Gamedec

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5
Genre: RPG/Action
Developer: Anshar Studios
Release Date: Sept. 16, 2021

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'Gamedec' Kickstarter Campaign Ending, Final Stretch Goals Within Reach

by Rainier on April 23, 2020 @ 8:46 a.m. PDT

Gamedec is an adaptive, cyberpunk RPG game where you play a private detective who solves crimes committed in virtual game worlds.

It’s Warsaw City in the 22nd century, and thanks to the existence of virtual worlds, "reality" is a relative concept, and "life" and "death" have many meanings. New worlds, however, give rise to new problems. Desire, jealousy, greed, and lust for power are ever present. Many things have changed, but human nature is not one of them. That’s why society in the 22nd century needs Gamedecs – detectives who handle frauds, crimes, and conspiracies committed in virtual worlds. Child slavery in F2P games, the suicide of a professional player – cases like that are what they deal with on a daily basis. In the new Anshar Studios game, the player becomes one of these detectives.

The reality of the XXII-century is challenging – people live in cage-like cities separated from nature, which has turned hostile. The world is ruled by multi-billion-dollar corporations. To escape their daily misery, people immerse themselves in virtual worlds, hoping to find relief, enjoyment, and adventure. But wanting more leads to new problems, and someone has to solve them – a gamedec. As a game detective, you take cases from distressed and spoiled customers, discovering intrigue and revealing the truth. Your decisions won’t be easy to make – some choices will feel right, while others might surprise you. Each decision you make shapes the game world and your character’s personality.

In Gamedec, every decision is important, and the world around you constantly adapts to the decisions you make. The hero also adapts as the story progresses. Just like in “real” life, the consequences of your choices can be immediate, long-term, or even hidden – the latter most often surfacing when you least expect. Regardless of the decisions you make, the game will always remain neutral toward them. It’s up to you to evaluate them, bearing in mind the saying “you are the sum of your choices.”

Anshar Studios’s new game returns to the foundations of the RPG genre by adding mechanics like Deduction, Codex, and Aspects to allow for complex discussions, as players create or expose networks of conspiracies while discovering unusual relationships between virtual worlds.Gamedec’s paper-based RPG mechanics give players the freedom to approach situations from multiple perspectives, rather than by finding a single solution – the choice is ultimately theirs to make.

Fight conversational duels, discover or create schemes of deception, save lives, and investigate the extraordinary relationships between virtual worlds and their inhabitants. Gamedec emulates the nature of tabletop RPGs by focusing on character development through decision making. Like in classic tabletop RPGs, you are given the freedom to approach situations from multiple angles rather than forcing a single solution – remember that the choice is yours and yours alone.

With 4,091 backers, $143,239 already collected, and 6 stretch goals unlocked, there are still 4 more days to go! Gamedec is already in the top 3 most successful Polish Kickstarter campaigns for games and is on its way to the $170,000 milestone that will add partial voice overs to the game.

Not $50,000, not $100,000, but almost three times as much as the initial goal. Gamedec has started its final Kickstarter lap, and with the campaign ending in 4 days, it’s already another crowdfunding hit from Poland.

One final push from gamers is still needed to make sure partial voice overs will be added to the game. In the end, a great detective always looks for as many clues as possible. A huge number of them are given by suspects themselves, and those can be an expression, stance, or just the tone of their voice. That is why Anshar Studios’ developers decided to give each of their non-playable characters a voice!

Reaching the stretch goal of  $170,000 will unlock a partially voiced game. Each NPC will have a set of lines. While not all dialogs will be recorded, the developers want to give gamers an insight into the nature of NPCs with whom they’ll be interacting with. However, it will of course still leave room for imagination to paint the interaction the way players feel it should be. But just like in old school RPGs, sometimes it only takes a few sentences, a few idiosyncrasies, to completely understand what kind of person you are dealing with.

Key Features:

  • You Are The Sum Of your Choices: You will hunt down the criminals of virtual worlds. Rich, spoiled business people, mothers who want a better life for their children, or corporations with plans to rewrite humanity. Are they acting alone, or are they mere puppets? What does a "happy ending" mean to you or to them? Each decision you make shapes the game world and your character’s personality. Some decisions will feel right, and others will be unexpected. The game continually adapts to your choices and never judges – only you can judge yourself.
  • Explore The Cyberpunk of The XXII Century: Welcome to Warsaw City in the XXII century, where "real" is a relative term and "life" and "death" have many meanings. Virtual worlds give rise to real problems: lust, sloth, envy, and pride. That’s why the residents of these virtual game-worlds need specialists – Gamedecs who discover and exploit cheats hidden in the realities of their clients. Whether it’s the Wild West or the jungle of a prehistoric entertainment park, these and many other worlds confront our human nature. Which, despite many changes, has remained all too familiar…
  • Experience The Essence Of Role-Playing: Gamedec is a pure RPG experience equipped with mechanics such as a codex, aspects, and deduction. Fight conversational duels, discover or build schemes of intrigue, save lives, and discover extraordinary relationships between the virtual worlds and their inhabitants. The game emulates the nature of a tabletop RPG by focusing on choice-dependent character building. Gamedec, like classic tabletop RPGs, gives you the freedom to approach situations from multiple angles rather than forcing a single solution. Remember: the choice is yours.

Gamedec is currently under development for PC (Steam), planned to be released in 2020.


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