Savage Future

Savage Future is a video game in the action genre developed by Midlothian Software originally released in 1999. It is currently playable on DOS.

Savage Future is an action-adventure (role-playing according to the author) game set in the distant future (circa the year 4537) in the land of Medigar, when Furries are viewed with suspicion, and even hunted by humans, who are on the rise in the world. The world itself has suffered a nuclear holocaust, which has forced some humans to go underground, has opened dimensional holes to demonic worlds, from which monsters are entering Vor Terra, and as always, some need others to blame, and the furries become scapegoats.

The protagonist, Rolanfox, reappears from the previous game The Darkest Night, in the form of a time traveler from the past (year 2457), following the trail of his missing uncle Yowler, the inventor of a time machine. The time-traveling uncle was trying to change the future to prevent the extinction of the furries, which some fanatical humans blamed on a drought, but somehow he got lost some 2000 years in the future, and now Rolanfox will try to find and rescue him, and possibly help prevent the extinction himself.

The main screen of the game is presented as an overview map, where the player character is represented as a small red dot, moving around and encountering random enemies to fight, finding various food sources or visiting locations such as human or furry cities/towns, subway areas, caves or towers.
While all creatures encountered in the wild are hostile, in towns and cities there are friendly or neutral locals to chat with, bar gossip to listen to, and healers and stores to get help and perishable items from.
By talking to the locals, you get clues on what to do to avoid the impending disaster, and where to go and what items you need to find your uncle.
The only weapon Rolanfox has is a gun - a gadget his lost uncle has brought back from his travels - which needs bullets, and although they are effective, these bullets must be purchased in stores, in exchange for money.

How does one get the money? Well, there are some fanatical knights who roam the wilderness, looking for furries to kill, and they are the only way to get money at first. No other monsters carry gold; but there are small caches of money hidden in caves that can be found by wandering around fighting troll-like creatures, mutants from the past nuclear war - only you need to buy a light source to see underground, and possibly a map that pinpoints the locations of the caves, so at first you really need to bag these knights for their gold.

The game is free, or by donation, and a sequel is being developed for release in 1999.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.