Charlottetown indie video game development studio Mighty Pebble Games has launched its first game, Miner Meltdown.

The company, which last year went through Propel ICT’s Launch program, said in a statement on Thursday the game was launched to the Early Access channel on the gaming platform Steam.

Miner Meltdown is a two-dimensional team-based competitive multiplayer game. Players must scour the map for minerals, upgrade their gear, and attempt to blow up the opposing team all the while avoiding monsters, traps, and environmental pitfalls along the way.

Maps are randomly generated and 100 percent destructible, so every match is a fully unique, fast-paced, and chaotic affair.

"Miner Meltdown was something that I had been envisioning for several years,” said Mighty Pebble CEO James O'Halloran, who has worked full-time on the project for the last year and a half.

“With Charlottetown's close-knit business community's help, support and extra motivation is always available. Making an online multiplayer game as a solo developer is hard, but it would have been near impossible without the help of friends, family, and the local business community."

Miner Meltdown is available on the Steam platform for PC and MAC for US$6.99 per copy.