Developer Bippinbits have announced PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant (yes really) as their next game following Dome Keeper. It looks suspiciously like Dome Keeper is 3D, but it's a lot more than that.
More about it: "In PVKK, you step into the role of a cannon pilot for an autocratic regime, confined to a defense bunker. Your mission: manually control a massive planetary defense cannon to fend off an ongoing interplanetary invasion. Master the various systems to protect your home world.
Interact with a retro-tech cockpit filled with satisfying buttons, levers, dials, and switches. Manage energy generators, scan the skies for enemy vessels, analyze threats, calculate fire trajectories, and execute precise firing procedures. With limited resources and a strict regime, strategic thinking is key to your success."
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Features:
- Immersive Cockpit Interaction: Engage with a detailed, tactile control panel filled with retro-tech elements.
- Deep Narrative: Experience a story rich with political intrigue and moral dilemmas.
- Customization and Upgrades: Improve your bunker and cannon to face increasing challenges.
- Atmospheric Setting: Enjoy the unique blend of a cozy yet oppressive bunker environment.
- Multiple Endings: Your decisions have a significant impact on the story's outcome.
- Hidden Secrets: Uncover bit by bit what is going on outside of the bunker through engaging escape room-style puzzles.
It's made with Godot Engine again and the developer confirmed Linux support for it.
You can follow it on Steam.
Oh god.
Last edited by M@GOid on 27 June 2024 at 6:29 pm UTC
Quoting: gaboverstaI am disappointed that someone decided to not strictly stick to Planetenverteidigungskannonenkommandant as the titel and introduced an acronym.
The game looks interesting though.
If they don't abbreviate it from the start, the Steam community would come up with their own random terms. Hard to market your game that way. Now you can say PVKK in a chat and anyone who isn't familiar with the game can search for it.
Quoting: M@GOidThis reminds me of a scene in the 1985's movie "The Return of the Living Dead". There is a big cannon firing a nuclear warhead. At the time I though it was fake, a prop from a B trash movie. But a couple ears ago to my big surprise, I discovered that thing really exists. Its name is M65 atomic cannon. It does not have range to reach meteorites in space on collision course with Earth, but still is a impressive thing.
They seem to be about the same length but this planet defense cannon is definitely a higher caliber.
Quoting: EikeThought that looks boring, watched trailer, now think that does look absolutely stylish!Missile Command! That was my first thought from the description. It better support the trackball...
Man, we've gone a long way since Space Invaders. :D
Quoting: gaboverstaI am disappointed that someone decided to not strictly stick to Planetenverteidigungskannonenkommandant as the titel and introduced an acronym.
The game looks interesting though.
In all honesty, this is a very accurate way to portray a German term, especially in the industrial and military sense. Some examples:
- Personenkraftwagen (Pkw)
- faserverbundkunststoff (FVK)
- Generaloberstabsarzt (GOSA)
So, it's pretty lore accurate!
Quoting: noobdoomguy8658Quoting: gaboverstaI am disappointed that someone decided to not strictly stick to Planetenverteidigungskannonenkommandant as the titel and introduced an acronym.
The game looks interesting though.
In all honesty, this is a very accurate way to portray a German term, especially in the industrial and military sense. Some examples:
- Personenkraftwagen (Pkw)
- faserverbundkunststoff (FVK)
- Generaloberstabsarzt (GOSA)
So, it's pretty lore accurate!
Personenkraftwagenfaserverbundkunststoffgeneraloberstabsarzt (Pkwfvkgosa)
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