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Press release:
5 MARCH 2019 – Big AB Games today reveals its ethereal new title, “Robo Instructus” – a programming puzzle game with an artful aesthetic and a compelling sci-fi story (the Game is coming to PC via Steam this Summer).

What’s more, a beta version of the game is available now, absolutely free, and players can sign up via the Robo Instructus website.

In Robo Instructus, players will discover a hidden language and explore the spirit of creativity – learning to program a salvage robot on a forgotten alien world.

As players unravel the robot’s functionality, they will learn new programming commands, allowing them to remotely manipulate the robot through a range of hostile and dangerous environments, uncovering an intricate web of sci-fi storytelling along the way.

As your code becomes more efficient, so too will your strategic options – opening up a multitude of ways to overcome each challenge and delve deeper into the game’s desolate world.

By participating in the beta and providing feedback, participants will also have a chance to get hold of a free copy of the full game when it launches later in the Summer.

Solo developer Alex Butler said:
“Each puzzle in Robo Instructus asks you to not only get your robot somewhere, but to properly articulate every step in how it gets there. Succeed and you can embrace a sort of narrative archaeology as you uncover the game’s secrets”.

“So players are learning the game’s programming language, inventing solutions, finding new tools and piecing together the story of the world. At its core, though, is the articulation. There’s just a real thrill to translating your ideas into code and seeing them actually work. That thrill is a lot of what Robo Instructus is about.”

Robo Instructus will launch via Steam in the Summer of 2019. The free beta version is available now – sign up via the Robo Instructus website.

About Robo Instructus
Salvage Engineer, you have a new assignment on a distant world…

Robo Instructus is a puzzle game in which players manoeuvre a robot by issuing instructions via a simple programming language.

As players progress through the game they unlock new functions to overcome new puzzles, each of which can be solved in multiple ways. The more you master the robot, the more elegant and powerful your solutions will be.

Take the role of a Salvage Engineer sent across space. Use wits and tenacity to uncover the secrets of this isolated, frozen world.
About Big AB Games

In 2017 Alex Butler quit his job as a programmer to start Big AB Games and a promise of a fresh new life programming games about … programming. But funner programming!