Afterglow

After decades of nuclear winter, a randomly selected person is awakened from a fortress and sent to clear enemy facilities. In Afterglow, you take on the role of a guardian sent to the planet’s surface, equipped with a basic weapon and an AI-powered protective suit after five minutes of instruction and six seconds at a shooting range.

A ruined world

By 2045, climate change had caused extreme heat and food shortages. Crops could only be grown in underground plantations, and competition for resources escalated from local conflicts into global wars. Countries built vast underground “Super fortresses” and installed autonomous turrets to control their regions.

The final global conflict involved nuclear weapons and brought on a nuclear winter. Almost 85% of humanity’s potential was lost, while automated defenses continued fighting long after most people had died. The planet’s surface was left mined, polluted and crowded with defense complexes.

Clear the surface

Fortress management systems now follow their protocols and select guardsmen at random to clear enemy installations. Your tasks are to read, collect, print and modify, then overcome obstacles, destroy targets and move on.

Named locations

The description names four locations: Hvoya, Rosa, Verba and Neptune.