Grey Legend: Survivors Announced

Post-apocalyptic RPG where characters’ psychology directs how they survive!

New Finnish indie studio Silver Legend Ltd has announced their debut title, a gritty post-apocalyptic base building survival game that blends the tactical tension with the a deep social dynamics. Check the trailer at the end.

Base building & tactical combat mixed with social dynamics

In Grey Legend: Survivors, player leads a handful of characters, building a safe haven in a world scarred by extraterrestrial terraforming. While the gameplay has strong elements in "testosterone-fueled" tactical risks and brutal combat, the heart of the game lies in the relationships between the characters.

Numbers bringing humanity alive!

Grey Legend: Survivors differentiates in its genre by elevating the player generated characters to the same depth as designer created ones. At the core of the game is a dynamic dialogue system which directly attaches itself to the internal psychology of the characters. Character modeling takes advantage of ideas from MBTI structures, John Beebe’s 8 function model and Russell’s Circumplex model.

This means that each character has their own motivations and internal roles at any given time which directly impact how they feel, react and communicate as the world keeps changing. Dialogue is always carrying gameplay mechanics with them. Any topic the characters can talk about will have 1800 variations how it will go. This includes conversation starters and responses for 16 personality types with 8 cognitive functions and 12 different moods. This means every playthrough will become a unique story of surviving.

The End of the World that started without conflict

The game takes place 20 years after the collapse. Unlike traditional dystopias, the world did not come to an end via war, but from failed first contact with species from outer space. The nanobots enhancing the aliens had more sinister effect when they leaped to human bodies.

The player's role is to lead her own group of survivors in now hostile Earth where nature has taken over. The goal is to build a safe haven, research and reclaim lost technology and study alien tech while fighting the infected, the other survivors and against the changing planet while the majority of the aliens are still stuck in orbit.

A "Dream Team" of Industry Veterans

The ambitious project is backed by a seven-person founding team with a staggering average of 18,5 years of industry experience. Impressive background includes also several system driven games. Also in these previous games ‘system soup’ type of approach has led to deep narrative experiences.

Key Features:

• Visceral Tactical Combat: Lead your squad through dangerous alien-altered territories where death is permanent.

• Deep Haven Building: Construct and manage a sanctuary for your survivors.

• Emergent Social Drama: Characters develop unique relationships, grudges, and bonds based on their distinct personalities and shared trauma.

• Next-Gen Dialogue: High-fidelity procedural conversations powered by advanced AI modeling and supercomputing.

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Silver Legend Ltd is a Finnish game studio based in Oulu, close to the arctic circle. Founded by industry veterans, its current team of 7 has over 18 years of experience on average. Silver Legend focuses on The Grey Legend games - psychology driven, character management RPGs for PC and consoles. The company relies on four pillars - building games with strong elements of social fantasy, power fantasy and narrative fantasy which all always work via game mechanics.