Your main goal is to keep your shop running by trading with wanderers, whilst keeping the enemies at bay. The game features a fairly simple randomly generated adventure system, and enables the player to generate a new location every time they wish to explore and find loot to sell/use.
## About This Game
The game is set in the “Wasteland”, and is the bi-product of a long lasting
war. Your main goal is to keep your shop running by trading with wanderers,
whilst keeping the “Wastelanders” and raiders at bay. The game features a
fairly simple randomly generated adventure system, which enables the player to
generate a new location filled with buildings, enemies, and loot every time
they wish to explore the Wasteland and find loot to sell or use.
Photosensitive seizure warning!
A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to
certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear
in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may
have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic
seizures” while playing video games.
Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any symptoms.
Trading
The Trader allows for trading with NPC’s that are designed to resemble someone
playing an RPG. This is because the idea of The Trader is that you are a
trader within an RPG game, and the people who come to trade with you, are in
fact the players.
Looting
The Trader also features a looting mechanic. This is designed to allow you to
go off into the Wasteland so that you can still have your own adventures if
you do not wish to spend all your time in the store. Looting is also one of
the better ways to acquire new stock for the store, as any loot you find is
free to grab, and can be sold to NPC’s should they need the items you find.
Adventuring
As mentioned above, you are able to adventure into the Wasteland. This feature
is primarily for looting purposes, but you are free to explore the randomly
generated locations should you wish to do so.
Combat
Whilst you are pottering around your store, doing whatever it is you wish to
be doing, there are also threats that will lurk within the Wasteland. This is
why you are equipped with a basic handgun at the start, as without this the
Wastelanders and Raiders would surely overrun you. If the handgun is not
enough for your needs, then there are other weapons you can acquire within the
Wasteland, such as shotguns, rifles etc.
Building
One of the key features of The Trader is the building mechanic. This will
allow you to build defences, upgrade your storage in the store, and just
generally make your store your own.
As the player you can choose how you wish to play the game. For example; you
could choose to stay in the store and simply trade with wanderers, whilst
decorating your store via the materials you’ve received from trading. However,
this would be a very slow way to progress in comparison to the alternative
play style. This would be to adventure out into the Wasteland and find loot
for yourself whilst fighting off zombies. But remember, the longer you are
away from your store, the more likely it is to be looted by raiders, or
damaged by zombies.
## Mature Content Description
The developers describe the content like this:
Violence, Zombies, Guns, Blood
The Trader