HUNGER vs ILL

• Perspective: First-Person
• Multiplayer: 1-3 Player Online Co-op (PvPvE)
• Setting: Alternate-History Napoleonic Europe
• Platforms: PC (Steam, Epic Games Store)
• Release Window: 2025 (Early Access)
• Unique Feature: A unique blend of a hardcore extraction shooter with deep, permanent RPG progression and Mastery Trees, set in a plague-ravaged Napoleonic era. Features no forced wipes.

• Perspective: First-Person
• Multiplayer: Single-Player Only
• Setting: Post-Apocalyptic Eastern Europe
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
• Release Window: To Be Announced
• Unique Feature: An advanced, visceral, and unpredictable dismemberment system combined with a deep, physics-based interactive environment, all wrapped in a cinematic body horror experience.

• Co-op Teammates: The game is designed for solo, duo, or trio play. Teammates are essential for surviving high-risk expeditions, sharing resources, and coordinating tactics against other players and the environment.
  Human (Player)

• Loot: Found in chests and on enemies during Expeditions. Includes armor, bags, trinkets, medicines, and weapons that must be successfully extracted to be kept.
• Crafting Materials: Hundreds of different items found during Expeditions. Every item has a purpose in the deep crafting system.

• Found Footage & Logs: Discovered throughout the environment. These are the primary means of delivering the fragmented, mysterious narrative.
• Crafting Materials & Upgrades: Scavenged from the world. These are essential for maintaining and improving the player's arsenal of weapons.

• Napoleonic Era
• Alternate History
• Extraction Shooter
• Action RPG
• Survival Horror
• Dark Fantasy
• PvPvE

• Survival Horror
• Body Horror
• First-Person Shooter
• Sci-Fi Horror
• Post-Apocalyptic
• Psychological Horror

• Melee Weapons: Varies (Axes, Swords, Maces)
  A critical part of combat for stealth and silent movement. Includes both one-handed and two-handed options.
• Ranged Weapons: Firearms (Flintlocks, Revolvers)
  Slow, deliberate, and high-impact firearms inspired by the early 1800s. Firing a gun is a major tactical decision as it alerts all players on the map.
• Gadgets: Utility
  A huge variety of tactical items, including ceramic grenades, lockpicking tools, repair tools, and experimental hand mortars.

• Conventional Firearms: Varies (Shotgun, AK-47, Revolver, Sniper Rifle)
  A diverse arsenal of realistic weapons that feel heavy and physical. They are subject to malfunctions and require maintenance and upgrades.
• Melee Weapons: Varies
  Close-quarters weapons for desperate situations when ammunition is scarce.
• Crafty Weapons: Improvised
  The game will feature a variety of unique, player-crafted weapons.

• Armor: Players can find and equip armor. It is designed to be supplementary, offering only one or two extra shots of survivability, rather than making a player 'superhuman'. It helps 'paper over mistakes' but does not negate the need for skill.

The game features a deep, permanent RPG progression system. Each 'Living' character has a unique and highly customizable Mastery Tree with over 100 talents, allowing for deep specialization in areas like combat, stealth, or support. A Prestige system allows max-level players to reset for exclusive cosmetic rewards. There is no forced progress wipe.

Progression is based on survival and resource management. Players must scavenge for limited resources to craft items and upgrade their diverse arsenal of weapons at workbenches. Weapons require maintenance, including checking for malfunctions and installing modifications. There is no traditional leveling system; survival depends on player skill and gear.

The game will launch into Early Access with three large and distinct maps, with a goal of ten maps for the full 1.0 release. The maps are persistent zones where up to 15 players can be active at once, featuring locations like forests, villages, monasteries, citadels, and mines. PvE-only maps are also planned for the future.

The game features a linear but explorable structure with interconnected zones, not a full open world. The level design blends tight, claustrophobic corridors with larger, more open areas within the massive research fort and its strange, biomechanical surroundings.

• Expeditions
  The main gameplay loop. Players deploy to one of several large maps to complete quests, scavenge for loot, and fight other players and AI, with the primary goal of successfully extracting with their findings.
• Quests
  Obtained from NPCs in the 'Chateau' social hub, these are complex, multi-stage objectives that are essential for gaining experience and building reputation. They are described as being similar in depth to quests in games like Skyrim.
• Dungeons & Bosses
  Endgame content available at launch where players are encouraged to investigate dungeons and battle powerful bosses for high-tier rewards.

The game will be in Early Access for approximately two years. During this time, the developers plan to add numerous new weapons, characters, maps, and enemies based on community feedback. The long-term monetization model favors paid DLC expansions over microtransactions.

• Q: What is HUNGER?
  A: HUNGER is a first-person PvPvE extraction RPG set in a plague-ravaged Napoleonic Europe. It combines the high-stakes loot loop of an extraction shooter with the deep, permanent character progression of a classic RPG.
• Q: Are there server wipes?
  A: No. A key feature of the game is the complete absence of forced wipes. All player experience, levels, and unlocked talents are permanent. A voluntary 'Prestige' system is available for players who wish to reset their own progress for cosmetic rewards.
• Q: Is it a 'Soulslike'?
  A: While it features challenging, deliberate combat, it is more accurately described as an extraction RPG. Unlike Soulslikes, death does not cause you to lose your experience, only the gear you were carrying on that specific run.
• Q: Is it free-to-play?
  A: No, HUNGER will be a premium, one-time purchase game launching into Early Access. The price is expected to increase as it gets closer to the full 1.0 release.

• Q: What is ILL?
  A: ILL is a realistic, first-person action survival horror game developed in Unreal Engine 5. It is known for its extreme focus on body horror, visceral dismemberment, and dynamic physics.
• Q: Is it an open-world game?
  A: No, it features a linear but exploratory structure with interconnected zones, not a full open world.
• Q: What makes the combat unique?
  A: The combat is defined by its advanced and unpredictable dismemberment system. Injuring an enemy can cause them to mutate or change their behavior dynamically. Even severed limbs can potentially become new threats.
• Q: When will it be released?
  A: There is currently no official release date. The game is in heavy development for PC and current-gen consoles.

• SPECULATIVE PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. As official specs were not provided in the text, these are hypothetical projections for a next-generation title built on Unreal Engine 5.
• Laptop Performance Note: A title like this would demand a high-performance gaming laptop for the best experience. Actual performance would vary significantly based on the final game's optimization and the laptop's specific hardware configuration.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU would be essential to handle the advanced graphical features and maintain stable framerates during intense PvPvE encounters.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and potential for numerous AI and player entities will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex AI and physics-based combat.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in a competitive FPS.
• Game Name: HUNGER

• SPECULATIVE PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. As official specs are not yet available, these are hypothetical projections for a next-generation horror title built on Unreal Engine 5.
• Laptop Performance Note: A title like this would demand a high-performance gaming laptop for the best experience. The game's advanced physics and dismemberment systems can be very demanding.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU would be essential to handle the advanced graphical features, ray tracing, and maintain a stable framerate.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich and often chaotic encounters will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex procedural animations, enemy AI, and physics-based interactions.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in a fast-paced FPS.
• Game Name: ILL

• G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU would be essential to handle the advanced graphical features and maintain stable framerates during intense PvPvE encounters.
• Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and potential for numerous AI and player entities will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex AI and physics-based combat.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in a competitive FPS.

• G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU would be essential to handle the advanced graphical features, ray tracing, and maintain a stable framerate.
• Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich and often chaotic encounters will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the complex procedural animations, enemy AI, and physics-based interactions.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in a fast-paced FPS.