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Title: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 11, 2011, 03:56:19 PM

Some of you may have already seen this, I've shown it to a few people and if you follow me on DeviantART you might have seen it already!

Anyway, this is a game i'm making, it's the story of a mining robot named Dex who at first has a fairly relaxed life, until the plans of a mysterious organisation known as proxy start to unfold.

(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/sprites-17.png)

Character info

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Dex is the main character, he's a mining robot with a laid back personality, but when Proxies plans threaten his village, he has to MAN UP.

Skorch is a welding robot, and has been Dex's best friend ever since they were young. He is Impatient and gets spooked very easily

Golem is a large digging robot who comes from a snowy country up north. (robot planet equivilent of russia) He hates fighting and tries to find a peaceful route to any situation, however when something is a threat to his friends he will take arms against it to protect his buddies at any cost. He is a bit of a slow thinker but he is definatly not stupid.

Tesla is a young female robot who you meet in a town built on the side of a mountain, she is extremely intelligent but she is also very shy.

Shank and Blammo are two criminal robots who you encounter in a dark city notorious for it's high crime levels. Shank was jailed for stabbing people, and Blammo was committed to an asylum, as people think he is insane. It seems like he talks to himself, however he was made form the parts of a recycled robot who carries on living within him.

Melissa, Klez, Conficker and Sircam are some of the primary members of Proxy. Melissa is a mantis like robot who brainwashes people into joining proxy. Klez is a deceptive robot who also is the doctor for proxy. Conficker is a worm like robot who is proxies head of technology. Sircam is the Commander, but he is not the leader.

Einhander is a robot shrouded in mystery, who is he? Is he with Proxy? Whoever he is, he clearly wants Dex out of the way.

Osesvs is a mechanical being who created the world the characters live on. He resides in the centre of the planet.

Many of the characters here are just NPCs. See, i want every NPC in the game to be completely unique!

Gameplay

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The game will play out like a somewhat typical metroidvania. The levels are all connected, similar to metroid, rather than separate levels like most platformers. Aiming will be done with the mouse, giving you more accuracy.
You'll be able to switch between any character who is currently in your party, each one having their own special abilities and combat skills.
I'm thinking that the characters will all share one healthbar, but each character that joins will add more health to the total.

Here is various pictures I've drawn!
This guy here is Hammy, he is the first midboss of the game. He was built for the mundane task of stomping nails into place, but Confickers radio tower causes him and other less advanced droids to become agressive
(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/Hammy-1.png)

Bust of Dex

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/DEX1.png)

Skorch (a bit outdated)

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/Skorch-1.png)

Golem

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/GOLEM2-1.png)

Einhander

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/einhander.png)

Shank and Blammo

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/shankandblammo.png)

Dex and Osesvs

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/Osesvs-1.png)

I'm not currently looking for any help but if you have any ideas feel free to share them!

I'm planning on releasing a demo once the first mission is completed, to hopefully get people excited for the full game! It will be completely free, don't worry, though i will add a donate button if you want to support!
I'm not doing this for the money, I'm doing it because I want to make a game and tell a story!

Special thanks to Namo for agreeing to help me with the engine and The Broker for some fantastic ideas!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: CutmanMike on February 11, 2011, 04:21:16 PM

Concept is cool. I hope you get the engine basics down soon!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Max on February 11, 2011, 04:22:14 PM

Is the far right one a creeper?

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 11, 2011, 04:29:26 PM

aye, minecraft has been good to me and i wanted to give it a cameo!
it's a background prop in a junkyard, examining it will say
"a criminal robot who was deactivated for destoying many buildings"

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: BumpBump on February 11, 2011, 06:01:19 PM

who's the little Dex guy?

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: The_Broker on February 11, 2011, 06:07:04 PM

Quote from: "BumpBump"

who's the little Dex guy?

That would be young Dex from flashbacks and the like sir.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 11, 2011, 06:10:31 PM

yes, you'll believe a robot can grow!
i call it the "unexplainable robo-growth phenomenon"

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: TheBladeRoden on February 11, 2011, 06:38:52 PM

People who can code get to have all their own threads  :cry:

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Korby on February 11, 2011, 07:39:17 PM

Gilbert is still the best.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Namo on February 11, 2011, 07:40:58 PM

I'm still alive much to the chagrin of many!

But yes, this is without a doubt one of the most creative ideas for a game I've ever heard of - this stuff is genius.  I've been genuinely impressed with every aspect that Brotoad has told me about.

You gotta love Brotoad's sprites, they're fantastic.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: KillerChair on February 11, 2011, 07:55:41 PM

Looks like the type of game that will make my hands bleed from overplaying ;)
Be sure to add many secrets so that people will be talking about getting a 100% completion for many years!
One of the reasons i liked the metroid games so much :)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 11, 2011, 08:42:10 PM

good to hear! complements like that are what motivates me!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Max on February 11, 2011, 09:06:14 PM

How far are you on the project? I like the idea, will the characters have different weapons? And since you're aiming with the mouse, does this mean you can aim anywhere?

