The Pound

The Pound is a 3rd person, post-apocalyptic RPG, action adventure PC game set in the year 2045 where major cities of the world were hit with an infection that took control of people’s minds, making them extremely aggressive and dangerous; they came to be known as Ragers. Ragers wiped out all large gatherings of people, leaving only isolated and remote humans. These humans relied on local farming, and their own developed skills in the wilderness to survive. While animals were immune to the infection, they became increasingly susceptible to attacks from the Ragers as the humans that once cared for them were wiped out. 

As civilizations and densely populated areas collapsed, Rangers and indigenous people became the keys to survival. As the population grew and rebuilt itself, they were taught useful skills by Elders to contribute and rebuild the community. A new way of upbringing and life was taught to those born into the community. A crater-like area, surrounded by mountains known as the Pound became a safe haven for communities, as the natural large walls of the Pound helped to not only keep things from entering, but also in containing the few animals left. There are no longer many of the comforts of modern day life and most of the community lives with tents in a fenced off compound towards the entrance of the Pound.

The Pound follows the young adult, Casey, as he embarks on his first Watch Tower mission. Casey was born and raised inside the Pound with his only remaining family connection, his Uncle, and doesn’t know a world without the infection. The Pound itself is based on the Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges, Australia.

• Play as Casey, a young Adnamatna man just starting his life as a defender of The Pound and discover Act One of his story.
• Fight off Ragers, humans infected and changed by a biological disease.
• Explore the beautiful outback environment and listen to Yura Muda to develop your survival skills.

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Latest Release information is updated in the Devlogs.

* Contains violence and a swear word*

Prototype Creators:

Design - Mitchell Dole & Michael Manson

Art -Dan Lee,  Benjamin Johncock & Daniel Agerman

Programming - Leo Brinkworth, Riley Hart, Joel Lynch

Running the game

Download the zipped file below

Unzip to any location you like

Navigate to the folder

Doubleclick  The Pound.exe

Controls:  Keyboard & Mouse or Controller (Mouse required for menus)Thre

	Keyboard/Mouse	Controller (Not fully implemented)
Movement	WASD	Left Stick
Jump	Space	Gamepad South
Crouch	Left Control	Left Stick Press
Sprint	Left Shift (Hold)	Gamepad East (Hold while moving)
Light attack	Mouse 0	Right Bumper
Heavy attack	Alt + Mouse 0	Right Trigger
Dodge	Left Shift (Press)	Gamepad East (Tap)
Lock On	F	Right Stick Press
Switch Lock On Left	Q	D-Pad/Right Stick Left
Switch Lock On Right	E	D-Pad/Right Stick Right
Aim Crossbow	Mouse 1	Left Trigger
Fire Crossbow	Mouse 0 (While aiming)	Right Trigger/Right Bumper (While aiming)
Time Slow	R	Left Bumper
Interact with / pick up	G	Gamepad North
Use Medicine	M	Gamepad West
Player Menu	Escape	Start
Player Info Menu	I	Select
switch camera shoulder
Teleport (Debug)	T
Add Quest Item (DEBUG)	K
Toggle HUD display (can cause pause bug - press esc to resume from bug)	Z