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Tech Debt is a rogue-lite base builder strategy game. Keep the servers running while you fend off real-world cyberattacks like XSS, SQL injection, and DDoS attacks. Fortify your server infrastructure by researching and unlocking new tech. Recruit and level up your team. Unlock new meta-progressions.

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Features
Single-player
Family Sharing
Profile Features Limited 
Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔ ✔ ✔

Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“We wanted to get it out there so people could start playtesting and we could get feedback to craft the best possible outcome.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“1 year”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“- More infrastructure to build with more variety in how they affect the gameplay.
- More "Sprints"(AKA Levels) with a larger variety of challenges and randomization for more replayability.
- More Technologies to research.
- More Meta Progressions to make the game more fun on replay.
- More NPC mechanics like NPC burn out.
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What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“5 levels can be played through.
20 server infrastructure(Think "Buildings" in a base builder) that you can build.
13 Technologies that can be researched and unlocked.
10 Gameplay modifiers that can be leveled up.
8 NPC Unique traits that can be leveled up.
The tutorial is fairly comprehensive.


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Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We plan to gradually raise the price as we ship new content and features.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We are building this for the community so please leave as much feedback as possible. ”
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About This Game

Tech Debt: Rogue-lite, Base Building, Tower Defense

Welcome to your new job managing the server infrastructure for a new tech startup.

Keep the server infrastructure up and running as traffic grows while managing costs to stay within your budget.

If you run out of money or you can't keep the servers up, then your run is over. 

Build your server infrastructure:

Build out a variety of server infrastructure based on real-world technologies  to handle the load, speed up the development process, and protect you from attacks.

Infrastructure Includes:

  • Application Servers

  • Load Balancers

  • Binary Storage

  • Content Delivery Networks(CDN)

  • Value Key Stores

  • Queues

  • Worker Servers

  • Data Lakes

  • Proxies

  • Firewalls

  • Metrics/Telemetry Tools

  • Automated Build Pipelines

  • Email Services

  • Server Health Alerts

And much more!

Research new technologies:

Research 30+ unlockable technologies, all based on real-world cloud infrastructure.

Debug Bugs before they take down your servers:

Pay down your Tech Debt before bugs show up that cause major issues. Assign your team to debug the bugs.

Some bugs are more difficult than others.

Fend off a variety of cyber Attacks:

Fend off enemy attacks based on real-world cyberattacks like DDoS, XSS, and SQL injection attacks.

Fortify your platform before a cyberattack takes you down.

Level Up Your Team:

Level up your team so they can code and deploy new software versions to unlock bonuses of increasing rarity.
Choose from over 40 unique traits to assign to your team members.

Product Road Map:

Do you prioritize focusing on the marketing features that bring in income, or do you harden your infrastructure against cyber attacks?

Choose from over 20 unlockable missions, each with randomized modifiers and rewards for maximum replicability. Each mission has a "Stakeholder" who can unlock affinity bonuses the more missions you complete for them.

Level up outside of the game and gain helpful perks!

Earn "Vested Shares" to unlock meta progression rewards that change every run.

Unlock challenges to unlock new technologies, server infrastructure, missions, rewards, and team member traits.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-530 (dual-core) / AMD® Athlon™ II X2 270 (dual-core)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 GT (512 MB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 6450 (512 MB)
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-530 (dual-core) / AMD® Athlon™ II X2 270 (dual-core)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500 GT (512 MB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 6670 (1 GB)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
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