Wild Fields, a studio based in Malta but with Ukrainian roots, has officially announced its new project, Rogue Carrier, in collaboration with strategy publisher Hooded Horse. It’s a colony management simulator with roguelite elements, in which players will have to survive aboard a giant aircraft carrier in the middle of an alien ocean.
Wild Fields, a studio based in Malta but with Ukrainian roots, has officially announced its new project, Rogue Carrier, in collaboration with strategy publisher Hooded Horse. It’s a colony management simulator with roguelite elements, in which players will have to survive aboard a giant aircraft carrier in the middle of an alien ocean.
This is stated in a statement from the Hooded Horse publishing house.
The game follows a scientific expedition that goes awry when the mothership is knocked out of orbit, leaving the survivors stranded on an alien planet. Players must manage resources, develop production chains, monitor crew morale, and explore the ocean world. With limited space on board, effective planning and the use of interchangeable resources will be key to survival.
The ocean and its inhabitants will react to human actions: aggression from fauna and adverse weather will gradually increase. Each defeat will not completely end the game — the experience gained can be used in subsequent attempts. The authors promise five ending options and 50 scenarios in different timelines.
«As a team, we have not worked with a publisher before, and so far our partnership with Hooded Horse has been a great experience,» noted Wild Fields CEO Danylo Poludyonny.
Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender added that the combination of building a colony in a confined space and exploring a hostile ocean is an exciting concept that the publisher is excited to share with the audience.
Rogue Carrier will be released on PC on Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store, and will also be available on PC Game Pass from day one. An important detail for Ukrainian players is that the game will receive official Ukrainian localization at release, among 14 other languages.
Wild Fields was founded by game development industry veteran Danylo Poludyonny. He brought together a development team from N-iX Games, which had previously created projects for Paradox, Supermassive Games, and Netflix. In 2023, the team independently released its first project, the cooperative arcade game Speed Crew.
Publisher Hooded Horse is known for working on such successful strategy and tactical games as Manor Lords, Against the Storm, Norland, and the upcoming Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era.
