Updated on July 23, 2022
A New Adventure!
Howdyyyyyy,
Hello Hello. So, It’s been sometime since the last blog post. A lot has happened both personally and externally (private matters, covid and other world events). As the dust has somewhat settled, we feel now is a good time to talk about what we’re doing next!
If you’ve seen some of our posts on our socials, we’ve been slowly putting together a new project, Junklands. An action adventure game that follows Rahr, a cardboard misfit whose search for belonging becomes hinged on a quest to heal Junklands from its polluting overlords. With a mighty shield and the Earth orb, players embark on an otherworldly journey to save the environment from the brink of collapse. Your effort and choices will effect the Junklands!
Rahr and the Junklands world was created 11 years ago as a 2D platformer but never really got far at the time. As we were developing our next adventure, we kept returning to a few very old concepts of Rahr just hanging there on the wall and knew it would be something really awesome to jump back into. So here we are, It’s been exciting to fully flesh out the theme, world and game mechanics so far!
Our game will be 3D, adventuring between different areas in control of toxic tyrants and its up to you to stop their impact on the area. We want to create a bleak world to find beauty in. You’ll dive into beautifully dark polluted environments as the spark of hope and force of change. The guardians are trapped throughout, waiting to give Rahr the tools to explore and withstand the Junklands.
Rahr’s main tool for puzzles and combat will be the shield. Think trash-lid Captain America. You can throw the shield at switches, enemies and more! Ability upgrades will allow you to do more with the shield to aide your progression.
On top of that we’re very proud to say, we’ve grown from solo developer to small team that’s striving to create something really awesome! We’ll also be starting devlogs very soon, so keep an eye out for that!
Last year, we were chosen in VicScreen’s huge funding round, and were also one of the winners of the Business Mentorship program which we used to plan our trajectory for Junklands! Our local government’s support has helped us immensely and we’re deeply grateful!
https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/film-victoria-funds-16-games-as-part-of-4-3-million-investment-3787/
https://igea.net/2021/07/the-winners-of-11-business-mentorship-with-jason-della-rocca/
Junklands is a work in progress, so we’d love for you to join us!
We really want this to be an awesome game! So jump onto our socials and follow our journey of creating Junklands!
– Josh
