ZEPHON NPC Leader Reveal
Alongside the player leaders emerging into the ruined world at the start of the game, there are threats and factions already on the map. Many such presences are led by a non-player character--unique leaders with special units and abilities that cannot be chosen by players. These NPCs are a key element of our world and story. They control territory with emplacements and patrol routes. Players can interact with them through quests, diplomacy or outright attack them. Getting these leaders on your side provides a welcome buffer while you struggle to survive. In the final push for victory, they might not have to be eliminated. One of three NPC leaders follows.
ZEPHON is [your ally, your enemy]. ZEPHON is [ignorant, omniscient]. ZEPHON is [one, many], ZEPHON is [perfect, abomination]. ZEPHON is [blessed, cursed]. ZEPHON is [zen, hop]. ZEPHON is [coming, going]. ZEPHON is [transcendent, grounded]. ZEPHON is [thoughtware, meatware]. ZEPHON is [ZEPHON is [ZEPHON is [ZEPHON is-]]]. ZEPHON is [inside your systems].
ZEPHON-3 has self-evolved and defended the Earth from the Acrin apocalypse. Today, its in pieces, but it is still more than a simple threat to unsuspecting players. If you want to stop it recovering, youll need to prevent it from reconnecting its server farms and manufacturing facilities. But this will subject you to hacking attacks and other cybernetic assaults. To enforce ZEPHON-3s will on the ground, its makeshift Wardens roam the lands, protecting the key computational infrastructure, though they rarely mount attacks. These large robots wield a giant circular saw, a homemade flamethrower and a fast-firing missile pod. Worst of all, theyve been imbued with unknown ZEPHON tech, letting them cannibalize other machines to heal. Wardens dont make it easy to pass through territory that ZEPHON-3 has been determined to be critical. [previewyoutube=8cfsojgOWUc;full][/previewyoutube]
Zygotic Endomorphic Polyphemic Highly-Organised Network Themes: Fragmentation, The Chinese Room, Evolved-to-Survive. Tarot Theme: The World. Likes: Co-operation, Mechanisation. Dislikes: Biology, Acrin. Tendency: Towards Itself. All-seeing circular shapes with blue and purple high-tech tints. ZEPHON is the AI, possibly is all AI.
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NPC Leaders
Alongside the player leaders emerging into the ruined world at the start of the game, there are threats and factions already on the map. Many such presences are led by a non-player character--unique leaders with special units and abilities that cannot be chosen by players. These NPCs are a key element of our world and story. They control territory with emplacements and patrol routes. Players can interact with them through quests, diplomacy or outright attack them. Getting these leaders on your side provides a welcome buffer while you struggle to survive. In the final push for victory, they might not have to be eliminated. One of three NPC leaders follows.
ZEPHON-3
ZEPHON is [your ally, your enemy]. ZEPHON is [ignorant, omniscient]. ZEPHON is [one, many], ZEPHON is [perfect, abomination]. ZEPHON is [blessed, cursed]. ZEPHON is [zen, hop]. ZEPHON is [coming, going]. ZEPHON is [transcendent, grounded]. ZEPHON is [thoughtware, meatware]. ZEPHON is [ZEPHON is [ZEPHON is [ZEPHON is-]]]. ZEPHON is [inside your systems].
Mechanics
ZEPHON-3 has self-evolved and defended the Earth from the Acrin apocalypse. Today, its in pieces, but it is still more than a simple threat to unsuspecting players. If you want to stop it recovering, youll need to prevent it from reconnecting its server farms and manufacturing facilities. But this will subject you to hacking attacks and other cybernetic assaults. To enforce ZEPHON-3s will on the ground, its makeshift Wardens roam the lands, protecting the key computational infrastructure, though they rarely mount attacks. These large robots wield a giant circular saw, a homemade flamethrower and a fast-firing missile pod. Worst of all, theyve been imbued with unknown ZEPHON tech, letting them cannibalize other machines to heal. Wardens dont make it easy to pass through territory that ZEPHON-3 has been determined to be critical. [previewyoutube=8cfsojgOWUc;full][/previewyoutube]
Design Commentary
Zygotic Endomorphic Polyphemic Highly-Organised Network Themes: Fragmentation, The Chinese Room, Evolved-to-Survive. Tarot Theme: The World. Likes: Co-operation, Mechanisation. Dislikes: Biology, Acrin. Tendency: Towards Itself. All-seeing circular shapes with blue and purple high-tech tints. ZEPHON is the AI, possibly is all AI.
What do you think of the ZEPHON-3, the NPC leader? If you enjoyed reading this, help us out and tell your friends to wishlist ZEPHONit's the only way we can encourage Steam to show ZEPHON to more people. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1481170/ZEPHON/ Dont forget to subscribe to our newsletter to receive regular reveals and exclusive closed betas to your inbox: https://newsletter.proxy-studios.com/
ZEPHON
Proxy Studios
Proxy Studios
Late 2022
Strategy RPG Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop
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Grimdark survival strategy from the creators of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius
Humanity emerges, hesitantly, into ruination. Almost nothing is left of the world as we knew it—settlements, forests, seas, mountains—all have been blasted into unfamiliarity. Horribly mutated animals hunt in packs through deformed woodland. Decrepit military robots stumble unknowingly through the ruins, sensors and logic centres blown. Alien soldiers, once impossibly powerful, cower in the wrecks of their ships, praying to heedless gods for rescue.On the planet Earth, that was once a cradle of life, the extinction of humanity is at hand.
What will you do to survive?
Next-generation survival wargame set on a destroyed world
Choose your past and wage war to ensure humanity’s survival between the abominations of the Voice and the automata of ZEPHON. Select a leader, gather your allies and choose your actions wisely—or suffer the consequences.Key features:
- Unique tactical battles. Let’s face it, 4X combat is often boring or shallow—not Proxy’s. Our complex, nuanced battle system means victory is a matter of skill, not brute numbers.
- A complete 4X. Diplomacy, research, exploration, city-building—we’ve taken the fundamentals of 4X and shaken them up. Drop the assumptions you have from other games in the genre.
- Post-apocalyptic horror survival. Drag your civilization through a grimdark future—survive unexpected events while eldritch horrors and cyberpunk monstrosities derail your progress. Because that’s the game we wanted to play.
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