Pixel Syndrome Bundle

MAINFRAME DEFENDERS

Tactical retrofuturistic strategy game. A computer virus has infiltrated the "Stargazer" research complex. Most of the robotic units are controlled by the virus. Lead a squad of 4 prototypes on a mission to defend complex mainframe. You'll have to repel assaults, destroy unit fabricators, download valuable data, clear infected nodes, and do more on your way to the deepest parts of the complex. Work with item limitations and drawbacks to build powerful combinations. Destroy your enemies with diverse tactics: overheat them, melt with corrosion, absorb damage, and return fire. But don't rely on a single strategy too much - enemies might have a way to counter it. But above everything else: defend the Mainframe!

* RETRO STYLE: Graphics, inspired by 80s terminal PC with hybrid synthwave soundtrack.

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DIVERSE TACTICS: Cook enemy robots to death, bury them under your bullets, eliminate with a single powerful shot, or render your opponents useless with debuffs - this game is designed with a lot of viable strategies in mind.

* BUILD YOUR SQUAD: Similar to how in card games you have to build your deck, in Mainframe Defenders you have to combine different items with unique abilities, to create an unstoppable squad. Work with item drawbacks or double down on them, creating flawed, yet powerful build!

* UNIQUE ENEMIES: Enemy squad won't sit idle, though. Each unit has its own role in the squad and designed to counter certain strategies. Pick your targets wisely, or you will lose.

* PROCEDURAL LEVELS: Hand-made rooms are combined with procedural generation to create random levels. Missions have differing objectives, combined with unique mission conditions. Will you accept the challenge or avoid the unknown and risk falling behind?

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PROGRESSION SYSTEM: Victory or defeat, the game is not over yet! Unlock new units, each with a unique set of upgrades and load-outs. Unlock new items to bolster your new strategies.

Synthetic Domain is a small team of hobbyists with a passion for making games. We are working with limited resources to deliver quality games focusing on polish and execution. We look at indie games, games from the 90s and 00s for our inspiration, hoping to bring some of the spirit of this era to the modern age.

Special Agent ASCIILL goes to an alien temple full of traps. Powerful electromagnetic emission blocks the video signal, so all information has to be transmitted as alphanumeric characters.

In these difficult conditions Agent ASCIILL will have to fulfill B.O.S.S.’ orders: plunder the treasures, destroy alien beasts and disable the security system.

As you progress through the levels, you start realizing that B.O.S.S. is not what he seems to be and Agent ASCIILL and Earth are just pawns in the game of huge powers of the Universe. But any pawn can eventually become a queen.

Mechanics of the movement. Pay attention to numbers when choosing your route. A figure in the cell indicates the number of traps around it. The position of the traps and treasures is randomly generated each time.

Features

• Nonlinear levels
  
• Procedural generation of traps and treasures
  
• Alien creatures that feel quite at home on Earth
  
• TNT and grenades for the abovementioned creatures
  
• Underwater brawls and rumbles in waterfalls
  
• Razor-sharp plot twists

Controls. There are three ways to control the game:

Keyboard. Arrows — move. Spacebar — shoot/throw. Enter — select. Esc — open menu.

Gamepad. D-pad — move. A — shoot/throw. B — select. X — menu. You can also move using joysticks and use the right bumper to shoot/throw.

Mouse. Move the mouse pointer to select the direction. Left-click to move. Right-click to shoot/throw.

Tips and Tricks

Hearts and lives. Extra lives save you when you fall into a trap. The trap is permanently disabled after that and you can safely step on that cell.
At the start of each level you get one life. On some levels, you can find hearts that give you extra lives.
Extra lives don’t save you from bugs, laser and drowning. If you die of any of these reasons, you’ll have to start the level over again no matter how many lives you have.

Light mode. Use the menu to switch to the light mode during the game.

Reaching the treasures and narrow passages. The traps and treasures generation algorithm ensures that you can always safely reach the treasures and narrow passages. There is always a way.

Story

War has ended in Seralia, but the scars are far from healed.

Decades of fighting have ended in a stalemate. The citizens are left to pick up the pieces. Precocious teenager Chel embarks on a cross-country trip to unravel the secrets of a missing generation. Along the way, she meets loyal comrades and other-wordly foes. Seralia may be in ruins, but a new day is dawning.

Gameplay

Classic RPG gameplay with modern refinements and infinite customization. No two playthroughs will be the same!

• Fast active time combat
  
• Complete customization: determine character stat progression and weapon proficiencies
  
• Crafting system: create attack items and buff/debuff items for unique strategies
  
• Ammo system: equip weapon-specific ammo types to give your attacks a kick! Deal explosion damage, status effects, and more
  
• Hack into computers and ride a motorcycle through the wartorn country side
  
• Choose between numerous classically inspired color palettes
  
• 6-8 hours of condensed RPG goodness. A brief RPG that you can replay for a new experience each time!

SJ-19 Learns to Love is a short boss focused metroidvania about a KILLER ROBOT who learns to love. Fight and explore a mysterious planet while gaining ~EMOTIONAL MATURITY~

• 100+ rooms to EXTERMINATE. Including areas like BONE CITY and THE LAB.
  
• 8 bosses to battle, including BIG FROG and Steve the Milkman!
  
• Chat about ANIME with Tokotsu-kun
  
• Items to gain abilities and power, like MILK for some strong robot bones.
  
• Frogs! Lots of them.
  
• Collect SP to upgrade your gun, missiles, and others!
  
• Learn to love!

Will SJ-19 fulfill their destiny as a KILLER ROBOT or learn to love and save everyone?!

Are you BAD enough to defeat STEVE the milkman?!

A psychological horror adventure game. Discover the four interconnected psychological horror stories. Explore different retro pixel art 1 bit to 8 bit environments in each of the stories. Discover the mysterious relationship you have with your psychiatrist. From a third person view in the purest retro style to a first person system reminiscent of old labyrinth games.

In a mysterious and strange consultation with the psychiatrist, he analyses you by making you play disturbing video games, with different endings. You experience past traumas, occult cults, a cursed bunker and much more. Each of them has a meaning, and as you progress through his analysis, everything gets creepier, you don't know why you're there, or how it's all going to end. Discover the mysterious relationship you have with your psychiatrist, who has something very special in mind for you.

• A set of four psychological horror stories.
  
• A unique pixel art style for each story.
  
• Different ways to play for each story.