@Couchpotato;
1. What sets/makes it different from all the other Fallout clones?
Well, ‘clone’ is maybe a strong term, of course we have the Australian setting, an art style that is really our own, and of course how much effort is being put into the Moral Compass and the situations that players will face. We are not as heavy on the radiation/zombies/mutants/androids/aliens/lasers/high-tech and so on elements that you may be used to from the Fallout series, and I think there is just a different tone throughout as well.
2. What are your plans for release/early-release?
Right now there are no early access plans but we will most likely run a small closed beta for dedicated community members and testers. We might release a demo - it’s great to see more and more games getting demos in small chunks of content released first, like the old shareware days - showing off origin stories and some of the early parts of Broken Roads, but no promises right now.
3. Can you give an estimate on the game length?
25 to 35 hours on a single play through is what we’re looking at at the moment, but with a lot of emphasis on replayability and multiple quest resolutions and quest outcomes, and with four different origin stories that really do plan to many facets of the game, there is going to be lot of content here for people to approach in different ways over and over.
4. What game engine is being used to develop the game?
When using Unity, and of action just upgraded to the latest 2020 version.
5. Does the game have companions? Please share some info on them if you can?
Yes, and we going to allow up to 5 companions, all of whom are predefined characters with personalities, stories, motivations, fears, desires and of course their own moral leanings - so what you do can and most likely will affect their attitude towards you. We are not writing in complete disbanding/allowing companions to leave you, but they might not be willing to engage in certain quests, can suffer penalties if they don’t like what you’ve done (say you do something morally abhorrent, one of your better-natured companions could suffer morale penalties and find themselves with lower Initiative and thus acting later in combat for a period of time).
I want the team to develop out the characters further before we go too deep into who they are and what they’re about, but we have seven designed and mostly written already. Much more to come on that topic in the future!