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 11, 2011, 09:22:09 PM

i haven't started making the actual game yet.
each character has their own weapon
dex has a standard laser gun.
skorch has a flamethrower
golem uses a shovel that can deflect bullets
tesla has an electric stun gun. it does more damage to airborne enemies, causing them to crash to the ground
blammo uses a kind of grenade he invented that can also be used as a baseball bat weapon.

each character can also find special upgrades. the only one i have so far is that skorch can get a baloon that combines with his flamethrower. aiming upward after a jump lets him use it as a small handheld hotair balloon for gliding.

and yes, you'll be able to aim anywhere, though bullets will not go through walls.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Blaze Yeager on February 11, 2011, 11:48:39 PM

i hope this game becomes another Cave Story...i'd like to see it become a Smash hit!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 11, 2011, 11:50:55 PM

right now i'm just hoping for it to at least be as popular as catplanet.
and for it to get a tvtropes article

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: MidnightTH on February 12, 2011, 01:16:14 AM

Nice, I like Blammo the Best. Because you know what.

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KA BOOM! HAHAHAHAHA! EXPLOISONS! WOOHOOO! KA BOOM! KA BOOM! KA BOOM! KA BOOM!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 12, 2011, 06:08:12 AM

thanks for all the comments guys! here's some concept art i'm working on of dex's town!

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/townconcept-1.png)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: MidnightTH on February 12, 2011, 04:48:45 PM

Pretty cool.
I wanna hide this in Gillbert:

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THERES SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT THIS

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 13, 2011, 12:12:31 AM

i just finished the town drawing properly!

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/townconcept-3.png)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: KillerChair on February 13, 2011, 12:30:07 AM

A question here... Since you pretty much only talk about robots.
Do humans exist in this game?

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 13, 2011, 12:31:16 AM

the first image has your answer right under the font i made!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: KillerChair on February 13, 2011, 12:32:41 AM

Oh right  :mrgreen: Just noticed that.
Did that world never had any or did they extinct or something like that?

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 13, 2011, 12:34:40 AM

never were any!
the game is set on a planet created by osesvs, purely inhabited by machines.
it's possable osesvs was created by humans many eons ago, but i'd rather keep his origins mysterious, afterall, he is godlike

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: KillerChair on February 13, 2011, 12:36:04 AM

Sounds fancy :p
Keep us updated on anything awesome :D

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 13, 2011, 12:37:55 AM

i will don't worry!
i make new characters quite alot, i'll post all the new guys as i make them!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: TheBladeRoden on February 13, 2011, 02:15:17 AM

It's like that one futurama episode

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 13, 2011, 02:19:30 AM

praise the lug-nuts!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 15, 2011, 04:10:17 AM

heres a new sprite, it's of Osesvs, the god of the planet!
(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/Osesvssprite-1.png)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: MidnightTH on February 15, 2011, 11:50:01 PM

Thats just Huge.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: KillerChair on February 16, 2011, 12:02:05 AM

Does look cool though ;)

Will this game contain well known easter eggs?

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 16, 2011, 08:29:49 PM

well theres the creeper cameo!
apollo and clubber are rockem sockem robots named after rocky characters
edmond is a reference to the ED-209 from robocop
lily was named after rosie from the jetsons

expect plenty more movie robot cameos!

@MidnightTH
he's a robot god! you don't expect a god to be a little guy do you?

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: KillerChair on February 16, 2011, 09:02:53 PM

Would be awesome if a game had a mighty midget as final boss though ;)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 17, 2011, 03:18:50 PM

i never said he wasn't! but you'll just have to wait and see~~~~
he is rather small....at first

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: PressStart on February 21, 2011, 10:35:01 PM

Lookin' rad-awesome! Seems jus like the game I'd wanna play; lots of cool, different robots including HUGE ROBOTS and all around shooting!

Nice job on the town drawing; can't wait to see more of the game : )

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on February 21, 2011, 10:42:22 PM

thanks alot! it means alot because i think you're a RAD DUDE and i love all your drawings!
here's some more stuff!
MORE CHARACTERS!

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/sprites-19.png)

CONFICKER

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/conficker.png)

EDMOND

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/edmond.png)

DEX RUNNING AROUND
(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/running.gif)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: CutmanMike on March 01, 2011, 01:52:51 PM

Get working on that engine! Don't wanna see these sprites go to waste now y'hear??  :geek:

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: KillerChair on March 01, 2011, 10:08:58 PM

Quote from: "CutmanMike"

Get working on that engine! Don't wanna see these sprites go to waste now y'hear??  :geek:

I second that one ;)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: The_Broker on March 15, 2011, 12:59:45 AM

This project isn't dead! Mr. Brotoad is entertaining a guest for a while so updates will be slow for a time. But he is still working on Mashini Devata sprites.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on March 25, 2011, 01:07:50 PM

yeah my girlfriend is here for a while so i'm slightly dead from the internet! but i do have some new stuff!
i cannot access my photobucket form this computer so i have to use DA links
new midboss: the nemoleague!
http://brotoad.deviantart.com/#/d3bedf7

the playable characters being all badass
http://brotoad.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3b9zo7

and a grumpy old priest guy
http://brotoad.deviantart.com/#/d3brten

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Korby on March 25, 2011, 06:19:15 PM

grumpy old priest guy ftw

Drawings look great, Toady. Nyais new miniboss.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: KillerChair on March 25, 2011, 10:21:49 PM

That miniboss reminds me of...

