MetroidRL is a roguelike game based on the Metroid series.

Features

• Nonlinear advancement: You must explore the base in order to overcome the different obstacles you will find.
• No experience levels: All advancement is based on the suit upgrades you find
• Tactical Combat: Use your available suit upgrades wisely
• Randomly generated levels
• 2.5D, a simulation of 3D on a 2D
• Samus suit and enemies based on the Metroid series

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Quickstart

• Use Spacebar to fire your beam, '2' to charge and 'Ctrl' to jump.
• If you get lost on the screen, use 'L' to identify the icons.
• Use F1 to bring up the help screen
• Hit the enemies to destroy them and recover energy and weapons.
• When you reach the base, you can go through any of four elevators. Each one leads to a different area of the base. Use the base Decks as a recovery area if needed.

Plot

Contact with Galactic Federation Weaponry research facility has been lost 3 days ago.

Four scout ships sent to investigate the problem have been shot down by federation fire and a disruption field has covered the area surrouding the base, preventing long range scanners to detect activity.

Galactic Commander Adam Becgim, appointed leader of the base, has been preliminary judged as a rebel to the federation.

The base was built over a plasma shaft that goes deep into the planet; spontaneous bursts of plasma energy have been detected on the stratos of the planet, indicating possible activity from the base. Also, a class V unidentified space craft landed near the base 1 day ago.

Intergalatic hunter Samus Aran, a girl covered on mistery.

You have been assigned a mission: to land safely on X86.2 planet, infiltrate the base, neutralize the menace and recover secrets weaponry research sensitive material, under development on the 4 different areas of the base

You board your gunship and begin your journey to the planet