In Our Own Backyard – ‘Wrack’

This week sees a dawn of a new era on IGM, we are going to put the emphasis back on the developers and the public that actually make up the indie community. We strongly believe that being in a position to educate so many people about the independent game market we have a responsibility to everyone regarding up and coming developers.

In Our Own Backyard is going to focus on bringing the hidden gems scattered across the ever-growing electronic sea that is the internet. To kick off this new feature we will be looking at a great title called Wrack.

Wrack is a fairly unique game fusing a lot of elements from FPS games along with various platformers. The levels are large and action packed, much like those of Doom/ Duke Nukem 3D. However you have a whole manner of nerve-wracking jumps, heavily themed levels and even Mega man-esque boss fights. Check out the latest trailer below for this awesome new FPS:

Some of the key features that can be found in Wrack are:

• Map Editor : Use the included map editor to create you own maps, and share them with the gaming community!
• Featured maps : Download and play great new maps from the community from with Wrack itself
• Leaderboards : Compete against yourself or a friend in Wrack’s extra game modes which include: Time attack and Score attack. Your best effort is automatically saved to the leaderboard along with a replay, of course used to gloat at your friends feeble attempt

The art styling of Wrack is great running a fantastically developed Cell-shaded look with what sounds to be an amazing soundtrack over the top of the game. Wrack really is a fusion of the more old school gaming brought kicking and screaming into the modern age.

Wrack is currently available on Desura here, but if you would rather get is straight from the developers Final Boss Entertainment you can buy it here also. If you love the look of this awesome new title vote for it over on the Steam greenlight community project here.

If you would like to be featured on “In Our Own Backyard” then you should head over to the IGM forums here and show of your game. The more information the better along with links (we love links) to your homepage, screenshots and all manner of goodies relevant to your game. Each week we’ll pick our favourite and give it a special place on our homepage. We look forward to hearing from all of you.