Crimson Wasteland
**Note this is from our Kickstarter. If you have read through that you have already seen this information.**
What is crimson Wasteland?
Crimson Wasteland is a unique and futuristic twist on the ARPG genre. It is a multi-camera game that allows the user to choose which camera angle they wish to use, a bird's-eye camera or a close third-person camera. The bird's-eye camera is perfect for melee combat, but the player has the ability to change it into a traditional third-person camera that is ideal for the gun nuts.
Crimson Wasteland also evolves with you. As your player levels and begins getting more powerful weapons, so do the enemies. Therefore, there is not a difficulty setting, but you will need a strategy to make sure you do not make yourself vulnerable in the end.
Throughout Earth's devastated land, you will encounter not only robotic enemies but also rogue human tribes, fully functioning cities, humans that have survived the nuclear holocaust, and all will be done with your pal F.L.A.V.O.R. (Free Levitating Armed Vehicle w/ Optimizing Robotics).
Throughout Earth's devastated land, you will encounter not only robotic enemies but also rogue human tribes, fully functioning cities, humans that have survived the nuclear holocaust, and all will be done with your pal F.L.A.V.O.R. (Free Levitating Armed Vehicle w/ Optimizing Robotics).
F.L.A.V.O.R. is your right hand man, you need him more then he needs you. You play as Colton Pane, who is one of two people in the world that can control F.L.A.V.O.R. Your life depends on F.L.A.V.O.R., and F.L.A.V.O.R.'s life depends on you and, well, radiation since it powers him.
F.L.A.V.O.R. isn't just a robot that will defend you with his mini-gun, his P.L.M. or Precision Laser Mechanism, is like a precious diamond throughout the game. The P.L.M. does the following:
F.L.A.V.O.R. also has a leveling system that is unique to only him. Since he is a robot, he is built strictly from metal and computer parts. This means that instead of having a point style leveling system, like the player, he is upgraded by computer chips, or chip-sets. These chip-sets can be scavenged, looted, and built. Some are extremely rare and others are abundant. Each chip-set will enhance some aspect of F.L.A.V.O.R. but at a cost. The chip-set does not go directly into F.L.A.V.O.R. it will need to be uploaded into F.L.A.V.O.R's HUB, which is located in your laboratory. His HUB will be upgrade-able to 3 slots. This means that at any one time through the game you will be able to give F.L.A.V.O.R. three different chip-set upgrades, however, you can not upload two of the same chip as he already has that program built into him. F.L.A.V.O.R's chip-sets can be destroyed when he is killed. Since the connection between him and his HUB is destroyed the chip-sets will fry and need to be replaced.
F.L.A.V.O.R. isn't just a robot that will defend you with his mini-gun, his P.L.M. or Precision Laser Mechanism, is like a precious diamond throughout the game. The P.L.M. does the following:
- Heals Player
- Cures any type of radiation sickness
- Loots enemies
- Mines
- Allows for fast traveling, while he is alive
- Repairs himself when damage isn't too extensive
- Crafts weapons, chips, you name it he can do it.
F.L.A.V.O.R. also has a leveling system that is unique to only him. Since he is a robot, he is built strictly from metal and computer parts. This means that instead of having a point style leveling system, like the player, he is upgraded by computer chips, or chip-sets. These chip-sets can be scavenged, looted, and built. Some are extremely rare and others are abundant. Each chip-set will enhance some aspect of F.L.A.V.O.R. but at a cost. The chip-set does not go directly into F.L.A.V.O.R. it will need to be uploaded into F.L.A.V.O.R's HUB, which is located in your laboratory. His HUB will be upgrade-able to 3 slots. This means that at any one time through the game you will be able to give F.L.A.V.O.R. three different chip-set upgrades, however, you can not upload two of the same chip as he already has that program built into him. F.L.A.V.O.R's chip-sets can be destroyed when he is killed. Since the connection between him and his HUB is destroyed the chip-sets will fry and need to be replaced.
Story
2110: Earth's population has now surpassed the 11 billion mark, and the United Nations are looking for a very fast fix to the overcrowding of Earth and its low supply of natural resources. The United Nations have called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve and have laid down the groundwork for "Project Titan", the populating of Mars.
