Bleakmill’s first-person shooter INDUSTRIA, set in a parallel universe, is currently free on the Epic Games Store until May 2nd. Bleakmill’s alternate universe game takes place in East Berlin where in 1989 the Berlin Wall has just fallen. The main character is hunting to find a lost colleague when they stumble upon a mysterious gateway to another world.
Description (per Epic Games Store):
“On the evening of the fall of the Berlin wall, a young woman plunges headlong into a parallel dimension to find her missing work colleague who has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. While the checkpoints in East Berlin are still being overrun by crowds of people, Nora escapes from this world, into unknown layers of time and into an unknown fate.
FEATURES
- Profound story: Experience a classic story-driven first-person shooter with about 4 hours of gameplay
- Tight atmosphere: Dive into a lovingly designed world full of mystery and lynchesque surreality
- Deadly danger: Enemies lurk around every corner – defend yourself with 4 different weapons
- Unique setting: Berlin at the time of the fall of the wall meets a surreal industrialized city
- Experimental soundtrack: Synthesizer, acoustic instruments and melancholic vocals
STORY
Berlin, 9th November 1989: After four decades of division, thousands of cars are rolling across the inner-German border. The Wall is finally open!
At the same time a man disappears in a secret research facility near East Berlin. His goodbye message reaches you too late. When you arrive the State Security has already destroyed all records of the research project. The complex is deserted and empty.
The search for Walter takes you deep into the center of the facility – right into the heart of the universe, where time seems to stand still. Dark secret lurks – well hidden – behind the curtain.”
INDUSTRIA 2 announcement:
Now that INDUSTRIA is free on EGS newfound fans can be excited to learn that a sequel is on the way. Bleakmill has announced that INDUSTRIA 2 is coming but has not said when it will arrive.
“Years after the events of the prequel INDUSTRIA, Nora is stuck in a parallel dimension, far away from home. Surviving alone on a peaceful island, an empty apartment building in a vast sea of hostile solitude, she constructs a machine to return to her home dimension: 1989 East Berlin.
Just before she completes the year-long project, a chain of unforeseen consequences pulls her back into the pulsating heart of the artificial intelligence ATLAS.
Nora soon comes to the realization that she cannot evade her past and must face the haunting responsibility that lies within it – her involvement in the creation of the uncontrollable A.I.
Features:
- Immersive, slow paced gameplay: Physics-based interaction, crafting and a diegetic inventory ground the gameplay in the game environments
- A hero’s journey: A narrative FPS to its core, where you’ll meet memorable characters and progress through a touching story
- Unique setting: Industrial decay in a vast boreal nature meets otherworldly sprawling machine structures
- Upgradable weapons: Upgrade five weapons with various attachments like silencers, extended magazines or special attacks
- Robot body horror: Vivid machine oil spilling and body dismemberment lead to intense firefights
- Compact Indie Experience: A 4-6 hour long filler free journey made by a passionate small indie team
- Cinematic audio: Full voiceover, dynamic music and detailed sound design are merged together by real-time audio reflection through Wwise
- Next-gen visuals: Carefully crafted assets are empowered by Unreal Engine 5’s fully dynamic lighting engine Lumen”
So if you’re looking for something that’s just a little different than the norm head over to EGS while INDUSTRIA is free before time’s up on May 2nd.