Hi everyone!
Glad to be here. I want to tell you how a couple of my friends decided to make a co-op game with great graphics, and how it all started at a hangout.
A few months ago we hang out together online. We hadn't seen each other in a while, and everyone had news: someone changed job, someone was traveling and sick from the work. The conversation wandered from topic to topic and landed on games and genres. One friend was arguing with another about how hard it would be to make a co-op game with full destructibility. They agreed it would be pretty tough: there's a lot of physics, everything has to be replicated, and that means a heavy load. But in the end they took on the challenge.
At first the idea was pretty simple. The main character, a girl, gets left behind in another world and smashes everything in her way to get back home. You collect crystals, open portals and level up your magic and skills. Over time the guys got so deep into the project that they added an arena and co-op. There players can fight each other and climb a leaderboard to see who's the best. Then they went even further and added enemies. From what I know, the enemies turned out pretty smart: they lay siege to you, dodge, can drop a house on you or switch tactics. And you can bring that same house down on them and wipe out part of the group in one go.
I have to say, that's when the game really clicked and got addictive. Even I actually want to play it.
The game is built on Unreal Engine 5. The guys put in the work and optimized so much of it in C++ that nothing lags, so you can fight enemies and rivals in co-op without any slowdowns.
I'm attaching a video of the game to show what they've already made.
I'd also like to ask you to support my friends. They work 15 hours a day and even quit their jobs to focus on this game full time. They really believe in it and want it to turn out great. So if you don't want them to be even more drunk and end up homeless, please add the game to your Steam wishlist. Plus one to your karma. Have a great day, everyone!
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