Cloudbreaker is a roguelite survivor-like where you explore a sky-world, defeating hordes of enemies. Upgrade and optimize your arsenal with an inventory management puzzle system. Unlock and upgrade airships, each with its own unique layout, abilities, and strategies, to grow your power over time.
Explore & Survive:
Delve down through the clouds into a sky-world rife with danger and riches. Discover ruins filled with scrap, relics, and resources to power up your ship. Survive against hordes of Biotes—the lingering biotech experiments of past civilizations. Defeat bosses to gain the power to break through deeper cloud layers and descend deeper into the depths of the sky.
Upgrade:
To survive, you must carefully upgrade your ship to contend with increasing dangers as you descend. Defeating Biotes earns you Bloil that your ship converts into Engine Parts. These Engine Parts can be installed in your Engine Grid—an inventory management puzzle system.
Optimize:
Placement of Engine Parts is key. Each Engine Part interacts with the grid in unique ways, creating powerful synergies. This forces you to carefully consider where each new part is installed, and plan your build accordingly. Weapons also have their own upgrade trees, redefining how they function, adding another layer of depth to your build.
Thrive:
Your power grows over time as you unlock new parts and airships. Each ship has its own unique Engine Grid layout, and abilities, that lend themselves to new strategies and builds.
As you progress, you will customize each ship by powering its upgrade tree, tailoring it to your particular playstyle
Features:
Explore a sky-world, discovering ruins and surviving waves of enemies.
Inventory management style Engine Grid puzzle system.
Unique Engine Parts that can combine and connect to create powerful synergies.
Discoverable relics that change combat, opening up new strategies.
Unlockable airships with unique layouts, and abilities for varied playstyles.
Upgrade trees for each ship, enabling deep customization.
Bosses and mini-bosses that will test your skills and builds.
Those who have been granted access are among the first people to play Cloudbreaker outside of our development team (AKA Brendan and Anand ).
If you havent been admitted yet, youll be included in a future wave. If you havent signed up, you can do so on our Steam page:\nhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3620890/Cloudbreaker/\"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">
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Were hoping this stage of Cloudbreaker will be a collaboration with all of you. Please let us know how youd like to see the final game shaped.
[hr][/hr]Whats Included in the Playtest
The first two stages of the game (each lasting ~20 minutes). Bosses and waves in Stage 2 are still WIP but fully playable.
[/*]A limited set of Engine Parts (equipment you place into your ships hold/inventory).
[/*]A limited set of Relics (powerups for your ships). Some art assets are still WIP.
[/*]Three playable ships.
[/*]Feedback Survey to collect your thoughts and suggestions.
[/*]Keyboard + Mouse and Controller support*
[/*]Windows and Linux builds**\n\n
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Focus Areas
Core Gameplay Loop
We want to hear what you enjoy and dislike about the core loop. Your feedback here helps us dial in the gameplay and ensure it\'s as fun as possible.
Difficulty
Cloudbreaker is intended to be a challenging game. However, if it\'s too difficult, theres a difficulty slider that can be adjusted between runs in the Options menu. If you do adjust it, please let us knowthis helps us calibrate difficulty more accurately.
Performance & Benchmarking
Cloudbreaker may look simple on the surface, but theres a lot happening on the GPU. This may cause framerate drops on older PCs. If this happens, please let us know what hardware youre using.
Bugs
Were a two-person team here at Ballast Games, so we need your help breaking things! Weve squashed as many bugs as we could, but you\'re sure to find some along the way. Please report them so we can fix them ASAP.
[hr][/hr]Known Issues
Shields can be recharged by removing a master shield when it is depleted.
[/*]*Some areas still have controller-support issues. If you encounter these, please report them. In most cases you can proceed using keyboard and mouse to get past the blocking menu or interaction.
[/*]**Performance on Steam Deck is still WIP. Expect framerate drops toward the end of a run.\n\n
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How to Contribute
Feedback Form: https://forms.gle/JWQ6N3xcVZmVcUuH8 [u] [/u]
[/*]Discord: https://discord.gg/KbBuBHwGwa [u] [/u]
[/*]Contact Us Directly: BallastGamesTeam@gmail.com
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Minimum Setup
- OS: SteamOS 3.6.24
Recommended Setup
- OS: SteamOS 3.6.24
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