Beyond Sunset News

Hello!

Time to share some more Beyond Sunset lore! Do you know that our Sunset City is basically San Francisco?

In 1968, San Francisco has been completely destroyed by a massive earthquake people started calling “The Big One”. But humans adapt fast and on the ruins, a new high-tech city was built. This new highly modern city is Sunset City. Later on, the MetaCorp was founded and the MetaComputer was created… and the rest you will find out for yourselves *wink wink*



In our world, San Francisco lies on an active fault line and the whole area is extremely prone to earthquakes. “The Big One” is a predicted earthquake that geologists expect will happen in the next hundred years. It's not without precedent either, in 1911 San Francisco was devastated by the biggest earthquake in California’s history. Let’s hope it won’t happen too soon.

If you look closely, you can see some similarities between San Francisco and Sunset City. For example, the West Sunset Mall in-game is based on the Ray Bradbury building from Blade Runner (and Ray Bradbury was a great sci-fi writer, btw.).



We’ve also tried to replicate the climate of San Francisco as best as we could in GZDoom. San Francisco’s bay area is well-known for its iconic rolling fog every morning and we captured it here:



What else would you like to know more about?

Our publisher, Movie Games, just announced a new game which will come to PC in 2024.

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The 1980s were a different time. No smartphones, no GPS. Dirty jobs were more… dirty.

Start your journey as a teenage criminal in a single player first-person sim with parkour action. Run simple jobs: pickpocket, act as a courier, pick locks, all under the police’s nose. Earn respect with the city gangs and don’t let the cops catch you!

Wishlist the game here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2116860/Crimerunner/

• Do quests and earn reputation points with all gangs
  
• Hide in the shadows and avoid being detected by the police
  
• Use the verticality of the terrain and parkour around the city
  
• Play lockpicking minigames with either a lockpick or a crowbar
  
• Gain access to and decorate your own hideout

Quit your day job, open a bar!

We’re celebrating International Beer Day (yes, we know it’s tomorrow) with a new game about crafting beer!

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Brew lagers, stouts and IPAs, and serve patrons at your own brewpub. Decorate the place, create your own brands of beer, and expand into the best joint in town. All of this in a relaxing simulator that values creativity and passion for crafting.

Wishlist the game here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755180/Brewpub_Simulator/

• Brew your dream beer! Discover new recipes, buy ingredients and unlock more advanced equipment
  
• Unlock new furniture and decorations and customise your pub
  
• Earn reputation, attract new customers and keep your returning patrons satisfied
  
• Master each step of a realistic process of brewing craft beers
  
• Play multiple minigames, including pouring beer, changing kegs, mixing ingredients, bottling beer, and more
  
• Manage your business, hire employees and keep your pub fully stocked
  
• Take on daily missions to earn more money and experience

Fire Commander, a tactical RTS about firefighters, is finally here! We have prepared for you a host of attractions for this day, including a launch discount, a premiere stream, and game bundles.

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See what it means to face the fire. Command a firefighting unit in an exciting tactical RTS. Save lives, manage your water supplies and care for your team in 30+ missions.

Right now, we’re offering you a 15% launch discount. You will also be able to save extra in numerous Complete the Set bundles with fantastic partner studios. The available games include:

• Gas Station Simulator
  
• The Tenants
  
• Drug Dealer Simulator
  

All bundles will be available at a 15% discount. Bundle discounts do stack with individual games’ main active discounts.

Ready to become an everyday hero and lead your firefighting squad on missions? Get Fire Commander now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1362560/Fire_Commander

And so it happened!

Beyond Sunset was featured on Civvie 11’s show! Civvie is THE YouTuber when it comes to retro shooters. And he had some nice things to say about our game! See it for yourself (starts at 18:24).

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Ain't got time to watch all this? Check out some hand-picked quotes:

"This isn't Doom rules. This game is Doom 2016/Doom Eternal rules."

"It's all very tight in terms of mechanics, clearly polished and work-shopped over and over."

"Combat, very nice, a lot smoother than I expect from GZDoom games."

"Good s**t! I love how it's coming along."

"They're putting a lot of care into the details and world."