2111: Project Titan is unanimously accepted across the United Nations and begins its infancy by sending 100,000 people to begin the building of what is later referred to as "Iron Earth".
2115: Four years and $500 billion later, Project Titan has been successful, and Iron Earth begins its building stage. Dr. Pane has also perfected teleportation travel.
2116: The United Nations discovered that with the invention of telepads they can cut the cost of sending people to Mars in half. Therefore the construction of Omega Titan begins.
2121: The United Nations have decided to start a mass transfer of life to Mars within the next 20 years to hopefully ease the stress on Earth.
2124: Dr. Milton Pane successfully builds the FLV Carbon-1, which he has built to withstand the drastic temperature fluctuations of Mars's atmosphere and turn the carbon air into oxygen. Dr. Pane started mass production of the FLV Carbon-1, and Mars began receiving these robots later that year.
2130: Mars has now seen its population grow from its original 100,000 to almost 2 billion and its atmosphere has began to stabilize with the CO2 percentage dropping to 89% and the oxygen levels have leveled off at 6%. Dr. Pane has also released a working robot called the F.L.V.O.R. (Free Levitating Vehicle w/ Optimizing Robotics). F.L.V.O.R. is owned by nearly half the population of Mars at this time and has been widely used to build the city of Cyprus Reach.
2133: Dr. Pane and wife Stephanie have their first child, Colton. Soon after Dr. Pane doesn't feel it is safe for Stephanie to be on Earth with their new born son and demands they leave for Mars.
2135: F.A.N.G. (Fierce Alliance Neutralizing Governments) a terrorist group based out of Yemen begins to take shape and the world begins to see the first real terrorist threat since Al-Qaeda's fall in 2096.
2111: Project Titan is unanimously accepted across the United Nations and begins its infancy by sending 100,000 people to begin the building of what is later referred to as "Iron Earth".
2115: Four years and $500 billion later, Project Titan has been successful, and Iron Earth begins its building stage. Dr. Pane has also perfected teleportation travel.
2116: The United Nations discovered that with the invention of telepads they can cut the cost of sending people to Mars in half. Therefore the construction of Omega Titan begins.
2121: The United Nations have decided to start a mass transfer of life to Mars within the next 20 years to hopefully ease the stress on Earth.
2124: Dr. Milton Pane successfully builds the FLV Carbon-1, which he has built to withstand the drastic temperature fluctuations of Mars's atmosphere and turn the carbon air into oxygen. Dr. Pane started mass production of the FLV Carbon-1, and Mars began receiving these robots later that year.
2130: Mars has now seen its population grow from its original 100,000 to almost 2 billion and its atmosphere has began to stabilize with the CO2 percentage dropping to 89% and the oxygen levels have leveled off at 6%. Dr. Pane has also released a working robot called the F.L.V.O.R. (Free Levitating Vehicle w/ Optimizing Robotics). F.L.V.O.R. is owned by nearly half the population of Mars at this time and has been widely used to build the city of Cyprus Reach.
2133: Dr. Pane and wife Stephanie have their first child, Colton. Soon after Dr. Pane doesn't feel it is safe for Stephanie to be on Earth with their new born son and demands they leave for Mars.
2135: F.A.N.G. (Fierce Alliance Neutralizing Governments) a terrorist group based out of Yemen begins to take shape and the world begins to see the first real terrorist threat since Al-Qaeda's fall in 2096.
2137: F.A.N.G. takes over Yemen and leaves the United Nations, the world watches in shock as F.A.N.G. begins to spread.
2139: 23 years after it begins its construction, the 1900-foot behemoth, Omega Titan, is finally finished. Omega Titan now sits halfway between Earth and Mars and is the main security checkpoint to get to onto Mars. There is now no way to get onto Mars without teleporting through Omega Titan. Any unidentified spacecrafts are shot down immediately.
2139: 23 years after it begins its construction, the 1900-foot behemoth, Omega Titan, is finally finished. Omega Titan now sits halfway between Earth and Mars and is the main security checkpoint to get to onto Mars. There is now no way to get onto Mars without teleporting through Omega Titan. Any unidentified spacecrafts are shot down immediately.
2140: The United Nations begins to break apart as more countries begin to believe in what F.A.N.G. stands for, that over-powering governments are what is destroying Earth.
