StarRupture (previously known as Chimera) is an ambitious cross between base building, exploration, combat, and managing resources on an alien but oddly familiar terraformed planet torn by a catastrophic cycle of destruction caused by its titular star. Creepy Jar looks forward to sharing more information with players in the months to come.

Being built in Unreal Engine 5, StarRupture is a story of man versus nature set against an otherworldly and breathtaking sci-fi environment where elemental cataclysms of extreme heat and cold loom as a constant danger. The player takes up the mantle as a convict exiled from the Earth to serve their sentence by mining and expanding industrial production alongside researching new technology on a seemingly hospitable new planet rife with mystery and danger. Tasked with surviving the waves of fiery inferno or extreme cold—not to mention facing down against hostile enemy monsters in tense combat—each cycle spells destruction yet ushers in a new era of growth and rebuilding. Whether solo or as part of an up-to-4-player co-op experience, players will explore, adapt, mine, gather resources, and build complex machinery in order to survive and prosper.

Though by definition it is a base-building simulator, StarRupture is much more. The game will invite players to push beyond, to stay resilient and sharp against every assault, building and forming prior to the cycling eviscerating conditions on an otherwise beautiful planet. For fans of builders, management, sci-fi action, and combat StarRupture will challenge all comers to utilize the technology at their fingertips and weather both the extremities and fierce enemies in order to survive and create a prosperous industrial complex.

StarRupture may take place on a faraway planet, but the inspiration for its landscapes and harsh conditions comes from a much more familiar place!

Have you ever wondered how developers create completely new game worlds? How do we approach making new, mysterious, sci-fi sceneries? How do we make them believable and fresh at the same time? As we were also looking for various inspirations, we finally discovered a perfect match that perfectly corresponds to our idea of a world in a constant cycle of death and rebirth.

In this behind-the-scenes deep dive, Creepy Jar guides viewers through the real-world locations helping their team bring StarRupture to life. In a world where life needs to adapt to a constant cycle of death and rebirth, the Creepy Jar team went to one of the harshest environments on our planet—Iceland—to get a closer look at its near-prehistoric landscape to help them understand how to bring the same harsh environments to life in-game.

StarRupture is in development for PC (Steam), coming to Steam Early Access soon.