SYNSTASIS, turn-based cyberpunk RPG with tactical elements set in a post-libertarian future

[Infinitron]

https://synstasis.com/

SYNSTASIS (formerly SYNAPSE) is a turn-based cyberpunk RPG with tactical elements, set in a post-libertarian future where governments have been deemed irrelevant and 90% of humanity live in megacities run entirely by corporations.

The story revolves around a group of scavengers of spare parts and machinery living in the underbelly of a megacity, and their unwitting entanglement in a plot that could determine the fate of 8 million people.

The game presents a futuristic world that spurs the imagination, while remaining logical and plausible, by incorporating several technologies and socio-economic concepts that are currently in development and which may become reality in the near-to-distant future.

There's a demo available on Steam. Anybody wanna give it a try?

 

[Infinitron]

Weird, this looks slicker than your typical indie, but there are only two videos of it on YouTube right now on random garbage-looking channels:

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Lurker47]

What does "post-libertarian" even mean.

 

[LordofSyn]

https://synstasis.com/



There's a demo available on Steam. Anybody wanna give it a try?

I will gladly give it a try and even make videos on it. Hilarious too as my channel is called Syn's Arcade.

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[nytebyte]

Hi everyone, my team and I have been working on the demo of a cyberpunk RPG called Synstasis. It's just been released on Steam and I wanted to share a link with you all: https://store.steampowered.com/app/828100/Synstasis/

Hope you enjoy it

 

[MarkedOne]

What does "post-libertarian" even mean.

 

[Drowed]

My god, this must be the worst trailer I've ever seen.

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

I kinda like the vibe and the general look of what I'm seeing here.
Keeping an eye on it.
When somebody plays the demo, please report!

 

[Heretic]

I played the demo for a short while.

The art design reminds me of Anachronox.
The voice acting is quite good, but needs a better mix (sound volume overall is chaotic).
Writing... not sure. I would characterize it as "quite well written kids behaving as adults".
The UI is amateur, in some default Arial font and Excel tables.
It is not clear what you can and cannot interact with, so I ran to each person and watched if the action prompt appears. In 90% cases it didn't appear.
The faces are quite realistic but also not what people in games usually look like, more like this guy I met in the gym yesterday. This might actually not be bad, to have realistic faces for once.
The pacing was slow, I was tired and turned the game off before I could get to the combat system.


The demo didn't impress me, but it also didn't turn me completely off.
If the game stays in its current shape, I won't play it, but if they improve it significantly, it might be interesting.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

What does "post-libertarian" even mean.

 

[harhar!]

Good old "Libertarianism creates monopolies" meme. How many stable, long-term monopolies do you know that exist without any government interference?

 

[Lurker47]

Good old "Libertarianism creates monopolies" meme. How many stable, long-term monopolies do you know that exist without any government interference?

Libertarianism does create monopolies but they create monopolies that implode sporadically unlike our monopolies which just keep on becoming more and more bloated.

 

[Crashbang]

Writing... not sure. I would characterize it as "quite well written kids behaving as adults".

Hey there. I did the writing for the game. I was wondering if you could go into any more detail about the comment above? Were there any particularly egregious examples that stood out to you?

 

[HeatEXTEND]

egregious examples

 

[Crashbang]

egregious examples

I've done no research on this picture and I still have no idea what it means.

 

[HeatEXTEND]

egregious examples

I've done no research on this picture and I still have no idea what it means.

A fine example of the honoured tradition of drunk posting. You're welcome :cheersmate: