Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone (Workingtitle)

Hi everyone, again, long time no post. But today I have something very special, at least to me ^^ : because I am happy to announce that my work on my gunman contracts standalone project is coming along very very well, in fact way better than I had hoped for and it probably will be entering a playable tech-demo phase not too far in the future. 

I have been working day and night (well, mostly night) and gotten already very far considering the core of the project, so the game- and gunplay mechanics, which already feel very very sweet (I will post some gameplay footage soon, since I did not got around to shooting VR-Footage yet - no pun intended).

In terms of worldbuilding I have stuck to the "headquater" of my unknown gun for hire ... the shooting range in all new glory ... which will be the centerpiece of the project, with weapons to choose (and or store/unlock etc.), a shooting range/course to try them out and of course the briefing room in which contracts will be selectable. At least these are my plans so far. But nothing is set in stone yet, so I will post more details on it as I progress.

So far I aim to have this project be available on Steam as an early access project when the time comes, probably with very limited content at the start, and then plan to develop/add new content over time, like new contracts, guns, game modes etc. ... of course all depending on the reception of it all. But yeah, again, things can change, and I will keep you posted :-)

But some good news come with a flip side. This one is regarding chapter3: With this project coming along so great as it is, and its mechanics being already so much better than HLA (at least for what I aim towards), I have decided to lay my work on Chapter3 to rest. It was a very very hard decision to make, since a lot of work has already gone into it. But with its scope maybe around 50% completion, the work that still would have to be done is just too much. Being where I am with the stand alone project now, and having seen what is possible in game creation and how narrow and limited my possibilities with HLA really where ... I simply wouldnt be able to finish chapter3 as an HLA-mod - at least not with my heart in it. And as a friend said to me a while back: "If your heart is not in it, whats the point?". 

I still am not ruling out to have a release of the work I have done in some form, since I really wouldnt want it to go to waste. But that aswell is being put aside for the time being. I hope you all understand.

So then, I will keep you posted on all that is happening, my progress and hopefully more good news in the future.

Cheers, 

ANB_Seth