"Dystopika…The Chill City Builder Ya Didn’t Know Ya Needed
A super chill Cyberpunk noir city builder to get all cozy-like with."
“Dystopika” is a city builder game developed by Voids Within that caters to lazy players who want to create cool-looking cities without the hassle of resource gathering and running an economy. The game offers a simple building tool where players can click and drag to create random building shapes, with control over rotation, position, and height. The goal is to create a city with a story, and players can drag and rotate buildings to their liking, making the city come alive. The game allows players to paint signs on buildings and the ground, adding more detail and customization options.
The game provides boundaries for building, but players can build slightly outside of them. The player in the video wants to create a story about poor people living on the edges of the city, while the rich people live in the center, using the poor as a shield. The video showcases various camera options for movement, exposure, and lens effects, allowing players to adjust the atmosphere and lighting of their city. Players can also lift the fog, change the sun’s direction, and adjust the time of day, resulting in different visual effects and compositions.
As the city starts to take shape, cars populate the area, giving the city a more realistic feel. The video suggests that the game could benefit from additional features such as speed control for camera movement, the ability to import custom images or animated gifs for more variety in building designs, a day and night cycle during building, and even VR support. The video also mentions the need for more ambient music options to enhance the immersive experience. While the game is still in development and has no official release date, players can download the demo on Steam to get a taste of its relaxing and visually appealing city-building gameplay.