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Broke Signal Badlands

Broke Signal Badlands: A world of Desert Adventure. Picture of a revolver pointed at a bizarre alien creature, standing in the headlights in front of a desert landscape at night.
An achievement menu for the game, with a variety of crass, deadpan, and funny descriptions for each item on a plain pixelated interface.
A man staring into the desert wistfully, wondering where his life went wrong.
A diceroll screen, showing the player failed rolling the dice.
A short story describing a portly little man accosting the player for entering an abandoned desert waterpark.
A perfectly symmetrical cow skeleton laid out on the ground, with text provoking the player's curiousity about inspecting it.
A skull-shaped boulder prompts the player to think about the sentience of rocks.
A journal screen invites players to reflect on the activities they encountered that day.
A small yellow truck in the middle of a pixelated GPS map.
A spooky illustration of electric windmills lit up at night, inspiring a sense of eeriness in the player.
A cut-off loading screen of some kind of ghoulish monster, with a diceroll that simply says "Run, run, run run run"
The player is rolling the dice to potentially eat an egg of the side of the road.
The player is accosted by a man-in-black in the middle of an empty, dark road at night.
The player camps at Joshua Tree National Park at night, only to be awoken by cultists in the neighboring camp. They go to confront them, but realize they're outnumbered.
The player shoots an alien in a shootout minigame.
The player is frustrated by getting a cholla cactus ball stuck on their shirt, then comedically stuck on their shoe after getting it off themselves.
The player is confronted by a strange, ghoulish monster or alien in the middle of the road at night, in their headlights. They don't know what to do.
BY

Forward Instinct

United States

Genre:

Narrative RPG

A short choice-driven roguelike RPG, set in the desert. You're a line man that's stolen the company truck, in search of enlightenment. 

Drive your truck to explore, roll your dice, and get into trouble. Consider it a simple CRPG 1-pager: For short, two-hour playthroughs.

  • Pick your stats, including your ace skill, then level them up
  • 65+ Encounters: Day and Night bring out different vagrants, monsters, and mysteries.
  • Fight in deadly shootouts, knife fights, and nail-biting diceroll encounters!
  • Complete a daily journal to affect the game and reach your own enlightenment
  • Hazy, hand-drawn pixel art guides your desert journey
  • 20+ Discoveries: Complete an array of different discoveries across nonlinear playthroughs.
  • Complete many different endings with an array of secrets, stories, and characters across an array of playstyles!

Inspired by real trips to the Mojave.

Standard Platform

Linux Mac PC

Game Website

https://bio.link/forwardinstinct