cyberpunkdreams Slated To Launch On Steam May 14
The last time we brought up the text-based sci-fi RPG cyberpunkdreams (no capitalization), it had a vague debut window of sometime in the summer. Turns out it’ll be a bit sooner than that…indie studio Late Night Games just announced it’ll get the game out the door on May 14.
Even though cyberpunkdreams is mostly text, don’t sell it short — it’s an immense project that’s taken Late Night years to build. The setting is Cincinnati in a dark cyberpunk future that may remind you of a recent high-profile bomb. It’s also set in a metropolis controlled by corporations and surrounded by a wasteland. But it’s 2090, a few years later than 2077, and considerably less glitchy. The story you get depends on the choices you make, and there are hundreds of branching paths to experience. You are whoever you choose to be — Late Night mentions possibilities like “a smooth-talking socialite, a hawk-eyed purveyor of secrets, a cybernetically augmented street tough, a master hacker or anything in-between.”
cyberpunkdreams boasts over 1.6 million words of interactive prose, delivered through thousands of interlinked story vignettes filled with meaningful decisions and stylish illustrations. As the seasons pass in the city, opportunities will change, new story threads reveal themselves and past decisions bear new fruit. Players will grow and change with every choice made, as they expand their network of contacts and knowledge of the city and its surrounding badlands.. Players ought not push their luck – life is hard in the big city, and bullets come cheap.
This is a free-to-download game. That usually means small purchases everywhere, and Late Night admits microtransactions will be part of it, but they also tell us the most important updates will be free, and each one will expand the storyline further. cyberpunkdreams is an experience that grows with you! It’ll be out May 14 on Steam.