14 DAY TRIAL // Gunpoint developer Tom Francis has revealed his next creation, Heat Signature, where he combines stealth mechanics with spacefaring.
Tom Francis' indie gem Gunpoint was a huge success, its blend of 2D stealth platforming and creative design that affords players much freedom acclaimed by both critics and the general public.
Now he is working on another small title, which will be mainly about stealthily approaching spaceships using a small shuttle, then stealthily boarding them and neutralizing their crew.
Heat has always been an important aspect of flying spaceships through the vastness of space, as it is one of the main ways to detect and track other similar interstellar bodies (or at least that's what sci-fi literature teaches us).
As such, Heat Signature will have players carefully manage their spaceship's thermal signature in order to nefariously get close to and board the unsuspecting victims, and the creator has even released a video of a prototype build, showing the game mechanics in action.