Everplay Interactive (not to be confused with video service Everyplay) and Cookiebit, developers of such games like 1001 Attempts (Free) are hard at work on Wild Wastes, a game that’s actually expanding out from the mobile focus that the companies are known for. They’re describing this as The Last of Us meets Nuclear Throne as you explore a barren, undead-filled wasteland, dealing with the fact that you have one life. Die, and you’ll come back in the world as one of the undead, which you can kill later. So it’s roguelike-inspired but with persistent world elements. Kris Jones of Everplay demoed the game for us at GDC on a Surface Pro 3 with a gamepad plugged in, but showed off some of the touch compatibility already implemented.

The game will be hitting Steam Early Access at some point, with iOS versions happening once the game is done. They are promising gamepad support along with touch controls, and hope to get cross-platform multiplayer implemented as well. This game certainly seems ambitious – and it’s perhaps thanks to the fact that it will exist as a PC game as well as a mobile one, and nothing seemed to indicate that this couldn’t work as a mobile game in some form. This kind of open-world roguelike-inspired shooter is hard to pull off well, but if they can do it, this could be something cool. There’s still a long way to go for this game, though.