   Project "Survival" (FPS-RPG-RTS)
  Moonstruck Games is an independent gaming company consisting of 9 talented individuals from across the world.  Although this is not an ideal situation for us, the communication amongst all team members is amazing for such circumstances.  Started in late spring of 2005, Moonstruck hopes to bring exciting and innovative PC games to the gaming industry.  The team was formed when a bunch of hardcore gaming friends gathered together on IRC to discuss what the industry was missing in terms of game development. After hours of throwing ideas around, we came to various conclusions that lead us to our current project. Moonstruck’s first game in progress is codenamed Project “Survival”, an FPS-RPG-RTS set in a fantasy world. Play up to three races, each with 7 unique classes and an array of siege weaponry and flying units.  Complete quests to unlock weapons and items, secure land in order to push forward, protect your town from brutal attacks and fight your way to victory. Play on epic environments with stunning graphics and interact with dozens of AI characters throughout the world.  In Project “Survival” the goal is simple; destroy the enemy town to become the dominant race.  Although this may appear to be an easy process, it isn’t.  There are three playable races in this game, Humans, Reptillians and Gravelers.  Each race has 7 unique classes, siege weaponry and flying units.  In order to get weapons, items, upgrades and these classes’ players must go on epic quests first.  In your town will be various people that will tell you what quests need to be done, and what you receive upon completion.  Depending on the quest, players can partner up with other real time players to embark across the map looking for success.  Once a quest is completed, the reward is now available for everyone on that team.  The FPS fighters can now purchase what was awarded and use it in the gruesome battle for victory.  Using these rewards, players will try to overthrow the enemy and their town.  Figuring out what quests to do first and how to go about doing them is up to you and the team.  Players will be allowed to prevent the enemy from completing quests by setting traps, establishing settlements and designating players on “Look out duty.” Moonstruck Games is currently planning on using the award-winning Silverback engine to develop our first project, Project "Survival". The Silverback engine allows us many liberties and freedoms that we otherwise would not have. Not only does using it as our engine cut down on development time greatly, it also allows us to focus more on the smaller aspects of the game, allowing us to fine-tune every detail to our liking  However, we are not planning on simply using the engine as-is. Many parts of the engine will be reworked and redesigned in this project, giving Project "Survival" a much more refined feel to it than games previously created with the Silverback engine. We plan on redesigning the network system, the AI system and a few sections of the rendering system, as well as many other modifications that we will touch on as we evaluate what needs to be reworked. Silverback provides us with the perfect foundation for our game, bringing everything we need to make Project "Survival" a reality. Every member of our team has had a chance to work on projects relating to Silverback, and the intimate knowledge we have of the engine will allow us to mold it to our will in order to bring our vision to life. Silverback has already brought one award winning game into existence. Given the chance, we are more than confident that we can make that two.We urge everyone to hop on over to http://www.moonstruckgames.com and join us in this epic project. Just like many of you, we are an indie company creating something that we hope will amaze the industry. We are very excited on what we have in store, and can't wait to reveal more. Join the journey and become part of Project "Survival"Ryan Wenke - http://www.moonstruckgames.comPS. We are always looking for talented people to work with us. If you would like to become a part of the Moonstruck team, please email moonstruckgames@gmail.com and tell us about yourself.   