PERSEVERE
Persevere is a survival management tower defense game set on an enigmatic alien tomb world.
After inadvertently awakening the planet’s defense systems, leading to the destruction of your ship, your crew is stranded in the midst of a hostile landscape. With only an abandoned locomotive, you must navigate the ruins of a long-dead civilisation in search of a way to escape. Fend off waves of alien drones, gather supplies, unearth wondrous technology, expand your train, and keep your battered crew intact, as you strive to uncover the secrets of this dead world.
In Development
Persevere is being developed by Universe or Nothing, which is primarily a solo endeavour by me, Mark Aherne (hello!).
The game is closing in on a pre-alpha demo, which will contain core gameplay for the first level of the game.
Story Intro
The Orphan Star glided silently through the star-filled void, its sleek hull reflecting the cold light of distant suns. Onboard, it’s crew prepared for their mission, knowing little about what awaited them. Their destination: a tomb world, long abandoned, its surface covered in dust and ruins.
It had, more recently, been home to settlers searching for a new beginning. Instead, they uncovered something old, something that didn’t want them there. Automated defences, dormant for millennia, reawakened and drove them out. The colony was lost, and whatever happened in those final days remains a mystery.
Now, the crew of the Orphan Star has come to recover an artifact hidden deep within the planet’s surface, beneath the ruins of its largest city. The defences may have gone quiet again, but the crew can’t shake the feeling that this world isn’t as lifeless as it seems.