Waves: Arena Tactics is now on Kickstarter; £30,000 goal for the top-down shooter sequel

I'm normally immune to the draw of competitive leaderboard chasing. Waves was one of the few that penetrated my usually pacifist shell, leading to a few weeks of intense competition among friends. It was an elegantly designed twin-stick arena shooter, in which increasing your combo gave a temporary bomb power-up that would further increase your combo, thus granting more bombs, thus further increasing your combo, and so on.

Now, one-man outfit Squid In A Box has released a Kickstarter for the sequel, titled Waves: Arena Tactics. Rather than a simple score attack, this time the game will support custom loadouts and procedural levels, giving a sense of progression, exploration and build tailoring to the experience. The Kickstarter campaign is looking to raise £30,000 in 22 days.

The game has already been in development for two years, with much of the game already playable in online or offline modes. Here's what Squid In A Box, aka Robert Hale, has already achieved:

• Procedural Arena Generation

• Inventory and Equipment System

• Modular Weapons, Buffs and Debuffs system

• All new AI interface

• Online Multiplayer Integrated with Steamworks

• Ten Unique Weapons

• Five Super Weapons

• Eight Support Items

• Ten Single Player Arenas

• Eight Enemies

And the hoped for £30,000? Here's what it will help to achieve:

• Soundtrack by Robert Stjärnström of Machinae Supremacy

• Five Singleplayer Game Modes

• Five Competitive multiplayer Game Modes

• Two Co-Operative mulitplayer Game Modes

• Seven New Enemies

• Dozens of Upgrades

• New GUI

• New Arena and Enemy Art

• Multiplayer Arenas

• Testing and Balancing and Testing and Balancing

As always with Kickstarter, there are a list of potential backer rewards, with game access costing £10, and beta access available for £35.

Thanks, RPS .