The inventor of PUBG returns with his new studio and a fresh game. However, this is just the beginning of a large-scale project and can now be played on Steam and in the Epic Games Store.
What kind of game is this? Prologue: Go Wayback! is the first game from the developer Playerunknown Productions. This was founded by PUBG inventor Brendan Greene and is dedicated to innovative game ideas.
The game is a new single-player title with survival and roguelike elements. This fundamentally distinguishes it from PUBG, which catered to multiplayer fans. In Prologue: Go Wayback!, players are to explore a vast, open world and survive harsh weather conditions and other dangers.
AI as support
What does the game offer? On the Steam page of the game, the developers present their project and give an insight into what they have planned.
The game world is said to be about 64 square kilometers large and will be freshly generated with each restart of the game. No two journeys should be the same.
The goal is to reach the distant weather tower. How exactly one manages the way is up to each player. Whether the trip is survived or ends earlier depends on how well one adapts to the circumstances.
The weather is supposed to change dynamically, so players must react quickly to seek shelter from storms. Food and drink also play an important role. No matter what aspect is involved: the developers do not want to provide players with guides, tips, or quest markers – similar to another new title on the PS5.
Your instincts and the compass should be enough to find your way. A crucial role in the game world is played by AI, which brings us to the ambitious approach of the studio.
How is AI used? The developers state on Steam that they train their proprietary artificial intelligence with publicly available open-source data. Copyrighted material is not to be used. The AI is then used to create base maps in Unreal Engine 5. They are filled with vegetation and then manually adjusted and refined by the developers.
For this reason, the game is said to offer lasting variety in terms of maps.
The prologue is just the beginning: The studio has big plans for the game. It is indeed just the first of three titles that are to be released. They are to lay the foundation for an even larger project called “Project Artemis”. On Steam, the studio describes it as follows:
A platform for massive, living multiplayer sandbox worlds where millions of players can create their own worlds and stories.
This first game is aimed solely at single players, thus omitting the feature that defined PUBG. However, later titles are expected to build on this.
Interested players can already register for the open beta on Steam or in the Epic Games Store.
Playerunknown Productions has very big ambitions. Whether and how the final project will look is, of course, still impossible to say. Does the studio’s vision convince you and will you check out the beta? Feel free to let us know in the comments. Another new open-world game could be really good, if it weren’t for one thing: The craziest open-world RPG in a long time, if it weren’t for all these menus!
