1956 Budapest GZDoom edition

The demo version is currently (2023.10.24) completely identical with the paid version. No need to buy the game for the current full experience. I added paid as an optional thing to support me. Also if you buy the game, you will get the future updates of course.

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1956BudapestGZDoom

Discord: https://discord.gg/JHc5YQmM

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• Do you want to know what life was like in the 1950's behind the iron curtain?
• Do you want to revolt against the soviet oppression?
• Do you want to throw molotov cocktail at tanks?

Well, nobody should actually do this, but I think it's fun to experience in a game.

1956 Budapest GZDoom edition is a historical first person shooter about the famous revolution against the communist dictatorship. The game will feature historically accurate real places and vehicles. You can relive the protests, the siege of the radio, shooting at the Parliament and fights on the streets between rebels and Russians.

If you find anything historically inaccurate in the game, contact me somehow and I will try my best to fix it.

Some of you might be asking: Why did you start making this game in GZDoom engine and why did you abandon the other game you started to make with the same name, but in Unity3d?

The answer: It was far greater scope than I expected. Too much work for a single person. I would gladly resurrect the project if I had a team to work with, which I might do, if this game will be succesful.

I can work much faster in GZDoom, I've been using this engine since at least 2010, I don't have to reinvent the wheel, I really enjoy using it. Of course sadly I had to make some compromises. It doesn't look graphically as appealing as the Unity3d version would and it is not the most optimized engine. (However I do my best to optimize it by letting players to even completely turn off 3D models and OpenGL rendering. Everything has a sprite version too, trying to optimize maps for both software and opengl rendering etc.)

The benefit of using a Doom engine derivative with 2d sprites is that I can place THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE on the map and often it doesn't affect the framerate.

Stay tuned for the updates!

Demo release date: October, 2023
Full game planned release date: 2024
(but we will see)

Political disclaimer:

• I love Russians, Poles and every kind of slavic people, I study Russian and Polish on university. I do not want to send hostile message to you slavs with my game, I will try my best to also highlight the honest and good moments of Russian soldiers during the revolution, because yes, there were such, a lot!
• Communism is not necessarily a bad thing. In this game we are fighting against the oppression of stalinism, how the secret police kidnapped, killed innocent people or forced them into free labor camps. But never forget how just like everything bad, this started as a good thing.

Development state disclaimer:

THIS GAME IS FAR FROM FINISHED
The game is kind of "early access" right now. By buying the game, you can support me, an indie game developer and ensure the future of this project. I gladly accept any kind of feedback on my discord server:

https://discord.gg/JHc5YQmM