Hack the Planet
Hello Hackers,
Welcome to the dev blog for my new game, Hack City Sinners. I will be putting you into the role of a disgraced hacker trying to regain their former glory whilst avoiding the law, and death. This is a first person, open world immersive sim, set in Bridge City, or as people in the profession call it, Hack City. The city is fully simulated, with a multitude of citizens going about their daily lives. The world is rich in detail, offering up unique experiences to each player.
As a hacker for hire, you will utilise a broad array of hacking skills to complete contracts and earn credits: breaking and entering into corporate offices, disabling security systems in cyber and meatspace, intelligence gathering, social engineering, stealing data, and of course, the gamut of software hacking methods using your computer. Your exploits will take you out into the city, plunging you deep into the dark underbelly of the hacker for hire world.
I'm creating the game in Unreal, specifically version 5.3.2. I have access to PS5, XSX and Nintendo Switch dev kits, so development will focus on these as my primary platforms. Unfortunately, I won't be able to post videos or screenshots that show any devkit-related hardware or software.
My first Hello World! objective was to get the Lyra sample game running on console, which I have now achieved.
Lyra running on XSX
I'm using Lyra as my base framework to build the game upon, as it has already solved a lot of the grunt work in setting up the foundational game systems and providing out-of-the-box console support.
See you in the next post.
Hack the planet!
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