Indie developer Pew Times Three has announced that the Asteroids-style space roguelike Power of Ten will be blasting onto the Switch eShop on 20th March.
This one launched on Steam earlier this year and has since gone on to build up a steady stream of 'Very Positive' reviews.
In Power of Ten, you will control a spaceship (one of ten, would you believe?) as you set out to save as many civilians as possible before succumbing to the power of a destructive armada. During runs, you'll gather resources, upgrades and weapons and take down enemies all while avoiding a good amount of not-so-friendly fire.
The top-down perspective and general space shooter gameplay of it all immediately brought the arcade classic Asteroids to mind for us, though some nice pixel art and roguelike upgrades suggest that there's potential for a decent amount of depth under the hood.
You can find out a little more about the game's features and get a look at some screenshots below:
Find and unlock 10 unique playable star ships. Each with their own set of strengths and weaknesses. Choose your ship's upgrades carefully to create an unstoppable machine. Equip powerful and sometimes a bit crazy weapons. Discover combined weapons that slap two together making devastating combos.
Explore and battle through three unique regions and conquer a final epic battle! Enjoy daily runs that twist the game in fun ways or take the challenge to the next level with surge difficulties that will test your skills and strategy.
Each run is uniquely created and you'll uncover more of the universe with every try. Enjoy the beautiful pixel art stylized galaxy while finding unique events and secrets.
The Power of Ten page is currently live on the North American eShop, where it will be available in a few weeks for $11.99. A European listing is not live at the time of writing, though we would expect to see a similar price point when this one blasts off on 20th March.
What do you make of Power of Ten? Will you be taking it for a spin? Fly down to the comments and let us know.
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I am interested in this if I can turn the vertigo simulator, I meant the screen shake, off.
I love Asteroids and Star Control and I can certainly see traces of that DNA here, but your ship’s lack of inertia in this trailer is jarring. Does it have the thrust-based controls and flow of those classic games?
Pow10’s concept is intriguing, but I’m curious to learn more before blasting off.
Ooh, I like the look of this! Watching the video instantly took me back to playing similar games on the Amiga. Looks like it's going to be quite hard, though... there seemed to be a lot of accidentally colliding with things! A demo would be great.
But that is a roguelite though.
Sorry, but I can not trust a developer that do not know the genre of his game.
I will pass, because I like roguelike but dislike roguelites. And this one is not a roguelike.
@Teksetter
I was wondering the same thing. I'm for anything that smacks of StarCon II* and at first I just thought the trailer was showing a ship with an inertia-less drive like the Airlou saucers but it looks like they all handle like that.
*If you're interested, there are a couple of games on the eshop Event Horizon and Event Horizon: Space Defence which are basically ports of unfinished mobile games but... Crucially, they absolutely feel like playing StarCon II but with the ability to totally customise your ships by plugging components directly into the ship layout. It's a genuinely brilliant system and I'd crawl across hot coals for a full game with a similar ship building system. They're both regularly on sale for less than a quid each and really do scratch that Star Control itch, for a while at least.
oh my f'ing JANK. it makes me sick asf!!!
Looking pretty sweet. I'm gonna pay attention to this.
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This is already on my wishlist, it looks pretty unique.
@Woderwick
Oh that’s it - you nailed it! This game controls like an Arilou skiff. 😄
I think I’d like it better with about Yehat level inertia. It’s really been ages since I played Star Control or the Ur-Quan Masters. Now that is a Switch port I would buy in an instant!
I actually did come across Event Horizon: Space Defense for a bargain on the eShop years ago, and ended up putting a lot of hours into it. It was a fun homage to the StarCon games, even if it lacked personality. I may have to check out the original Event Horizon, since you mention it. Thank you for the tip!
@TekSetter
Yeah, I'd be all over a port of Ur Quan Masters. The original Event Horizon is a bit more like Star Con in its setup then Space Defence where you have a flagship which holds all your combat vessels and you fly between systems, drop on fight enemies and then maybe do some other stuff. The main problem is that there's nothing else to it, and it just goes on like that forever. But for me the ship building aspect is just about perfect and the combat feels like a modern version of Star Con II.
@Aryanb1 Mario Kart is my favorite racing sim.
By your logic, if it is a racing game, it does not matter if it is an arcade one, I can call it a simulator because mechanics does not matter.
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