devlog 1- ghoul to meet you
Hello and welcome!! We are studio inc.omplete, a group of indie game devs out of Troy, NY. We're currently working on our game Night of the Delivering Dead, a game about a necromancer who graduates with no practical experience in horde management turns to food delivery to practice fine-mortem skills and chip into their student loans. After accepting an order from Death’s Delights, the player will have to use their hand of spells, summons, and other necromantricks to successfully locate and deliver multiple orders to their destinations before the food grows cold, avoiding obstacles and weird looks in the process. We'd like to give you a look at some of the narrative and worldbuilding we have so far, with more coming soon!
Night of the Delivering Dead takes place in the fictional city of Levi, an old town with a supernatural history. While most people these days don’t believe in magic and think it’s all old superstition, Levi is a town filled with magic hidden in plain sight. The town is home to Balzathar’s School for the Departed and Unearthed, the biggest necromancy university in the country disguised as a mortician’s school. As such, the city has a higher-than-average population of necromancers, werewolves, and other supernatural beings, even if they have to hide in the public eye.
Our main character Ita is a recent graduate of BSDU who’s struggled to find a job out of college. Everywhere they look is only hiring mid-senior level staff, and no one seems willing to give someone fresh out of school a chance. This is when their roommate Keith reminds them of the idea he had a while ago to do delivery with Devil’s Delight, the food delivery service of choice in the city, with necromancy to help deliver as many orders as possible. He had tried it for a while but eventually stopped enjoying the side hustle. But Ita plans to use it as a way to get some horde control experience on their resume. Will they succeed? Will they find the job they’re looking for? Or will they even like it? We know the answer to all these questions, but you’ll all have to wait a bit to find out!
This is all we have to show you for now, but we’ll be coming out with another devlog soon! Next time we’ll be talking about art! Thank you very much for reading, and follow our newsletter to find out when we post new devlogs!
