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Rigid Force Alpha Launches on Steam today!

Retro-inspired side-scrolling shooter launches with original synthwave soundtrack by Dreamtime featuring Michael Chait

August 31, 2018 – Today, indie developer com8com1 is pleased to announce the launch of its debut game, Rigid Force Alpha. The retro-inspired shoot’em up action game is now available on Steam for £15.49 / $19.99 / €19.99.

Rigid Force Alpha breathes new life into the side-scrolling shooter genre with its hand-crafted 3D graphics, stunning environments, and detailed visual effects. Players can arm their fighters with numerous upgradeable weapons, increase their firepower with adjustable Force Shards and collect Energy Orbs to unleash extremely powerful blasts against an armada of enemies and huge bosses.

Marcel Rebenstorf, Head of Design and Production, commented: “We are immensely proud to bring Rigid Force Alpha to gamers world-wide. We have worked selflessly on the game since 2011 and it is our first title. We hope that players enjoy playing it as much as we have been enjoying creating it.”

Also launching on Steam is the original soundtrack to accompany the game. Composed by DREAMTIME and featuring Michael Chait, it is available separately from Steam, priced £7.49 / $9.99 / €9.99. The soundtrack is also available bundled with Rigid Force Alpha at a reduced price of £20.68 / $26.98 / €26.98

Rigid Force Alpha couples an exciting story mode with a challenging arcade mode and has a vast number of features within the game, including:

  • Unique weapons and power-up systems
  • Vast amounts of different enemies, challenging mid-bosses and enormous end bosses
  • An exciting story mode with animated cutscenes
  • Additional Arcade and Boss Rush game modes for extended high score runs
  • Six different action-packed 3D stages
  • Adjustable difficulty level – for beginners to experienced players
  • Leaderboards and 40 achievements to unlock
  • Original synthwave soundtrack by DREAMTIME featuring Michael Chait

Rigid Force Alpha is available from Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/724390/Rigid_Force_Alpha

Rigid Force Alpha Original Soundtrack is available from Steam here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/931740/Rigid_Force_Alpha__Original_Soundtrack