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(http://www.sprites-inc.co.uk/files/Classic/MM8/Enemy/mmm-mm8squid.gif)

Looks cool though ;)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: WheelieCarbonate on March 25, 2011, 10:25:14 PM

What are Clubber and Apollo supposed to be?

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on March 25, 2011, 10:33:06 PM

clubber and apollo are based on rockem sockem robots
(http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae262/AllenVMcCloskeyII/rockem_sockem_robots.jpg)

they're named after apollo creed and clubber lang from the rocky movies

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: WheelieCarbonate on March 25, 2011, 11:32:45 PM

I knew it.Just wasn't sure.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on April 08, 2011, 10:38:57 AM

heeeres some new things!
http://brotoad.deviantart.com/#/d3ddg35

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on May 08, 2011, 09:13:22 PM

haven't updated this thread in a while!
almsot everything made so far

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/sprites-20.png)

some enemies!

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/caveenemies-1.png)

enemies in sprite form

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/enemies.png)

"exhaust" midboss concept
credit goes to The_Broker for the idea

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/exhaust.png)

artwork of sircam, the main villain for most of the game, the commander of the proxy organisation

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/commandersircam.png)

artwork of the proxy soldiers, they'll be in many different body shapes

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/proxysoldiers.png)

scrapped and unused characters

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/unusedstuff.png)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on June 07, 2011, 03:18:34 AM

ART DUMP AGAIN
NEW PALETTES they now have more contrast and work loads better

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/NewMashiniDevataSprites-2.png)

a frog fighting a nautilus

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/geronemoleague-2.png)

clubber and apollo

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/ClubberandApollo.png)

a silly enemy design (now renamed to "steeple")

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/Speleo.png)

einhander (the sword on his back is now removed)

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/einhander2.png)

tesla

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/teslashoot.png)

melissa

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/Melissa.png)

klez

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/Klez.png)

mausoleum the cadaver king

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/mausoleum-3.png)

geros new look

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/GeroNimo.png)

and last of all, monolith, golems dad!

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/monolith.png)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: MagnetMan497 on June 07, 2011, 03:27:09 AM

This is looking amazing.

I am so tempted to use the pea icon for my avatar.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Korby on June 07, 2011, 07:30:37 AM

Mausoleum looks awesome.

Klez is probably one of my favorites though!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Shade Guy on June 07, 2011, 08:46:03 AM

I'll assume Klez is based of those plague doctors?

Anyway, great stuff you have there.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Korby on June 07, 2011, 05:26:31 PM

You're probably the first person to not mention Spy vs Spy!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on June 11, 2011, 12:03:04 PM

Yeah Klez is a plague doctor, good to know SOME PEOPLE know!
Mausoleum is one of the hardest characters i've designed, he went through around 10 designs before i settled!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on June 24, 2011, 09:30:00 PM

Updates!
Slammer!

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/Slammer-1.png)

B-52

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/B52.png)

and this, which took sooooooooooo long and i'm sooooo proud of it

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/postershaded.png)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: CutmanMike on June 24, 2011, 11:11:12 PM

SO 'BOUT THAT GAME ENGINE THING

(nice art though!)

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Kapus on June 25, 2011, 03:05:34 AM

Gero is still the best character.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: LlamaHombre on June 25, 2011, 03:06:33 PM

WRONG

The best character is either the Creeper or Sircam!

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: easyaspi on June 25, 2011, 03:23:25 PM

Quote from: "brotoad"

B-52

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(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/CancerousTumour/B52.png)

AHAHAHAHA PUN

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Donutyoshi on July 02, 2011, 04:18:31 PM

A pun I don't get.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: MetalJosh on November 29, 2011, 06:55:19 PM

Wow brotoad it looks pretty neat. Cool I hope you update some more soon :D. Keep it up.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: Solar Equinox on November 29, 2011, 11:43:33 PM

If this game is released, then Skorch will crack my top 30 favorite character designes.
Good job on concept art.

Title: Re: Mashini Devata: a WIP game by brotoad
Post by: brotoad on November 30, 2011, 08:09:12 PM

i don't update this topic anymore because it's all dead but if you check my deviantart there is stuff there!
http://brotoad.deviantart.com/

i'm making a different game at the moment called "SUDS" which will be smaller, Mashini Devata will be made afterwards and hopefully sold on steam for like £1/$1.50