GearHead Caramel

GearHead Caramel is a turn-based tactics-style science-fiction mecha roguelike RPG set in a world recovering from an apocalypse. A year after the Typhon Incident, when a biomonster from the Age of Superpowers rampaged across Earth, Aegis Overlord has consolidated power on Luna and is preparing to extend its rule across the solar system. The L5 Alliance struggles to keep a fragile peace as its member-states quarrel and wage war. Meanwhile, the cyberpop band Love Magnet has announced its breakup. You pilot a powerful mecha, assemble a team of unique lancemates and shape the future for better or worse.

GearHead Caramel is the third game in the GearHead series, but you can play it without having played the previous games. Your character can take part in adventures set in different times and places across the GearHead universe. The game currently has two adventure modules, with more to follow.

Adventures and choices

Each playthrough differs, and the game world responds to your decisions. NPCs remember previous interactions with you and treat you accordingly. Your companions have their own abilities and personalities, and their relationships with you change based on your choices, theirs and other factors. Your team may become a close-knit found family, or companions may take the first opportunity to rob you and leave you for dead.

Character creation uses a lifepath system. You can accept a randomly generated life story or make each decision yourself, then customize your character’s appearance with the portrait builder.

Combat and exploration

Combat takes place both in mecha and on foot. Away from your robot, you can explore dungeons, negotiate peace treaties, replace body parts with cybernetics and even be swallowed whole by gigantic biomonsters.

Build your mecha

Customize your mecha with parts bought from the customization shop or salvaged from missions. Dozens of standard mecha are available, from giant robots wielding swords to tanks capable of leveling cities. You can also design mecha from scratch, though you may later face your own designs in combat.