Uppercut Games is a small development based in Canberra made up of former Irrational Games members. Submerged is their latest work in progress — an exploration adventure game where you struggle to rescue your brother after “escaping from a terrible past”. It’s being created in Unreal Engine 4 and it already looks spectacular.
Very little is known about the game at this stage, but Submerged is set in a flooded city and your only means of transport is a simple fishing boat.
I’m looking forward to seeing the game in motion, but the concept — the idea of exploring a broken down city after a catastrophic flood — has already piqued my interest. I love the idea of cities in decay: and when you consider that the team worked on games like BioShock, Uppercut Games seems perfectly placed to create a video game that shows the ravages of flooding. Rapture was, after all, a city in decay, constantly fighting a against the oppression of water leaking from every square inch.
But there is already an otherworldly beauty about Submerged. Considering it’s only been in development for months, with a small team of three artists, that’s quite the achievement.
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9 responses to “Submerged Is Gorgeous, Uses Unreal Engine 4 And Is Being Built In Australia”
Looks amazing
Keep on top of updates for this!
Ooooh, looks cool! SIGN ME UP!
Post-apocalyptic urban decay!
Uppercut games – gold!
Wow. Looks fantastic.
“Escaping for a terrible past”? Is that supposed to be, “escaping from a terrible past” or is there time travel in the game?
Sounds good as long as there’s no Banjo Music.
Keep as updated with as many Aussie games as possible!
Exploration game? Does this mean I wont learn about myself by shooting dudes in the face? I hope so 😉
Send these guys some more artists so they can incorporate more varied assets – a game about exploration with similar looking environments will hold it back. Also Ken Levine twitted about this, so that’s cool.