Welcome to the NEOTOKYO Production Report. This document will present a snapshot of the current state of development for NEOTOKYO.

What is NEOTOKYO? It's a Source engine project that has been in development for a couple of years (or so). Its aim is to provide a visceral & realistic combat experience in a rich futuristic setting. I will outline the world of Neotokyo briefly in the Background section immediately following this one, but feel free to skip ahead and just check out the media linked at the bottom of the page if you're so inclined.

I will be releasing the report a section at a time, trying to stay around a week between sections, but no promises - actual dev and real life stuff comes first. Look forward to sections on weapons, maps, gametypes etc.

If you'd like to give us a shout out feel free to drop by the forums or IRC - #neotokyo on the Gamesurge network.

Justin Harvey
Lead Game Designer & Lead Programmer

Our story begins in the year 2012. In a twist of extreme and cruel irony, Japan, the only nation to feel the wrath of the bomb, falls victim again. This time at the hands of the rogue nation North Korea in a desperate and insane act by a dying dictator. The bomb, while a relatively small one, destroys nearly a quarter of Tokyo and renders over half completely uninhabitable.

At first the people of Japan are stunned, but this quickly fades. A massive wave of right-wing nationalism takes the country by storm. Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, the "no war" clause, is struck from the constitution letting the military off its leash almost completely.

The Jinrai is formed as an elite wing within the military, a nationalistic special ops unit comprised of men and women whose loyality to country is beyond question. It quickly grows in power to become the leading policy shaper for Japan's Self Defense Forces.

Meanwhile mankind fuses more and more with technology. Social, political, and economic turmoil pushes Japan into chaos and uncertainty. End of days cults rise in popularity - the end is always nigh. Japanese society has lost its once treasured cohesion and finds itself a fractured and disrupted nation.

The Ultra Nationalists feel that Japan can only be restored through military order and discipline, growing increasingly frustrated with civilian rules and governance. After a particularly bitter election between the right, left, and center, a popular moderate prime minister takes office. The Jinrai, feeling more insulted than threatened, ignore this new player. That is, until they can't.

After an unsuccessful military coup by ranking members of Jinrai, the National Security Force (NSF) is formed - answering directly to the Prime Minister, it's mission is to investigate and eliminate all threats to Japan, both abroad and at home.

The initial core of the NSF is made from a small exodus from within the intelligence branch of the Jinrai. With this betrayal begins the war in the shadows between the NSF and Jinrai.

It is now 2035, choose your side and save Japan from those that would cause its downfall.

 

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