A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

DESOLATION tells the story of a 23-year-old worker named Aiden Williams, waking up from a long hibernation in an outpost located on a resource-rich asteroid. The outpost, which was abandoned 50 years ago, is not safe anymore, as the robots' mechanisms were fried by the Sun, thus being hostile to Aiden. Through various threats like robots and obstacles, Aiden has to make his way to a launchpad to escape the outpost, all while questioning why he "woke up" in the first place. Many relevations await the one who is awake.
Besides the story, DESOLATION also offers two extra game modes to play: Infinite and Playground. Infinite mode is all about surviving as long as possible while fighting waves of enemies, and Playground mode lets the player do whatever they want using the materials given and with console commands.
As of 22/07/2025, the story's first chapter is in development. For the time being, it is unclear when the chapter is going to be complete - and if so, shared to the public.
The source code may also become private in the future due to licenses.

Updated	1 hour ago
Status	In development
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux
Author	Polarityⁿᵒʳᵈ
Genre	Shooter, Survival
Made with	LÖVE
Tags	2D, Endless, Indie, LÖVE, Post-apocalyptic, storygame, Top-Down, Top down shooter
Code license	MIT License
Average session	A few minutes
Languages	English, Turkish
Inputs	Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick
Accessibility	Configurable controls
Links	Source code

Download

Alpha 1.4 (64 Bit) 104 MB

Alpha 1.4 (32 Bit) 103 MB

desolation_a1_4.love 100 MB

[OLD] Alpha 1.3 (64 bit).zip 52 MB

[OLD] desolation_1.3.love 47 MB

[OLD] Alpha 1.2 (64 bit) 51 MB

[OLD] Alpha 1.1 (64 bit) 51 MB

Install instructions

DESOLATION is free. (at least for the time being, I might want to sell it when it's complete)
It is available for download in here, GameJolt, and GitHub. You can download the game from the website of your choice.
For playing in an operating system different than Windows, you can use the .love file. Visit the https://love2d.org/ website to download the Love2D framework to your system and run the file with the .love extension.
For the ones that want to clone the source code, I recommend downloading a release instead if you do not intend on viewing/changing the code, as it may be unstable.