Fuel Grab is my love letter to the games of my youth, growing up in the 80's. 

Don't get me wrong. I love modern games as well. But, there is something about those old games that has been lost today. These older games were about making a little digital toy for people to play with and try to master. They tracked high scores and enticed you to try to do a little better each time. Simple to learn, but hard to master.

That is the core of Fuel Grab: a room-sized play area with death looming and points available in every direction.

Somewhere along the path of my gamer-life, rogue-lite's muscled their way into that place in my heart where old-school arcade games lived, and made a little home for themselves as well. They had taken the idea of arcade game death and added the idea of incremental improvements between runs. In Fuel Grab, this comes in the form of upgrade cubes that improve your ship for the run you are on until you die, and coins, which can be used to buy permanent upgrades for your ship.

I wanted to see what these old school sensibilities would feel like in a modern engine, so I rendered out the world in 3d using Unreal Engine. This made using modern special fx and sound design and little stuff like camera shake and post processing possible, which really helped bring the game into the modern era without compromising the old school feel.

At this point, Fuel Grab is a groundwork to build on. On the roadmap going forward, my next plans are to implement unlockable skins for your ship and new unlockable ships as well. I'm also planning on adding a system to randomize the wall layout for the level, to keep things fresh, and possibly whole new levels to unlock. I'll be adding a trailer in the next few days as well.

This is my first journey down the road of releasing a game on itch and it's been a smooth process so far. I've been pleasantly surprised. I look forward to hopefully building a community around the game here and documenting the journey. I'll share what I learn along the way and document the highs and lows.

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Thanks for your time and I hope you enjoy the game!