Ctrl Alt Ego

July 22, 2022 MindThunk Klabater, MindThunk
Shooter Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Indie
Series X|S PC PS5
About

Transmit your disembodied ego between robots and devices and exploit their capabilities in the first-person, very British 70s/80s-era immersive sci-fi simulator Ctrl Alt Ego. Tool up and break bad bots into broken bits, or sneak a bug quietly into the system as if you were never there.
Storyline

You are ego, a disembodied consciousness.

You've been downloaded to an evacuated retro-tech space dock where a mind-altering virus has infected the consciousness ctrl stream.

Even if you eventually manage to remedy that spot of bother, who are you and where did you come from?

And why are the CATs talking to you?

The only way to find out is to debug yourself.

Debug your own mind.

Debug your ego.
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Release Date July 22, 2022
Developer MindThunk
Publisher Klabater, MindThunk
Game Modes Single player
Perspective First person
Themes Action, Science fiction, Stealth
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