It Begins

Alex demonstrates the power of Unreal Engine to Ian and Andrew and introduces us to Kickstarter, the Fall Out London Trailer is released and the original game materials for Germ Crazy (among others) are discovered in deep storage in the loft. These four events all occur in September 2021 and prompt us to investigate the feasibility of releasing a new version of the game (and eventually others we have).

Inspirations and Means

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We now had the inspiration, the means, the design and the hope (in no particular order).

The Team Expands

We are joined by Jordan ‘Sunny Delight’ Albon, 3D/General Graphic Artist and Joe ‘Wolfy’ Wills , Game Mechanics, Asset’s and Level Designer.

Enter The Experts

Joanna Sendecka, Geneticist and Biologist with immunological expertise joins (and she likes playing games too)

Becki Smith, Cost controller and Financial Administrator Joins to watch the pennies while playing the game.

Getting to Grips with the Unreal Engine

November was spent on knowledge transfer and experimentation, training hard and exploring the full capability of unreal engine.

Starting The Prototype

We started at the bottom level of the UI interface – the cellular arenas.

Initial assets were created by Jordan and Ian. The original square cells were changed to hexagons to provide more realistic movement and possibilities.

Joe assembled them into the first level. We decided to go Three Dimensional to provide more arena design options

Next step was the 3D walk around hospital Menu

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In the original game bedside care was focused on one main screen with various subparts in the New Strain an entire hospital of options and facilities will be available for the player including new options like RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY and SPECIAL CARE.

The Internal Body menu has also been upgraded

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The new internal menu will extend the initial 24 arenas and as well as being 3d graphical with zoom and rotate will allow better strategic control and access to the bodies networks, blood, nerves and lymph system.

Game Design progresses as a range of concept art is created

A range of Concept art has been created to guide Concept art has been designed as guidelines for the 3D Artist,to inspire the game direction and design. It also assists inbroadening the world environment and inpiring future DLCs. New AGENTS, new ARMIES, and new BATTLEGROUNDS, expansions and customizations have been all added to the design.

UI Prototyping

A significantly improved in context UI has been designed that is consistent throughout the game, specific to what the user can do with agents, body parts and armies and expandable to add new features and agents as the tutorials and in game tech progress and when DLCs and feature packs are added.

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Dean (Prilladog) Joins the Team

Dean Carter, Project Lead for Fallout London Joins the Team, bringing his creativity, skills and industry contacts to the project.

The team is now complete with, design, development, graphics, sound, expertise, accountancy and now a top project manager!

Team Bios Here

Germ Crazy Introduction/History Video

In Germ Crazy the player enters the human body to battle a variety of pathogens using the immune system’s agents and various medical technologies. https://youtu.be/8t9n4qZJliQ   

The game is a challenging, unique and sophisticated syfy real time warfare game. https://bit.ly/3cllkyR 

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T Cells swarm an invading Macrophage


T Cells swarm an invading Macrophage – Concept art for the Game Germ Crazy -The New Strain. Play as the plague or the body’s immune system augmented by medical technology. https://bit.ly/3cllkyR 

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MB-#042-SC 👨‍🦰 MEDICAL SAMPLING NANOBOTS


Germ – Crazy MB-#042-SC 👨‍🦰 MEDICAL SAMPLING NANOBOTS
The first part of a dealing with a problem is to diagnose what is the pathogen. These advanced nanobots go in and gather samples for culture and analysis, that’s if they can get in and out in one piece. Follow us for more updates and designs. Follow on our website

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“XX-042 PRIONS ATTACKING NERVES


“XX-042  PRIONS ATTACKING NERVES
A deadly and inconvenient range of plague agent are Prions. They rip apart nerves that not only threatens the patient but also significantly reduces communication and visibility within the body. Luckily in the Far Future Medical Technology Pack there are both nerve regenerators and artificial neurons.
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UNKOWN CURRENTLY REFERRED TO AS HYDRA


UNKOWN CURRENTLY REFERRED TO AS HYDRA
This unknown pathogen appears to manifest when the plagues bio energy reaches a critical point and weaves itself throughout the bodies tissue, it is incredibly hard to fight and remove, with amputation of the affected tissue currently the only known treatment that works. ——————————————————————————- #likes #followme #software #techie #health #art #gaming

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XX-002 and EHK003 HUNTER KILLERS ATTACKING A CPB


“XX-002 and EHK003 HUNTER KILLERS ATTACKING A CPB
The cutting edge of oncological research is available to the player if he has the cash. These Enhanced Hunter killer cells, genetically engineered versions of the bodies own antibodies will soon make short work of this CPB.
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XX-002 COCO PROKARYOTIC BACTERIA


