Operation Ares

Mars was supposed to be ours. When contact with the colony was lost, you were sent alone to find out why — and the red planet is no longer empty.

Explore a hostile Martian landscape, fight your way through alien-held outposts and take back the four lost bases one by one, until you face what waits at the last one: the Crystal Colossus, a 56-meter four-armed giant.

FEATURES

- Third-person sci-fi shooter with a cel-shaded art style

- Recover 4 bases guarded by aliens and their nests; every base you retake upgrades your gear

- Weapons: assault rifle, pistol, sniper rifle and a compressed-air impulsor that launches you into huge jumps

- Your support team: the Perseverance rover fights by your side (or drive it yourself), the Ingenuity helicopter scouts and marks enemies, and you can pilot your own ship with machine guns and missiles

- Ride a giant Martian chicken

- A ghost saboteur will try to take back the bases you recover — find it before it's too late

- Final boss: the Crystal Colossus, with eye lasers, crystal projectiles, mace smashes and stomps. Only its chest is vulnerable

CONTROLS

WASD – Move | Shift – Run | Space – Jump

Left click – Shoot | Right click – Aim | R – Reload

1-6 / Mouse wheel – Switch weapon

E – Operations center | F – Ship | G – Store vehicle

V – Rover | TAB – Ingenuity | M – Tactical map

This is an early version: Level 1 is complete and more content is on the way.

Windows 64-bit.

CREDITS

Sound effects and music (CC0): Kenney (kenney.nl), rubberduck, Darsycho, iletzy, Luke.RUSTLTD, yd (OpenGameArt) and BigSoundBank.