Dystopika

Dystopika is not so much a game as it is a construction kit, a diorama piece, a video toy and somewhat of an art toy as well. It's no Sim City 2077, there are no challenges, disasters or decisions to make, you just plop buildings on your grid, add light brushes and props for extra effects, unlock more props to decorate, discover that some buildings can deploy platform crossing between them when you put them close, add roads and monorail lines for flair, walls for style, remake the central pyramid of Blade Runner because of course you would, add holographic propaganda, even import your own pictures for holographic ads displayed on the side of buildings, and you just enjoy playing with the excellent photo mode, you can also make videos of you going around your city with the camera, with various settings on the keyframes, duration, and movement effects. The music is chill, relaxing synth that wouldn't feel out of place in Blade Runner or when reading Snowcrash or the Sprawl series. While I don't think I'd have bought it full price, it's not super expensive, and there's mod support, which I haven't tried yet but if it's possible to make your own buildings and proprs it's quite cool. Perfect as a relaxing zen garden game of sorts or for making set pieces for an RPG session. Just don't go expecting a game and you'll find plenty of interesting small things to love in Dystopika.

If you've seen videos or images advertising Cyberpunk stuff lately.. you've probably already seen examples of what Dystopika can do. Full disclosure, I'm one of it's greatest supporters. I insisted on paying the author cash for the game, because 'F' Steam, I got it on Steam anyway, and now I'm getting it here (Instant Purchase). I support the author on Ko-Fi, I belong to his Discord, I've donated cyberpunk assets for him to use in Unity, and I've posted assets for everybody to use within the game on the Discord. (DO join the Discord, and look for the assets section and for the mods section.) Dystopika isn't much of a "game", persay, although partway through the Tutorial and can just switch over to unlocking achievements, which unlocks new abilities and assets to use within Dystopika. (HINT: build every type and style, and sooner or later you'll unlock all of the achievements.) Dystopika is more of a live action god-game, where you create your own cyberpunk city, and watch the show. You can zoom in and fly around all over the place, as well as set up the camera to do specific flyby's and record videos. As I just mentioned, you can even import your own assets and mods. You can change some of the environmental settings as well. The game is still in development as well, in the future, the dev intends to expand the types of neighborhoods available in the game, and add other abilities. It is a complete "game" right now though, it's 100% operational, and 100% of its functionality works, 100%. :) As I said, if you're in to cyberpunk, you've probably already seen images or videos where various creators/companies have used it to promote their stuff. It's already truly stunning, and it's just going to get better. It's a labor of love for the author, and it really shows. If you love cyberpunk, or city builders, or relaxing games where you can just chill and build.. DON'T miss this one! It's worth every penny, 10 times over!

I ""played"" this all yesterday afternoon, Yes it is a great creative tool...but a frustrating 'tool' It's like using photoshop with a blindfold. IT's overly dark during creation.. Dev, have a preview or finish creation button, or a overlay grid..MAke adding environment a different part of the creation.. BUILDING would be great on a lighter grid,and easier. Because of the dark. Placing objects was a bit hit and miss,. i ended up , just clicking randomly across the 'work' area.. I couldn't work out depth of field. And clicking random gave me different objects. Just clicking around ,not knowing what I am doing I got "open up new content" BUt no reason why I got it... . I wanted a building and got a big long wall.. BIGGEST PROB .. is you have to join 'DISCORD' to get help and new buildings/content..HAY DEV! i supporting you with purchase. OVerall yes it is a good creative tool. but is not a precise tool... WOULD BE BLOODY GREAT TO HAVE A Little car to fly around your creations... like in townscape you can walk around your town now.. very cool.