Aliens continues to have cult appeal since the first movie launched back in 1979. Despite the brilliant atmosphere established in the franchise’s earlier releases, video games have struggled to encapsulate the atmosphere and feeling of being trapped in the middle of a Xenomoph outbreak. Most attempts either opt for a full-on action experience, stealth action, or whatever Colonial Marines was before fans fixed a typo in the code making the alien AI work.

Franchise fans can now look forward to the one man fan project, Alien: Hope for the Future to return them to Hadly’s Hope to experience the struggle for survival as the colony is slowly overrun by alien lifeforms. In the latest trailer the developer IIapagokc showcases the improvements that have been made over the two years of development.

For a one man operation the project looks quite impressive. On launch the title will feature a campaign where you divide your time between scavenging for resources and defending your last refuge with your fellow survivors against the relentless onslaught of aliens.

If there is one good fortune it is Sega’s possession of the publishing rights to Alien games. Unlike other publishers whom hate fan projects with a near religious fervor, Sega has been vastly more lenient.  Even going beyond lenient to adopt fan created Sonic Mania for an official release.  While it is probably unlikely Alien Hope for the Future will be adopted officially, those looking forward to it can rest easy that it will probably see its eventual release unhindered by Sega.

Details (Compiled)

 

Alien: Hope for the future is an immersive sim with elements of survival horror and tactics. (Not a commercial endeavor, purely fan project developed by one man) Set in “Hadly’s Hope” colony , before and during xenomorph incident. Players will play as one unnamed in the canon colonists as they attempt to survive the xenomorph outbreak.

 

There will be three other characters players will be able to play as and these will be released in the demo.

 

Survival: Collect supplies for you and other colonists while avoiding Xenomophs.

 

Horror: Xenomorphs threaten your every day survival.

 

Tactics:  You will face some situations with different solutions. For example – you will need to barricade a specific territory (to stay safe for 1 night) or you can defend this territory from Xenomorphs.Your and your colonists life will depend on right positioning of defenders and which approaches will they barricade.