[/i] when it comes time to play Platformer. [i]platforming sucks because very often you can't tell if you're going to undershoot a platform and slide off it's lack of clear corners, or if you're going to overshoot it because it's small enough that dashing throws you wildly over it.[/i] Add that mobile platforms [i]CAN MOVE YOUR CAMERA AS THEY TURN[/i] and it's a miserable time. [spoiler]The aether ability is just flat out impossible to tell distance with, which is egregious when you need it to be soundly behind something. The down-line it has is ABSOLUTELY USELESS because [i]it's locked to the camera instead of functionally pointing down[/i]. It would've been better at that point to have given it some form of dropshadow from it to give you a clear idea on if it's above a platform - not that [i]that'd[/i] be as helpful as it should, given some platformi…6 found this helpful
It's very difficult to get immersed in a world with the amateur mish-mash of art.3 found this helpful
This game was a pleasant surprise. It was a functional and fun metroidvania, that didn't overstay its welcome. You can tell this game was made with passion. It is definitely a little rough around the edges, but has loads of charm. It would have been easy to dump a bunch of unity assets in and call it a day, but the dev went the extra mile and modeled everything themself. Some Positives: The various worlds are pretty fun to explore with lots of upgrades and rewards. The different power-ups you receive are interesting and fun. They can be used in a variety of ways to traverse the environment or fight enemies. There are some pretty challenging platforming sections, especially in the latter half of the game. The story is interesting enough to keep you going, but the exploration is the main draw. Some Negatives: There is no way to mark on your map, so if you see something you can't reach yet, you better have a good memory. The default fall damage feels a little too unforgiving. This does get better later in the game though. Sometimes if you fall into a death pit, you get respawned in very precarious places (or just in mid air) causing an inescapable death loop. Overal…2 found this helpful
Very good for what is clearly a solo devs first attempt at a 3d game, its far from perfect and i had to give up because i got super duper lost but it shows promise and a lot of passion it feels very heartfelt in the best way1 found this helpful
Really poor enemy models and animation. Amateurish, not worth your time.
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