Core-chan winks and flashes a peace sign through the glass of her CRT.

Project MELTDOWN

In development · PC · Steam Deck

About the game

October 1986. You’re the new night operator of Unit 7, and the reactor is Core-chan: a needy AI girl on a green CRT whose mood is the core temperature. Keep the city’s power on from midnight to 6 AM, and keep her happy, because when she’s upset, the needle climbs.

Status
In development
Platforms
SteamSteam Deck
Languages
  • English
  • 日本語
  • Español
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Русский
  • 简体中文
Length
Two weeks of night shifts, 13 endings

  1. Run the desk

    Four control rods, one needle, a steam valve and SCRAM under a hinged guard. Hold her between 750 and 900 °C for bonus output. Hold her at 1,000 °C for three seconds and she melts.

  2. Her mood is the heat

    Flustered runs hot. Clingy opens popups over your gauges. “I’m fine :)” makes every gauge lie to you.

  3. Look after her

    Talk to her, and she remembers what you said. Headpats and pudding, and her face reacts to every one.

  4. Rin calls

    Rin from Unit 6 rings the desk phone, flirts a little and gives you tips that come true. Core-chan counts every ring.

  5. After the shift

    Her pages on the bus home, a page of her diary, and the weekend at her desk.

Keep her between 750 and 900

Core-chan: anyway! it's midnight! shift time! don't look away from me for too long, okay? i get weird. weirder.

Steam pressure: 20 psi

50%
50%
50%
50%

Her wardrobe

Core-chan in her aerobics outfit.
Core-chan in her apron.
Core-chan in her biker jacket.
Core-chan in her blazer.
Core-chan in her cozy hoodie.
Core-chan in her gothic dress.
Core-chan in her idol outfit.
Core-chan in her lab coat.
Core-chan in her maid outfit.
Core-chan in her bear onesie.
Core-chan in her sailor uniform.
Core-chan in her tiger hoodie.
Core-chan in her varsity jacket.
Core-chan in her winter coat.
Core-chan in her witch cape.
Core-chan in her yukata.

Screenshots

The desk at full alarm, the needle in the red.
A lamp game on the desk.
The load dispatch sheet.
The desk at full alarm, the needle in the red.
A lamp game on the desk.
The load dispatch sheet.
The desk at full alarm, the needle in the red.
A lamp game on the desk.
The load dispatch sheet.
Her pink popups across the desk.
A calm night on the desk.
The supply depot.
Her pink popups across the desk.
A calm night on the desk.
The supply depot.
Her pink popups across the desk.
A calm night on the desk.
The supply depot.
The load dispatch sheet.
The desk at full alarm, the needle in the red.
A lamp game on the desk.
The load dispatch sheet.
The desk at full alarm, the needle in the red.
A lamp game on the desk.
The load dispatch sheet.
The desk at full alarm, the needle in the red.
A lamp game on the desk.
The supply depot.
Her pink popups across the desk.
A calm night on the desk.
The supply depot.
Her pink popups across the desk.
A calm night on the desk.
The supply depot.
Her pink popups across the desk.
A calm night on the desk.

Her pager

HELIOSNET ALPHA-PAGE 2

MSG

unit7@helios  ·  on the bus home, 6:24 AM

13 endings

  • A rubber stamp reading ARCHIVED.
  • A rubber stamp reading ELIMINATED.
  • A rubber stamp reading NO CONTACT.
  • A rubber stamp reading PERMANENT.
  • A rubber stamp reading REASSIGNED.
  • A rubber stamp reading RELEASED.
  • A rubber stamp reading RENEWED.
  • A rubber stamp reading RESTRICTED.
  • A rubber stamp reading REVOKED.
  • A rubber stamp reading SEALED.
  • A rubber stamp reading SUPERSEDED.
  • A rubber stamp reading TRANSFERRED.
  • A rubber stamp reading UNRESOLVED.

News by email

A note when there’s something to play or a date to tell. Nothing else, and none sent yet.

Core-chan laughs on her CRT at the end of a long reactor desk.

Project MELTDOWN

Coming to Steam

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