XX-002 COCO PROKARYOTIC BACTERIA
A basic infection agent of the plague that acts as a hard point to control cellular territory, the player should use its phagocytes to destroy these as soon as possible. ——————————————————————————- #likes #followme #software #techie #health #art #gaming

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Germ Crazy – Introducing Dr Joanna Dedicated





Germ Crazy – Introducing Dr Joanna Dedicated – The New Strain will have a complete Hospital simulation at the top level where multiple patients can be treated while the player manages the hospitals finances and treatment research and development.
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PHC001 – PHC008 PHAGOCYTE, MONOCYTE, DENTRITIC CELLS


PHC001 – PHC008 PHAGOCYTE, MONOCYTE, DENTRITIC CELLS
About 70 per cent of the white blood cells are phagocytes. They are part of the body’s immune system, but they do not produce antibodies. Instead, they ingest and destroy pathogens such as bacteria.
In one of the Experimental Treatment Packs the player will be able to extract some and genetically alter them to create Super Phagocytes and reinject them. ——————————————————————————- #gamer #games #amazing #followforfollow #likes #art

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Germ Crazy – Introducing Technician Jordan Sparks





Germ Crazy – Introducing Technician Jordan Sparks – The New Strain has a comprehensive strategic body management system, that allows all aspects of the patient to be controlled from blood circulation to hormone productions and lymph node systems.
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An introduction to the cell level battleground of Germ Crazy 1 of 2





Germ Crazy – The Micro Cellular Surgeon Matt Scalpel, has the skills needed to take the battle to the plague at the cellular level. Introduction to the low level battle arenas and their UI video 1 of 2. see our website www.openmindstudios.games for more information.
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The Germ Crazy Battlegrounds – Then and Now.





Germ Crazy the New Strain is a reimagined and extended version of a successful 1991 game for the Atari ST and Amiga. This is a screenshot of the original games battle grounds and the new games version.
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Barry The ‘Freedom Capitalist’ Black Market Medical Supplier





Germ Crazy – In his ‘Office’ just outside the Hospital, next to the bins, you will find Barry the Black Market Medical Supplier. A self styled ‘Freedom Capitalist’ Barry may be your last resort when all else fails. More of Barry’s Outlook on life, love and the saving the unfortunate for a bargain price later.
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The creation of Barry – Germ Crazy – The New Strain





The Creation of Barry. Barry is the black market trader in Germ Crazy – the New Strain, created using Metahumans and Unreal engine.

Andrew voices Barry calling on his inner east end London wide boy. Alex then brings it all together and fine tunes the facial animations.

Jordan places him in the scene he created for Barry’s Den by the bins in the hospital and adds that final touch of static.

Expect to see more of Barry and his unique philosophy on life!
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The Creation of a Nanobot – Series teaser


In Germ Crazy the New Strain there will be hundreds of different Agents.
Each one has to be lovingly created, animated and given its unique set of characteristics and orders.
We will shortly be posting a four part video series to show you how we do it.
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Updating the Body in Germ Crazy – The New Strain





“In the Germ Crazy real time strategy game, one of the challenges is to update the entire body even when the player is not looking at it.

To achieve this, we have defined a complex data structure that is updated by automatic update routines when the player is not on a level and by the Unreal Engines objects when they are. There will be over 30,000 cells in the average Germ Crazy body and a host of other elements like blood vessels, nerves and lymph nodes that need to be updated. This routine needs to be fast and to achieve these speeds it is written in C++.

Like and subscribe for more behind the scenes videos and posts.
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Nanobot creation (10 total) – 1


Germ Crazy – The Creation of a Nanobot Video Series. Showing all the steps from concept art to final animated agent in game in 10 videos (This is number 1) for the series in four videos subscribe to our YouTube Channel! https://bit.ly/3w5P0H7 
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Nanobot creation (10 total) – 2


Germ Crazy – The Creation of a Nanobot Video Series. Showing all the steps from concept art to final animated agent in game in 10 videos (This is number 2) for the series in subscribe to our social media https://bit.ly/3w5P0H7

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Nanobot creation (10 total) – 3


Germ Crazy – The Creation of a Nanobot Video Series Video 3 of 10. All the steps from concept art to final animated agent in game! The series can be seen if you subscribe to our Social Media! https://bit.ly/3w5P0H7 
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Nanobot creation (10 total) – 4


Germ Crazy – The Creation of a Nanobot Video Series Video 4 of 10. All the steps from concept art to final animated agent in game! The series can be seen if you subscribe to our social media! https://bit.ly/3w5P0H7 
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