2141: The United Nations has completely broken apart and the world is now at the brink of war.
2142: F.A.N.G. begins its "cleansing" of the world and hijacks the United States' blueprints for a super powered EMP bomb that was designed by Dr. Pane himself. The United States is unaware that these plans have been stolen until it is too late. F.A.N.G. begins mass production of the EMP bomb given the code name "F.A.N.G. Bomb".
2144: F.A.N.G. and its missile-deploying mechs are dropped in 5 different countries: China, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, and Japan. Upon detonation the world is sent into mass chaos and fingers begin to be pointed.
2145: World tension reaches its breaking point and the United States launches its first nuclear weapon at China, sparking a worldwide backlash. Nuclear war ensues. Dr. Pane develops his beloved F.L.A.V.O.R. robot for the U.S. Army and sees a huge success and begins mass production.
2150: At the height of the war, the world has seen its population drop from 9 billion to 4 billion and still dropping. Most third world countries have fallen to famine and civil war. The massive city of Cyprus Reach, on Iron Earth, assembles a resistance squad to send to Earth called the C.R.C. (Cyprus Reach Coalition).
2141: The United Nations has completely broken apart and the world is now at the brink of war.
2142: F.A.N.G. begins its "cleansing" of the world and hijacks the United States' blueprints for a super powered EMP bomb that was designed by Dr. Pane himself. The United States is unaware that these plans have been stolen until it is too late. F.A.N.G. begins mass production of the EMP bomb given the code name "F.A.N.G. Bomb".
2144: F.A.N.G. and its missile-deploying mechs are dropped in 5 different countries: China, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, and Japan. Upon detonation the world is sent into mass chaos and fingers begin to be pointed.
2145: World tension reaches its breaking point and the United States launches its first nuclear weapon at China, sparking a worldwide backlash. Nuclear war ensues. Dr. Pane develops his beloved F.L.A.V.O.R. robot for the U.S. Army and sees a huge success and begins mass production.
2150: At the height of the war, the world has seen its population drop from 9 billion to 4 billion and still dropping. Most third world countries have fallen to famine and civil war. The massive city of Cyprus Reach, on Iron Earth, assembles a resistance squad to send to Earth called the C.R.C. (Cyprus Reach Coalition).
2155: The C.R.C. grows as it nearly has 500,000 recruits and begins their descent to Earth. Meanwhile, Earth's population has fallen to 2 billion with only major super powers, Yemen being one of them where F.A.N.G. has become ever-stronger with an army size over one million, the largest at this point.
2160: After 15 years of war Earth is destroyed. Most of the surface is covered in radiation and it is estimated that only around 500 million to 1 billion people are left living in what is now called the "Crimson Wasteland", due to the fact that Earth now has a crimson-colored glow from telescopes on Iron Earth. 5 years after the C.R.C. landed back on Earth, F.A.N.G. had invaded the US and seized control of Washington D.C., where the C.R.C. have established a refugee city and safe haven from the deadly irradiated air, which they have called "New Philadelphia".
2163: The war for control of Earth continues as Iron Earth is in full recruitment for the C.R.C. to try to drive F.A.N.G. out of the U.S. and eradicate them from Earth all together. Meanwhile F.A.N.G. is looking to space and begins preparing to wage interplanetary war on Iron Earth and take control of not only Cyprus Reach, but also Iron Earth.
2165: As Iron Earth looks on to see what F.A.N.G.'s next move is, the C.R.C. take notice that they have changed focus to the F.L.A.V.O.R. bots and their potential to be lethal killing machines. Upon research, the C.R.C. learns there is one Series 56 F.L.A.V.O.R. bot being held inside of your father's old lab on Earth, which is thought to be his own personal bot, along with the blueprint for the Series 57. The Series 56 F.L.A.V.O.R. bot is the first one that runs entirely on artificial intelligence and has the ability to adapt and learn. It is the first F.L.A.V.O.R. bot to also use radiation to power itself and everything it does. This makes the robot completely self-sufficient on Earth due to the extreme levels of radiation. Upon failed attempts to contact your father's lab they call on you, Colton Pane, a robotic engineer, to travel back to Earth and locate the Series 57 blueprint before F.A.N.G. gets their hands on it.
