Aden Interactive

Factsheet

Developer:
Aden Interactive
Based in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Release date:
21st February, 2022

Platforms:
Steam

Regular Price:

USD	$11.99
EUR	€9.99
CAD	$13.49
GBP	£9.29

Description

A cyberpunk strategy/management/fighting game in 2D pixel art. Manage the prison, control the fighters using only commands, maximize your profit. Your goal is to win the Prison-Arena of the Year Award in only 365 days. Filled with references to a dystopian state, future technology and dark historical humor.

History

Gladihaters started in IPCA Game Jam 2019, in which we had 48 hours to develop a game with the theme 'sacrifice'. We figured that a gladiator arena in which prisoners fight each other to the death was a good idea, but the twist was that the players only controls a prison warden, who shouts commands to those prisoners to make them win or lose. This created a fun and unexpected take on the serious theme. The reception in the Game Jam was very good as the other developers and jury, awarded Gladihaters with the best Art, Music and the third place in the Game Jam. After such a nice reception and testing the prototype with other players we further developed the concept, the story world and the scope of the game. Gladihater's creative director and developer has worked for some creative agencies in Portugal, and after a few years working with digital interactive projects for major brands, he started researching game design and game production. In the beginning of 2021 he contacted the other 3 members of the game jam team and started production. Other people were in the project: artists, writers, music and sound artists, marketeers and others. Some of the most significant additions to the original game are the use of historical characters, more management and strategy elements between fights, and more 'chaos' in each combat. The game is currently released in Early Access on Steam, and any player can adquire it was keep advacning with the production.