Lost in the Desert with Giant Spiders

Description

Lost in the Desert with Giant Spiders is a B-movie desert auto-shooter. The sand ripples, then splits open in a swarm of giant spiders. Read the ground, dodge the eruptions, and evolve your weapons as you push toward the next oasis. And they're only the beginning.

Miles from help. Inches from fangs.

You are lost in the desert. Somewhere beneath the sand, something very large is moving. Your only hope is the next oasis. Tomorrow there will be another one, farther off.

Read the desert.

Every spider gives itself away before it strikes. The sand disturbs, ripples, and builds toward an eruption, and a rising rumble tells you how soon. Each spider type has its own warning. Learn them, and you can tell what is coming, where, and when.

Your weapon fires automatically. You control where you go. Each day is a run across open desert toward the oasis, threading between eruptions as they converge on your path. Stand still too long and the ground beneath you will notice.

Survive the surge. Then turn it around.

Fallen spiders leave XP behind, usually right where the next swarm is surfacing. Collect it to level up on the move, with no pause. Reach the oasis to restore your health and choose a new weapon or item for the trek ahead. Push far enough and your weapons evolve into something the spiders have never seen.

It gets bigger.

The thing beneath the sand is following you. Later, the spiders start to glow. Each day the desert gets longer and the swarm gets thicker.

Features

• A B-movie survival auto-shooter built on reading the ground rather than aiming
• 12 spider species, each with a distinct, learnable warning, plus irradiated variants
• Recurring boss encounters beneath and between the dunes
• 4 primary weapons, 5 secondary weapons, and 7 passive items to combine, upgrade, and evolve
• Days of 3–5 minutes on the long trek toward rescue
• New modes and challenges unlocked after you are rescued
• A Field Guide that fills in as new species appear
• Full controller support, designed for Steam Deck