2160: After 15 years of war Earth is destroyed. Most of the surface is covered in radiation and it is estimated that only around 500 million to 1 billion people are left living in what is now called the "Crimson Wasteland", due to the fact that Earth now has a crimson-colored glow from telescopes on Iron Earth. 5 years after the C.R.C. landed back on Earth, F.A.N.G. had invaded the US and seized control of Washington D.C., where the C.R.C. have established a refugee city and safe haven from the deadly irradiated air, which they have called "New Philadelphia".
2163: The war for control of Earth continues as Iron Earth is in full recruitment for the C.R.C. to try to drive F.A.N.G. out of the U.S. and eradicate them from Earth all together. Meanwhile F.A.N.G. is looking to space and begins preparing to wage interplanetary war on Iron Earth and take control of not only Cyprus Reach, but also Iron Earth.
2165: As Iron Earth looks on to see what F.A.N.G.'s next move is, the C.R.C. take notice that they have changed focus to the F.L.A.V.O.R. bots and their potential to be lethal killing machines. Upon research, the C.R.C. learns there is one Series 56 F.L.A.V.O.R. bot being held inside of your father's old lab on Earth, which is thought to be his own personal bot, along with the blueprint for the Series 57. The Series 56 F.L.A.V.O.R. bot is the first one that runs entirely on artificial intelligence and has the ability to adapt and learn. It is the first F.L.A.V.O.R. bot to also use radiation to power itself and everything it does. This makes the robot completely self-sufficient on Earth due to the extreme levels of radiation. Upon failed attempts to contact your father's lab they call on you, Colton Pane, a robotic engineer, to travel back to Earth and locate the Series 57 blueprint before F.A.N.G. gets their hands on it.
Game Details
Crimson Wasteland is built using the latest Unity technology and with the ever upgrading engine, Crimson Wasteland will utilize the latest and greatest technology Unity has to offer. Alongside Unity is their amazing asset store, which we plan to utilize as we feel needed. Much of our assets are going to be built in house, however, to help fill such a massive open world we are going to utilize the Asset Store as we need it.
To give everyone a better idea of what they will see in Crimson Wasteland these are some of the big features within the game, also they include screenshots of the current Alpha build, don't mind the character, we threw him together just to get animations and such working also these are not final textures on the menu's, we used Unity's GUI defaults to get them working and plan to use NGUI to perfect the menus.
- F.L.A.V.O.R.
- Day to night cycle that effects the strength of enemies
- Mech Riding Travel
- An in-world Overhead Fast Travel System
This may be hard to tell but right in the middle of the screen the player is there. The way we have set up the fast traveling is that instead of using a map that doesn't show anything, we decided to just pull the camera extremely high up and allow you to click different destinations and it will bring you to that fast travel spot with an overview of the area.
- Interactive Inventory
Ah, the inventory, our inventory is designed to not be a burden to you but to allow for fast and easy use of it. The above picture is the dual inventory you can access through FLAVOR which allows you to send items back and forth between you and him.
- Animated User Interface
Each of the above orbs are animated and the Day light orb drains and fills, depending on time of day (empty is midnight, full is noon). Also the quests on the left side can stack to 4 active quests at most. They also will only show the current stage of the quest you are on.
- Randomized Looting System
As you can see we are using many place holder objects, except for the sword that is 100% complete, but this is the setup of our looting menu where you can access both your inventory and the enemies to allow for easy destroying and transferring of items.
- Give and Take Upgrade system
More placeholder objects! You have to love them! Anyway this is the way you will be able to upgrade your player. As you can see the gray bar is not full on some of the upgrades, this is because upgrading certain things with take away from the overall upgrade ability of another skill. We built the skills system in a way where you can't over power yourself and you actually need to pay attention to the build of FLAVOR along with yourself.
- Radiation Zones
This radiation sign, that has been pretty beat up, you will see everywhere across Earth. Not just these but variations of them that will indicate beyond the sign there is radiation. Most radiation zones are unexplored and can carry some very good loot, but you'll have to be careful as each radiation zone carries its own radiation levels and you may not be able to survive for long.
- Large amounts of untraveled towns and cities.