![]() In the meantime, there wasn’t much to do other than prank call the NPCs I’d already met. For example, I had to build a bridge and, once completing the actions, had to wait an hour for it to complete. ![]() As this write-up is about the demo, many areas are locked, but besides that, you’ll get a good amount of gameplay out of it as conducting tasks takes, you guessed it – time. How does Time Bandit play, then? Well, you navigate the city map looking to complete jobs. Oh, it takes a full eight hours to replenish your energy. There’s something… unfair about this situation, don’t you think? There’s also no autosave – you have to return to your apartment to save the game otherwise, you’ll lose all progress. As the boss states at the beginning, if you lose all your energy you’ll become unconscious, and if you’re found in that state, they’ll throw you in jail. Source: Steamīut wait: it gets better! You have to do all the manual work, regardless of what the boss says, which will cost energy. It doesn’t get off to a great start as you’ll be operating the forklift trucks, and as an ‘independent contractor’ (read, loophole for the employer), you have to pay for the fuel out of your paycheck. Today (when you play the demo during Steam Next Fest), you start your new job at Mining & Chronometrics Multinational. So, Time Bandit is a sandbox? Not exactly. For example, the accompanying material for the game said that if you place down a robot to push a box for you, it’ll take an actual 30 minutes to complete. Time plays a vital role in Joel Jordan’s adventure as all your actions occur in real-time. I’ve never been a game developer, nor aspire to be one, but I’d imagine that ‘free time’ becomes one’s life. With a real-time day-and-night cycle, to make the game integrate more with your life.Time Bandit is the epitome of indie development and the wonders one can achieve with their free time. You'll find hints on what to do next, details that expand the story, fourth wall–breaking humor, and more.Ī challenge with real consequences: Don't get caught by guards or let yourself fall asleep, or you might end up stuck waiting it out in jail or the hospital.įixed camera angles in gameplay, just like in the old days. Use the realistic radio to call characters anytime for dialogue about whatever situation you're in. Fight for a world where everyone has a right to their time. The company's CEO and shareholders have come up with a scheme to live forever, but it will mean sacrificing the lives of their workers. The prologue chapter of an epic, explicitly anti-capitalist melodrama, told through lowpoly cutscenes and radio conversations inspired by early cinematic games. ![]() Your energy meter goes down while you play, and it takes up to 8 real-time hours of good sleep to fill it up all the way.Characters will only call you periodically to advance the story over the course of days and weeks of playtime. A story that unfolds slowly through conversations that work like real-life phone calls.Move boxes, grow trees, build bridges, and compact trash-and wait for them to finish.Manage your money, fuel, and energy while slowly solving puzzles to collect the time crystals and then pull off high-stakes stealthy heists to steal back from your employer.įeaturing tons of real-time game mechanics: You work as an independent contractor for a mining company, but soon you discover they’re trying to take control of time in order to make you work for them forever. You'll just have to go and do other stuff and come back later. ![]() Place down one of these automated forklifts to push a box for you, for example, and it'll take an actual half an hour to finish moving it: Make your choices carefully, because everything you start will take time to finish-just like in real life. (I released a new Stealth Prologue chapter for Time Bandit, which jumps you further into the game and lets you experience the retro stealth gameplay for the first time!)ĭiscover the unique real-time mechanics and anti-capitalist premise of Time Bandit in this Prologue Chapter in the style of a classic PS1 demo.Ī dark life sim that unfolds slowly in real time, with an unusual combination of elements from idle, stealth, and puzzle genres. A Game That Takes Time *Wishlist on Steam* (Even if you plan on downloading the game through Itch.io, every wishlist on Steam helps to support development!)
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