Static

Static is a cancelled PC game by Pinbox Productions. It was to be a post-apocalyptic RPG, like Fallout.

Plot
You were to play as a survivor of a nuclear holocaust named John Q. The other survivors in the military bunker have become victims of brainwashing. This is Project Mesmerize. It's purpose is to use electro-magnetic waves to for hypnosis.

The Eldridge Military Compound is the home to this operation. It is overseen by the sinister 'tropic'. You escape the overlords in the bunker and must survive a harsh desolate world.

Assisting you is a robot buddy called BioBuddy. Upon discovering it you give it points in different attributes to 'update it'.

Gameplay
Static was derided for being a Fallout clone, but the game was not going in that direction. For one, the game is real time and not turn-based. The game was simplified and certain stats and skills were removed to be more user-friendly.

Development
Static was inducted into the 2002 Independent Games Festival. It came within the top ten as a finalist. It did not win but it gave the team a morale boost to press on with the project.

Cancellation
Throughout 2002, funding and publishing opportunities evaporated. Static was laid to rest, ready to be resumed once a publisher was interested but none were.

Timeline:
 * mid 2001: development begins
 * early 2002: the team is renamed to Pinbox Productions.
 * September 2002: development ceases

Video-
Trailer.

Prototyped
There are demos out there to download but they exist on seemingly shady Russian websites.