ZERO INVESTMENT

Zero Investment is a post-ironic looter shooter using the OGSR Engine. Hattie's loved one got lost, and now she has to find her in the lands of Parasha 2, a rotting corpse of a once great online videogame, which is consumed by modders, grifters and different weird creatures. Hattie has to abuse Parasha 2's strange mechanics to reach the heart of the game, and maybe discover herself.

ZI is an arcade RPG shooter. Any attempt at realism is thrown away - the player has to run and gun to outmanoeuvre the opponents while building a set out of boatloads of weird artifacts which change up the playstyle. The story takes the main quest of ShoC and remixes it with sudden twists and varied sidecontent. ZI attempts to create an uncanny atmosphere of old and weird - like a freddy fazbear being installed on your childhood playground.

LORE & SYNOPSIS

Summer 2020. Parasha 2 has been buried exactly a year ago, and now the scythe of the bankrupt death comes to its creators, Starbreeze Studio. These news cause a stir in the community, and the rumors are spread that the admin panel is now up to grabs, access to which would allow to spawn infinite skins and manipulate the economy. Now, once quiet community of a dead game is growing rapidly, with adventurers of all sorts coming in, looking for money and power. Their goal is so-called Trove of Skins, which seems to get more real every day. Groups and cults are formed as people try to gather info on the Trove by any means necessary, while some just want to hop into an easy grift.

Hattie's not one of them, though. She doesn't know anything about Parasha 2. She's in her dark room, all sad and lonely. One hot summer day, she meets Kitty, her appearance shining through the mundane life. Kitty is the friend, the mentor, and at last the lover. In one motion she is able to turn around Hattie's life - what seemed impossible, now is easy, and any hardships are no more. Hattie and Kitty are forever... Until one day, she's gone. Hattie's waiting. One day, two days, three days. A week. No Kitty and no sunlight, the horrible life returns and now seems even worse. Kitty must be found. The only clue is Kitty being a Parasha 2 modder. Now the ancient and rotting online game is the last change for Hattie to have a good life. She goes right into the web of uknown Parasha 2 servers, filled with the clearest desire...

GAMEPLAY FEATURES

LOOTING AND SHOOTING: ZI has a lot of new mechanics in store, which convert the gameplay into a fast looter shooter with heavy inventory management. A plethora of guns and gear allows to build your own gameplay style, experiment and adapt.

REPLAYABILITY: Randomized loot, different quest routes and optional content allow for a few thrilling playthroughs.

CHALLENGE: Four difficulties let you pick your poison: Easy mode allows you to have fun, medium gradually eases you into the new mechanics, hard is a sweet in-between and very hard will remind you that you're playing a jank russian mod. 140 achievements await those who are willing to grind and suffer.

HORRORS: MAN MADE PARASHA

ASSETS USED

A more comprehensive list is found in the README.

Engine: OGSR Engine

Locations and spawns: RMA Shadows Addon

Scripts: OGSR Mod, Новый Арсенал 7, Monolith UI, GunGame Mode, Mini Games Mod

Models: Новый Арсенал 7, Дорога Проклятых, Girly SoC

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