I.O. Setter

UPDATE: This is not last version. The actual version with updated gameplay will be available on Steam 06/2024: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2812680/IO_Setter 

Name:  I.O.Setter (Composed of two definitions in the field of programming, but also related to the plot)

Engine: Unreal Engine 4. Initially, the project was done on UE5, but it was the very first, available version of the engine and it was decided to continue development on UE4.

Devlog: https://www.youtube.com/@wadesset

Setting: Indie horror from the third person.

Early version of the game: (video) There was no plot, the character had a gravity cannon and a black hole creator in his arsenal. The main character had to visit four places, shoot a black hole into asteroids, collect them and move on. Along the way, the surroundings changed to gloomy scenes, and some obstacles had to be eliminated with the help of a gravity cannon.

Current version of the game: The plot has appeared

The main character named Set (Set) is an astro-marauder. A former engineer who managed to get a suit developed by I.O on the black market visits the same abandoned I.O. station in search of valuable technologies for further sale. He is absolutely sure that he is the only living being on the station and he is right about something…

At some point, reality begins to change. Things appear as if from another time, and strange voices hidden in the walls of I.O. begin to drive you crazy. Hallucinations, another self-examination, or indeed, something begins to weave its essence into the world around the main character? This will be narrated in the I.O.Setter project.

Location: I.O. Station

The I.O. station, which inherited its name from the company, is a major project, a kind of space startup. The company offered the world a new type of fuel. -You no longer need to fill your warehouses or the luggage compartment of your spaceship, to the brim, with special fuel. Instead, take a couple of I.O. capsules that will replace dozens of tons of raw materials. A specially designed power supply system can be integrated into any equipment, be it your vehicle or even your own exoskeleton.-

Undoubtedly, all this attracted huge investments.

The I.O. station was safely hidden, as the company did not want to reveal its secrets of creating almost eternal batteries. It is only known that this is an underground drilling facility that produces a certain resource, after processing which, you can make an excellent energy source. The location of the station can only be found out from former employees, if they exist at all…

A few years after the announcement of the first large batch of finished I.O. capsules, the company abruptly closed. No one has managed to find those responsible for the liquidation process of the company. Investors hoped to get at least a part of the product, since it was still an innovative and very important invention. Soon, everyone realized that they had simply been deceived, there was no fuel, and the station was a fiction, otherwise investors would have been able to find at least one of the I.O. employees. But is it really so?

According to rumors, the I.O. station exists and contains a number of innovative technologies, not just the promised type of fuel.

According to rumors, there are two living beings who were at the station and who can be found. One of them is a medical worker I.O. The second… the cat of one of the engineers.

Features:

• The ability to use the gravity cannon as a tool to overcome obstacles, as well as as a weapon in the fight against the "local population" with the possibility of cutting off the limbs of NPCs;
• Solving easy puzzles;

Team: Development is carried out by one person. Sometimes people are invited to join the project, ready to help and contribute to the development, for a short time and for small scenes in the game. All names, links and results of the work will be posted as these scenes are completed.

System requirements: So far, the project has been tested on AMD Ryzen 2600 + rx570. The result is 55-60fps, with drawdowns of up to 40 frames when loading locations. However, by the end of the development, everything can change for the worse or for the better.