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Today’s Spotlight is Nowhere Prophet, a deckbuilding roguelite with tactical combat by Sharkbomb Studios and No More Robots.

Set on a post-apocalyptic desert planet inspired by Indian and Hindu culture, you play as a nomadic prophet trying to lead their tribe to salvation. Travel across procedurally generated maps full of random events as you build up your convoy, represented by a deck of cards.

Fight tactical card-based battles against roaming bands of marauders that seek to rob your tribe of their few meager valuables as you try to find the fabled Crypt, a mythical safe haven said to contain priceless pre-collapse technology and resources. You can check out a trailer above.

Nowhere Prophet is available on Windows PC, Mac, and Linux via Steam for $24.99.

Here’s a rundown of the game:

Take on the role of a powerful leader and mystic. Empowered with the gifts of technopathy, the ability to sense and affect electrical currents.

You are the last hope to a band of outcastes and refugees. Lead them across the randomly generated wastelands. Pick fights with greedy slavers and crazy machines using the turn-based card combat. Can you survive long enough to reach the mysterious Crypt?

Key Features:

• Card-based tactical combat system
• New procedurally generated maps each game
• Find loot and recruit followers to build your deck
• Unlock new content across multiple playthroughs
• More than 300 cards for you to discover
• Indian infused electronica soundtrack

Gameplay

• A roguelike deck-building game – Nowhere Prophet is a single player card game with procedurally generated maps, a high difficulty and permadeath. At it’s heart are two distinct parts of gameplay: Travel and combat.
• TRAVEL – During travel you navigate across a procedurally generated map. Make sure your convoy has enough resources to travel as you pick your route. On your journey you will encounter strange places and even stranger people. You will be thrust into situations that put the fate of your followers in your hands.
  If you’re lucky enough to gain some rewards, maybe for helping someone – or robbing them, then you can invest those to improve your decks. Recruit more followers to have more and different units to put into battle. Equip your prophet or level up and learn new skills to have access to stronger action cards in combat.
• COMBAT – You will have to overcome some enemies to keep your convoy and resources together. And sometimes you may even want to pick a fight for righteousness or just for loot. Once in battle the game changes to the turn-based card game mode.
  Play convoy cards to put your followers onto the field and position them so you can overcome your enemy. Or play action cards to dramatically change the battlefield. But be careful: If you’re wounded you will have to find a safe place to heal. And if one of your followers takes too many wounds, they are lost forever.

The World

A science-fiction post-apocalypse 

Nowhere Prophet is set on a far off planet called Soma. Your story begins many years after the Crash, a complete technological collapse. Civilization has broken down and the lack of resources made everyone turn either bandit or madman.

In this world inspired by Indian culture you lead a convoy of outcastes. These desperate men and woman following your vision of a better future. Under your guidance they travel with you through the wastelands. Your goal is the Crypt, a mystical place that promises untainted technology and safety.

If you can survive long enough to find it.

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