Forsaken Fortress is a a post-apocalyptic RPG/simulation hybrid based on survival through squad defense and base building, you must maintain a base and gather supplies while leading a group of characters. NPCs in Forsaken Fortress are highly dynamic in their behavior, with needs, goals and personalities that influence their daily life and decision making. Some may fall in love and some may quarrel, but all them bring life to the devastated, forsaken world.
Base Customization & Management
The base can be enhanced to include structures such as watchtowers, walls, bunkers, and more in order to hold up against attacking monsters. Inside, structures such as clinics and workbenches can be produced in order to heal characters and enhance weapons.
Most functions, such as cooking, you'll need to assign a person to cook. Obviously, the better the cook and food, the happier the moral of the base becomes.
Resource Collection & Exploration
While playing, you're able to explore the world with the squad of up to 15 characters. The environment can be used to assist you through the collection of food, water and supplies (some of which are defended by enemies).
The world can be explored on foot, but there are also vehicles in which you can travel the world solo, or with allies. So far, there is at least one ground vehicle (a humvee with a turret) and at least two air vehicles.
Note that while you explore, time still passes at the base and it may get attacked while you are exploring.
Character Development & Interaction
Each character encountered is unique and will respond differently to the choices made by you. The other characters change how they feel about you over time through actions, such as how good of friends they are.
Certain traits, such as aggression, can also be developed by the choices you make on where to send the characters under your command. These traits better prepare the characters for the environments they are typically sent into (such as combat).
Morale
The morale of each character can be continuously altered throughout gameplay. Injuries, boredom, fear, fatigue, sickness, and even weather can factor into how the characters feel. The mood of the characters change the interactions you'll have with them, so keeping the morale up through entertainment, bribes, or simply good meals is a good idea.
Character Customization
At the beginning of the game, you have the opportunity to decide the skills, attributes, appearance, sex, and name of your character. Throughout gameplay, more customization will become available, such as the equipment and party. Additional customization, including weapons, accessories, clothing, and armor are also included.
Currently known attributes:
- Strength decides the melee damage the character does as well as the maximum amount of weight he or she can carry.
- Intelligence decides how persuasive the character is and their capability to learn.
- Constitution decides the speed of the character as well as total health.
Currently known skills:
- Calm/Aggressive
- Kind/Cruel
- Sociable/Isolated
- Adventurous/Cautious
- Quiet/Talkative
- Active/Lazy
- Friendly/Aloof
- Optimistic/Pessimistic
- Loyal/Disloyal
- Brave/Cowardly
- Emotional/Rational
Weapons & Crafting
Weapons revealed during the trailer include 13 ranged weapons, including pistols, SMGs, rifles, and machine guns; sniper rifles and explosives, such as rocket launchers; and melee weapons, such as knives, axes, and likely hand-to-hand combat. Weapons can be modified by adding attachments such as bayonets, lasers, scopes, grenade launchers, and more.
Not much is currently known about the crafting process in the game, but the characters will be able to craft items, weapons and ammo in a workshop.
Random Encounters
Although little is known about the specifics of the encounters, some difficulties you'll have to face include monsters, rival squads, environmental blockades, and radioactive zones. While traveling the world for supplies, allies, and missions, the player must struggle against these hardships.
- Monstes
- Rival Squads
- Environmental Blockades
- Radioactive Zones
Squad Combat
When entering combat, the entire party can be one squad, or they can be separated into smaller squads to attempt to flank the enemy. Combat options include six commands.
- Go to: Sends a squad to a specified area.
- Follow me: Tells the chosen squad to follow the player.
- Stand by: Makes the squad wait and hold their position.
- Medic: Tells NPCs to heal each other, heal the player, or revive unconscious allies.
- Retreat: Pulls the squad away from combat.
- Concentrate Fire: Tells the squad to fire at a specific character/area.
- Take Cover: Commands the squad to hide behind barrels or other aspects of the environment.
- Charge: Orders the squad to run at the enemy to fight aggressively.
- Cease Fire: Orders the squad to stop shooting.
