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Press release:
The London-based (the UK) indie games developer Kabloop (a solo game developer) and indie games publisher GrabTheGames, are today very happy and excited to announce that their oppressive 2D life-sim/platformer “DIGGERGUN”, is coming to PC via Steam in Q2 2023.

“DIGGERGUN” is an oppressive, 2D, life-sim about the cost of living crisis across the Western world. To celebrate the announcement, Kabloop has released a trailer showcasing the gameplay and life-sim elements.

In “DIGGERGUN” players take on the role of a new graduate who has been hired by the Cornwall Mining Corporation to work as an engineer on a newly-found island off the coast of Cornwall.

After arriving, the player is quickly put to work in the lithium mines, with their employer using the flexibility clause in their contract to legally enforce it. With their employer demanding a £3,000 fee to terminate their employment contract and take them back to mainland UK, they’re left with nothing to do but dig.

Players will have to work in the mines every day, managing their time, energy and small wage as they deposit lithium or face financial penalties. With a night-and-day cycle and a complex life-sim system working behind the scenes, achieving a work-life balance has never been more important.

Using real-world economics to inform its fictional world, DIGGERGUN aims to highlight the plight of minimum wage workers amind an intense cost-of-living crisis facing the United Kingdom and much of the Western world.

There is some light in the darkness though, as the oppressive world is inhabited by a cast of unique characters from a variety of backgrounds. Will you band together with others to push back against your corporate oppressors, side with your employer to get a leg up, or just escape at the first opportunity possible?

What you do, when you do it and how you do it has never been so important in this oppressive world. Can you overcome the corporation, as it fights to drain you of every ounce of your spirit and stamina?

Features:

⛏ Day-and-night cycle with an energy system where your actions truly matter as the sim-system tracks your gameplay and punishes/rewards you for your choices,

⛏ An atmospheric world with unique characters who run on their own schedules. Who you interact with, and who you don’t, can change the outcome of your story,

⛏ An all-to-real sim where wages, food, rent, and much more are based on the current cost-of-living in the United Kingdom, with tax calculated to real-world rates,

⛏ Randomly generated mines always keep you on your toes and increase in difficulty as you move through them.

About Kabloop
Kabloop is a solo developer living in the United Kingdom who makes games highlighting political issues.

About GrabTheGames
GrabTheGames is a video game publisher with over nine years of experience bringing high-quality indie games to players around the globe.

Website: www.kabloop.com

Twitter: @DIGGERGUNGame

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diggergun/diggergun

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1968180/DIGGERGUN//