Wednesday 29 July 2025

Alrighty!
The name's Rein.
i'm pretty new to all this, the community, the idea of actually making this somewhat official.
I'm a pixel artist, been practicing and working on my art for 3 years. I'm proud of my progress.
Been procrastinating whether or not i should actually come on here and share my idea.
I'm honestly pretty nervous and I have no idea where to start.
But yk what? what have i got to loose?

As of the last year i've been brainstorming and working on the storyline for a game I've been hoping to make some day.
I've got a shit ton of lore on it now, some written down, some just floating around in the mess of my mind.
And today, I'ma try and set it into the works. No experience with game development nor coding of any kind, what could go wrong.
It's inspired by a multitude of things.

ROOTS AND INSPIRATION:

Its mainly inspired by the Metro Franchise, both the books and the games. I spent so much of my freetime playing those games, it awakened a side of me, those games changed me dude. There's something about its dark and gritty atmosphere, the constant fear of the unknown, the silent dread of knowing this world isnt yours anymore. I want to replicate this, but with my own twist, different and well, maybe even better.

VISUALS AND GAMEPLAY:

The games visual style is something i'm partly conflicted over. When i started with this idea, i of course imagined "Semi open world fps shooter" but to be completely honest:
-I dont own a pc strong enough to even run newer games like CoD, so what chance do i have to make something like that on this potatoe of mine(that i am majorly grateful, do not get me wrong)
-It felt generic, like it'd just end up being another clone of a popular game series, and thats not what i want, i dont want to be like the rest.

So i've been thinking about what exactly it should look like.

-At first I visualized something like Project Zomboid, with its 3D isometric style. I liked that idea, but the work needed for it put me off.
-Then I thought what if i used my pixel art to make the game? with its own style, maybe go with a 2D isometric style like "Zero Sievert:, another pretty neat game.
-Then the idea of a top down pixel art game came to mind. Like Darkwood, peak game yet I had no idea what i was doing so its just,,, sitting in my library lol.
-And then I discovered doom. Ok yeah hate on me all you want for not knowing about a game series thats been around for about 30 years at this point, i hear you, whatever. I like the earlier games pixelated style. I looked at that and thought what if i went with that. So far, i think this might be the style I'll go with. Old retro style, but slower paced than doom. Imagine a tactical shooter like SWAT 4, Ready or not or despite the messy state its in. Rainbow siege six, but with the Old Dooms' retro style graphics. I personally find that appealing.
My biggest obstacle is the work needed to do this entire thing, plus the limited amount of time I have daily, but I want to prove to myself that I can, despite everything else.



Project Name:
Nowheree To Go
Set in more recent years, from 2000 to 2040
The worlds' gone into flames. A strange plague has fallen upon the Capital of Brazille, Brasillia. First a normal flu, now a parasitic horde of flesh and worms that has one and only goal: spread, until they're the dominant species.
World war 3 is a knocking on the door. The world nears the end of an era as the greatest Empire the 21st Century has seen becomes paranoid, threatening to blow all of its enemies to the ground with its overwhelming force of Nuclear, atomic and Thermobaric(Look at me being a nerd) bombs.
And if all this isnt enough, the worlds' facing a major drop in Global temperatures. Snow now falls in regions that have never seen snow, and its quickly getting worse...

thats just about what ive got. just wanted to get this out into the field, I'll be honest I have little motivation to do this, but im not solely relying on just motivation, I've learned that its a terrible long term fuel. I want to finish this, eventually.

Open for ideas, opinions and suggestions!
Also i am being lenient on info on myself and this project because i am a bit of a paranoid person, and because i honestly dont know if i'll follow through on this.
God bless and Godspeed