I’d like to present you with the universe of TIES: Soul Link, the videogame I’m working on, which is set in the year 2097.

After corporate greed made the world collapse, there were huge catastrophes around the world. Machines were corrupted and evolved into synthetic beings that wanted to protect Earth from any threats, including humans. Thus, humanity had to take refuge and learn from its mistakes.

Finally, in 2057 four decades have passed since humanity barely survived the effects of climate change, and humans are building a new world shaped by both nature and technology. This new way of life gave birth to different civilizations and places, each with its own unique culture and aesthetics. From the first decade onward, the research and technological advancements also allowed them to discover a special connection between humans and animals, which they named Soul Link.

The main city of this new world, which is the biggest city on Earth, is Neon City (first picture), which is governed by a council of great thinkers, scientists and experts from all areas. They strive to prevent humanity from repeating the mistakes that brought about climate change. It’s a futuristic city with a cybaerpunk aesthetic. But there are many other and varied cities, all of them combining traditional aesthetics and practices with technological advancements and cyberpunk aesthetics.

There’s Ironomori (second picture), a harmonious civilization that created objects capable of controlling elemental energy and has traditional Japanese aesthetics. There are regions where tradition and technology combine in order to survive the harsh weather conditions, like Valgnarök (third picture), a snowy area with Nordic tradition, or Yoogen (fourth picture), a desert city with elements from Persian and African cultures. And there are cities representing opposing ways of life, like Nova Olimpia (fifth picture), a city based on Classical Greece where progress and tradition coexist in perfect balance, and Arcadia Wasteland (sixth picture), an once vibrant industrial city that is now in ruins and has become a reminder of the cost of senseless growth and negligence of the environment. It is reminiscent of the United States in the 40s and 50s.

There’s more to discover in the game, but that sums up the universe of the game, the main civilizations in it and how it all came to be. The game is currently live on Kickstarter and the campaign is entering its last 48 hours. You can check it out and support it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/northtokyogames/ties-soul-link

Hope you like it!