"We have big aspirations for -- and big development and design talent behind -- The Y Project," said Thomas Schaefer, industry veteran and project manager, Westka Interactive. "Our goal is to go beyond the typical German-bred game and create a top 10 game for the U.S. and therefore, global, market."
The Y Project will deliver an entirely new twist on the traditional PC gaming experience. Contingent on the player's strategic approach and personal passion, he can either join with a military faction and assume a combat position, or join with a scientific faction and use logic and puzzle-solving to complete his mission. Then, during the action, players have the ability to switch factions multiple times, allowing for an action/adventure experience, RPG/strategy experience or both. This unique game-play approach adds numerous layers of depth and puzzle solving, and provides for more than 40 hours of single-player play.
The Y Project complements its innovative game-play elements with breakthrough graphics, visual effects, and illustrative realism. "We are very impressed with what Westka's development team has done so far with the latest Unreal Engine technology," said Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games. "When The Y-Project is released I expect that people will be blown away by its attention to detail and engrossed in its compelling story. This will definitely be a game to watch for."
will definitely be a game to watch for." "Working with Epic's Unreal Engine was one of the best decisions we have made regarding The Y Project," said Thomas Schaefer. "The power of Unreal Engine has allowed us to bring our vision to reality."
The Y Project takes place 200 years in the future, 70 years after humans on board a large spaceship landed on a foreign, yet peaceful alien planet. After landing, the humans began settling the planet, and the development proceeded quickly and without problems. However, before the humans had landed, a mutant type of insect was accidentally created in a lab on the spaceship in a genetic experiment called "The Y Project." At the time of landing, the insect escaped and proceeded to multiply into a race of hostile, giant mutated insects. Due to the rapid evolvement of the bugs, the humans were forced, for their own protection, to move into a monolithic city under a glass dome.
As the game begins, the glass dome over the city has been destroyed, the insects have entered the city and most of the humans have been killed, leaving chaos and destruction in place of peace and prosperity. Now it is up to player to save the humans from near certain extinction.
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