Arcturus Proving Grounds

Overview

Arcturus Proving Grounds (APG) is a Free-to-Play multiplayer-only FPS that is in early alpha and currently holds open playtests on a weekly basis. The game is fast paced with a steep learning curve in a futuristic setting. The game employs many different intertwined systems that creates a verity of ways to play and a complex meta-game.

Systems

The following is just the broad strokes of the major systems at play.

Challenge System

• Players can create challenges that include a type of challenge, quantity value, time limit, and optional conditions.
  • Example: Kill, 8 players, within 10 minutes, while taking double damage, with the sniper rifle
• Up to 8 players may accept any challenge, 4 from each team
• Up to 3 active challenges at a time
• Completing a challenge give the winners credits and victory points (victory points determines which team wins)

Extraction System

• When a player dies, there is a short duration when a player may extract the dead player's core.
• When a player's core is extracted by an enemy, the player lose all weapon modifications, shop market access, and bounty.
• The player that extracts the core gains access into the other teams market access and bounty (split with other players that also recently did damage to killed player).

Bounty System

• Each kill increases bounty.
• Bounty influences the glow of each character.
• Players can place bounties on other players.
• When a player extracts another player's core, they gain that player's bounty in credits and extracted player's bounty resets.

Shop System

• Players may buy weapon modifications and accessories with credits as long as they have the appropriate market access.
• Players can buy market access with credits or earn it by getting kills (gives access to your teams market) or extractions (gives access to your enemies market).
• Players can have up to five accessories and each weapon can have one modification for its left click ability and one modification for its right click ability.
• Accessories can be passive or active.