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Saleblazers

Entrant Company

Airstrafe Interactive LLC

Category

PC Game - Best Gameplay

Client's Name

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Country / Region

United States

SALEBLAZERS
Embark on an epic adventure across the lands as a humble shopkeeper! Build your shop exactly the way you want it, sell goods from your travels, and defend your base from nightly horrors in this open world survival RPG for 1-8 players.

DEFEND YOUR BUSINESS
Defend your customers from monsters lurking in the dark by wielding anything you can get your hands on.

SHOPKEEPING SIMULATION
Build a shop from scratch, tile by tile. Customers and employees dynamically roam your shop for items of interest. Tourists will buy just about anything.

SURVIVE THE NIGHT
Use guns, swords, shields, and spell books to survive, or, set up a network of automated turrets and sleep the night away.

AUTOMATE YOUR BUSINESS
Hire employees, use self-checkout machines, and build turrets to make a truly self-sustaining business.

ESCAPE THE ISLAND
An exciting story takes you throughout the Island's various villages across several biomes and world bosses!

RELAXNG ACTIVITIES
Farm and fish to start your shopkeeping empire if you prefer a calmer gameplay experience.

PVP INVASIONS
Welcome unexpected guests to your server or take your entire lobby to visit other servers by enabling PvP invasions.

KEY FEATURES
- Wield anything you can pick up as a weapon
- Hone in on unique roles and playstyles
- Build your custom retail empire
- Hire NPC employees to automate and optimize store operations
- Construct electricity generators to hook up powerful late-game items such as self-checkouts
- Sell everything to dynamically reactive AI customers
- Gather, fish, farm, craft, buy, fight for, or steal to stock your shelves (beware of police!)
- Main narrative campaign takes you on a treacherous journey across 3 unique handcrafted biomes, each with its own boss, stories, and challenges.
- Survive a hostile island environment solo or with friends
- Side quests, mini-bosses, and special orders make the open world come alive
- Spend your free time fishing or tending your garden
- Enable PvP invasions and proximity voice chat for unexpected fun
- Research and craft 150+ items

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Credits

Founder & Lead Developer / Airstrafe Interactive LLC
Michael Duan
Senior Software Engineer / Airstrafe Interactive LLC
Yiming Wang
Senior Game Designer / Airstrafe Interactive LLC
Jordan Grayson
Chief Operating Officer / Airstrafe Interactive LLC
Nancy Duan
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