A hardcore tactical roguelike set in 2476, where you command a squad of four soldiers across the solar system on the brink of interplanetary war. No tutorials. No difficulty settings. No hand-holding. You learn through failure, careful reading, and understanding that lore is survival.
PERIHELION (Game 1) — Earth & Moon. Sets up the conspiracy and [REDACTED] emergence. You are a Commander running missions across contested territory, gathering intelligence, making choices that ripple through the story.
HELION (Game 2) — Mars, Venus, outer planets. War and fragmentation. The consequences of Perihelion's choices manifest as system-wide conflict.
APHELION (Game 3) — The Oort Cloud. The final choice. What does humanity become?
"Every child must leave home. The question is whether we go as ourselves, or as something ready for what's out there."
The Oort Protocol explores identity, transformation, and the cost of survival through hard science fiction. Quantum computing, nanotechnology, and artificial general intelligence are not backdrop — they are the story.
| CAMPAIGN | 10 story-critical missions + 2 optional + alternate Archivist branch |
| TACTICAL COMBAT | Turn-based, squad-based. Cover, grenades, melee, stealth, stun mechanics |
| PERSISTENCE | 40+ flags track your choices. Dead squad members stay dead. Integration exposure accumulates silently |
| INTELLIGENCE | Interrogations, terminal hacking, document analysis. Lore is not flavor — it is survival information |
| FACTIONS | 7 factions with dynamic relationships. Your standing is tracked — but never displayed |
| ENDINGS | Multiple endings determined by flag combinations across the full campaign |
The Oort Protocol: Perihelion is currently in development. The demo (Mission 1: Aurora Station) is available.
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Built with Godot Engine 4.x. Targeting PC (Windows, Linux, Mac) via Steam.
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This site is an in-universe companion to The Oort Protocol, presenting the game's worldbuilding as a classified intelligence archive. The content here expands on the lore you encounter during gameplay.
Some documents are [REDACTED] — information revealed through play, not through reading.
AT THE EDGE OF DARKNESS, WE CHOOSE OUR LIGHT