Dead Static Drive

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Dead Static Drive
Developer(s) Reuben Games
Publisher(s) Reuben Games
Engine Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
Genre(s) Action-adventure, survival horror
Mode(s) Single-player

Dead Static Drive is a top-down driving meets survival horror video game developed and published by Reuben Games. It is planned to be released on Windows and Xbox One. [1] The game has a "retro Americana" graphical style, and involves a road trip that takes a turn into Lovecraftian horror. [2]

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Plot

The main character of the game goes on a road trip to reconnect with their estranged family members, traveling between towns and doing quests in each town where they can freely walk around outside their car. [2] The player realizes that the apocalypse is happening and must fight Lovecraftian monsters and potentially stop the end of the world. [3]

Development

The game's creator, Mike Blackney, started development in 2014, and 6 months later, in 2015, received a $15,000 Unreal Dev Grant for the game's development. [3] [4] Later, he also received funding from the Australian government that enabled him to quit his job as a teacher and continue developing the game, as well as hire an artist and musician. [3] He noted inspiration for the game from the 1981 film The Evil Dead , and horror set in the suburbs and mundane settings, and has described the game as "Grand Theft Cthulhu". [2]

Reception

Stephanie Chan of VentureBeat called the game "stylish but also evocative". [3] Adam Smith of Rock, Paper, Shotgun called the graphics "lovely" and the monsters "refreshingly untentacled", commenting that the game could use some folklore that is not just Lovecraft. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dead Static Drive, Afterparty and other indies coming to Xbox One". VG247. 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  2. 1 2 3 Priestman, Chris (2016-11-23). "Dead Static Drive to be a road-trip horror in vintage Americana style". Kill Screen. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The IndieBeat: Dead Static Drive is 'Grand Theft Cthulhu' on Route 66". VentureBeat. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  4. ↑ "First recipients of Epic's Unreal Dev Grants deserve every penny". VentureBeat. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  5. ↑ Smith, Adam (2016-11-17). "Dead Static Drive takes you on a cosmic horror roadtrip". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
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