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Perpetual City

Game Overview

Perpetual City is an immersive experience set in an infinitely expansive, procedurally generated urban landscape inspired by the unsettling atmosphere of works like Worm and Control. The city continuously evolves, dynamically creating neighborhoods, buildings, rooms, and events in real-time, powered by Unreal Engine technology.

Players navigate by flying through the endless cityscape, selecting NPCs to transform. These NPCs communicate internally with the player, echoing the introspective narrative style found in games like Control and Bastion, triggered contextually by environmental events or player actions.

Key Features

Dynamic Exploration

  • Seamlessly explore infinite urban environments generated procedurally, discovering hidden areas, secrets, and anomalies.
  • Collect essential resources, uncover ancient artifacts, and gather information vital for survival.

Interactive NPC Transformations

  • Select and transform NPCs, unlocking their unique internal dialogues and perspectives.
  • Experience story narration through immersive, environment-triggered voice-overs and internal NPC dialogues.

Rich Narrative and Lore

  • Engage deeply with a narrative inspired by mysterious organizations, eldritch entities, and alternate realities reminiscent of the SCP Foundation and Worm.
  • Uncover fragmented lore, clues, and revelations through quest completion, exploration, and NPC interactions.

Frequent Respawns with Memory Threads

  • Death results in respawning as a newly empowered NPC, preserving certain critical memories and experiences through the enigmatic "Memory Thread" mechanic.
  • Memory continuity enables evolving powers and skills, significantly shaping the player's journey and strategy.

Varied and Strategic Gameplay

  • Face procedurally generated quests, combat encounters, and moral dilemmas influencing NPC factions and city dynamics.
  • Powers granted by traumatic events evolve with each character incarnation, deeply integrating gameplay and narrative.

Attribute System: CREST

Characters are defined through the CREST system, encapsulating essential gameplay attributes: - Cognition (C): Mental acuity, perception, and problem-solving capabilities. - Rapture (R): Intensity and manifestation of transcendent, otherworldly powers. - Endurance (E): Physical resilience and stamina. - Serendipity (S): Influence of luck and randomness on the player's journey. - Thrall (T): Ability to influence, persuade, and command others.

Factions and World Dynamics

The city hosts diverse factions with unique philosophies and agendas: - The Watchers: Researchers seeking knowledge about the city's anomalies and powers. - The Cult of the Eldritch: Worshippers devoted to appeasing the city's mysterious creator. - The Resistance: Rebels aiming to disrupt and overthrow the controlling entity. - The Technocrats: Scientists and engineers attempting to harness or control the city's underlying systems. - The Nomads: Survivalists adept at navigating the shifting urban landscape. - The Guardians: Protectors who strive to maintain order and safety. - The Merchants' Guild: Traders managing the city's economic lifelines and resources.

Gameplay Experience

  • Make critical moral and strategic decisions with far-reaching impacts.
  • Engage with a world that dynamically responds to player actions, continuously evolving narratives and relationships.
  • Plan strategically, manage resources, and explore to uncover the ultimate truths behind the city's perpetual mysteries.

Perpetual City offers a unique blend of dynamic storytelling, innovative gameplay mechanics, and an ever-changing urban wilderness to explore, survive, and understand.