Hello everyone, I’ve been kinda holding out from posting about this on the Forums, and have really only posted photos to my Twitter (@Trustmeimruski) but I decided to show you what I and a friend have been working on for the past few months. Remember that nothing you see is final, and that all feedback is much appreciated. On top of this I wanted to post a few polls to get some feedback so we know what we should be focusing on.
What’s The Game About?
Summary
Firstly let me give you a brief rundown about what this game actually is. This is a story inspired co-op survival, I guess you could think of it similar to Left 4 Dead? There is a Solo mode as well. It is also mixed in with a wave based style of survival, however the waves can overlap if players don’t advanced in completing objectives.
Some of these objectives may include activating power in certain areas of the map, collecting fuel to power generators, finding keys or items, and getting to certain locations.
The Survival aspect comes in with the mutants that live throughout the map. There’s several types of mutants all with different abilities and levels, and they get harder as the waves go on. Different sections of the map contain different types of creatures and eggs which you must kill. There’s a revive system, health does not regenerate, and if you die you must wait until the wave is complete.
Weapons can be purchased before hand and modified from the games starter station before you enter the game. You can also purchase a certain amount of ammo, medical supplies, and perks before hand. These all have a one time use and money is scares to find. You must scavenge and search through lockers, crates, bodies, and dead mutants to find ammo, money, health items, etc. There’s a basic crafting system to create traps and to even make bullets, but you still must obtain the materials. Items you finish with will be saved (as long as you don’t die) and you can sell or trade your items, ammo, and supplies back at the starter station.
What’s the Story line?
Summary
The story takes place during the mid 90s in Europe, specifically the Soviet Union roughly 4 years after the Cold War ends in the Soviets ‘Dead hand switch’ being activated, creating a near world wide doomsday. Survivors around the country take refuge inside the vast European metros, sewers, and military bunkers. Some manage to find safe spots on the surface, but the majority of the country is so contaminated with radiation that you need special masks and suits to even breath. Your station has been overrun with these mutants so you and 3 other survivors leave to find refuge and give warning to surrounding stations. Or something of the sort, we’re still thinking up a decent story. A lot of the inspiration is coming from different books and games namely Russian author Dmitry Glukhovskyand his Metro2033 series.
TL;DR: It’s a game focusing on teamwork to complete objectives to ‘win’ the game chapter. You must scavenge for supplies and ammo and fight off the mutant creatures.
A cool thing is that each of the 4 players will have their own voice actors, personalities. We expect to introduce more players later on, as a player you’ll be able to select your character. I’m actually hosting a contest right now for any interested for the best original character design for the game with some cash prizes: https://twitter.com/TrustMeImRuski/status/933433380225482752
Alright now here’s the first chapter. Each chapters map will be differently themed to match the story line, when we introduce a new character it might take place in possibly a new country even with the new characters. (And yes, I used the the lighting since I have no idea when official release will be. I have a version for both Voxel & Shadowmap for all maps)
This isn’t even the full map, there’s several other areas. Can’t spoil it all though!
And of course we have the starter station before you enter the game where you can obtain supplies, customize and pick your character, and buy, sell, or trade your items.
Also if anyone’s interested, I made a short 1 minute map preview trailer… don’t mind my horrible editing skills: https://twitter.com/TrustMeImRuski/status/930300200249262080
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