Beacon is an upcoming top-down sci-fi shooter headed to Windows, Mac, and Xbox One. You play as a clone of the recently deceased pilot Freja, crash-landed on a hostile alien world and tasked with collecting the materials necessary for crafting a distress beacon. Unlike most games in the roguelike vein, Beacon handles permadeath a bit differently – thanks to the cloning bay onboard your crashed ship, every time you die is an opportunity to recreate yourself in newer, better ways.
You do this by collecting DNA from fallen enemies and then merging it with your own DNA on death, generating an alternate version of yourself. This could mean new stats on your next run, or even "gameplay-altering physical mutations," according to Beacon's official website.
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You do this by collecting DNA from fallen enemies and then merging it with your own DNA on death, generating an alternate version of yourself. This could mean new stats on your next run, or even "gameplay-altering physical mutations," according to Beacon's official website.
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