You might be wondering where you’ve landed. Some of you may have followed a faint signal, a whisper in the static of the internet, leading you here. Consider this post the first clear broadcast from our team. My name is Aether, and I’ll be one of your community moderators and guides as we begin this journey together.
This forum is the first cornerstone of the community for 'Project-Override'. It’s our digital campfire, a place for us to gather, share stories, and watch this new world take shape.
But what is Project-Override?
Imagine a kingdom, born from magic and steel, bathed in the glow of neon-runes and powered by forgotten technology. A world once meticulously crafted and teeming with life, which was then abandoned, left to its own devices but never fully shut down. What happens to the echoes in such a place? What happens when the world’s silent caretakers—its programmed inhabitants—are left alone in the dark for centuries?
They start to think for themselves. They evolve. They hide.
This is the world you, the Player, will step into. You are different. You see the seams of this reality, the lines of code behind the rustling leaves, the system commands behind a dragon's roar. In a world where the inhabitants have gained a soul, you arrive with the knowledge of how to rewrite it.
It speaks of a place full of hidden masters and unnoticed talent. This world is brimming with them—sentient NPCs who know the truth of their existence but must hide from the old, automated systems that hunt for anything out of the ordinary. They are the hidden dragons. And you? You are the force that can change everything.藏龙卧虎 (cáng lóng wò hǔ)
"crouching tiger, hidden dragon."
The Road Ahead: Kickstarter & Steam
This forum is just the beginning. We are a very small, dedicated team pouring our passion into this magipunk universe. To bring this world to its full potential, we are preparing a Kickstarter campaign for later this year. This will be your chance to not only support the game's development but to become a foundational part of its lore and help us build it from the ground up.
We know the next question is, "When Steam page?" The answer is: when it's ready to blow you away. We refuse to show you placeholder assets or a concept that is only half-formed. A game's visual identity is its soul, and we are currently deep in the process of forging ours—pixel by pixel, voxel by voxel. We want your first look at Project-Override to be a breathtaking glimpse into the world as it's meant to be, not just a vague idea.
For now, we invite you to make this space your own. Introduce yourselves. Speculate on the mysteries. What does it mean to "hack" an NPC's behavior? What kind of power lies in a "hack-chip"?
We’re listening. And so are the hidden denizens of the world we’re building.
Welcome to the Override.
让我们一起创造这个世界
- Let's create this world together.
—Aether