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So, as an intro, I've been listening to a playlist of soviet war songs I put together, and I came across a comment from a Sam Matthews in the comment section of вперед КАМАЗ. I'm mostly just an ideas magpie, but I have thought of some expansions to his idea.

in his own words, "You are the driver of a KAMAZ truck and you must drive from hayratorma to Kabul. And while you are driving your truck becomes stuck, shot at, lost, dug in, engine problems, lost cargo, wounded people, road conflict, unusable roads... A 12-hour drive in a slow vehicle on a dangerous path that must deliver its cargo no matter what... maybe even a sleeping feature where the driver goes to sleep for the day and so the player can sleep or rest in real-time."

This, ladies, gents, and all of you in between, is simply a phenomenal idea.

my immediate thought was something tonally like the depressed love-child of Desert bus, euro truck simulator, stalker, mud-runner/spintires, and a pinch of rimworld, and to go even further. really lean into the setting and goal - a 4-day round trip to refresh and resupply a dug-in platoon in deepest Afganistan, where you sleep in real-time. after you set a wake-up and bedtime in the settings. I'm not a monster, although...

midnight life or death raids on your supply column interrupting that would make the IRL sleeping a bit less of a gimmick... and running to your truck to frantically start it up packing supplies up as you go, or to act as a runner to pass medical supplies and ammo to the troops defending the convoy would also be amazing. give the player some agency, but prevent the player from just picking up two aks and going full Rambo. you are just a driver after all. perhaps you have a weedy little Makarov and a spare mag. perhaps not. all I know is I think the player should be very fragile and the enemies amateurish, but vicious, frightening, and a force to be reckoned with. The cover and thin Armour of the KAMAZ will be your best friend.

And every morning, because you would have to travel by night (hopefully this would be accounted for in the self-set schedule as to not fuck with your circadian rhythm too much) you would wind down and sleep with a campfire and the other truckers, tankies, and the odd soldier. this is where stalker can be seen, as you unwind from a night of stressful driving with some interactive toys. perhaps a guitar play

So, as an intro, I've been listening to a playlist of soviet war songs I put together, and I came across a comment from a Sam Matthews in the comment section of вперед КАМАЗ. I'm mostly just an ideas magpie, but I have thought of some expansions to his idea. TL:DR at the very bottom

in his own words, "You are the driver of a KAMAZ truck and you must drive from hayratorma to Kabul. And while you are driving your truck becomes stuck, shot at, lost, dug in, engine problems, lost cargo, wounded people, road conflict, unusable roads... A 12-hour drive in a slow vehicle on a dangerous path that must deliver its cargo no matter what... maybe even a sleeping feature where the driver goes to sleep for the day and so the player can sleep or rest in real-time."

This, ladies, gents, and all of you in between, is simply a phenomenal idea and a good elevator pitch, and Mr Hyta down in the comments suggested I condense it down and try and get it noticed by sabre interactive, or even Oovee Games if they still operate. This is the original post, for those interested. And hey, I figured this would be the best place for that. I understand this isn’t saber interactive’s usual cup of tea, and while this is quite a long document for Reddit standards, this is only a 10 of a well done brief for a game, let alone a AAA game, but they have done driving sims and story based games before, so why not merge them with an iconic setting? Why not annoy them on twitter to have a look at my idea, and if they don’t want to take on the truly monumental task, they could give it to someone else, or at least amplify the idea to the general public.

As to why I’m directing this at them? Well, they have the tech for an excellent driving sim. They have some experience with making story focused games. It could be something very special that's born from this idea after we wait a decade for development to finish. All of this is basically a moonshot. This amount of content, dialogue, random events, high detail assets. terribly inefficient and impractical. but as a very famous man once remarked on moonshots, "we do not do it because it is easy, but because it is hard." if one or two ideas here make it into the core principle, we co

So, as an intro, I've been listening to a playlist of soviet war songs I put together, and I came across a comment from a Sam Matthews in the comment section of вперед КАМАЗ. I'm mostly just an ideas magpie, but I have thought of some expansions to his idea.

in his own words, "You are the driver of a KAMAZ truck and you must drive from hayratorma to Kabul. And while you are driving your truck becomes stuck, shot at, lost, dug in, engine problems, lost cargo, wounded people, road conflict, unusable roads... A 12-hour drive in a slow vehicle on a dangerous path that must deliver its cargo no matter what... maybe even a sleeping feature where the driver goes to sleep for the day and so the player can sleep or rest in real-time."

This, ladies, gents, and all of you in between, is simply a phenomenal idea.

my immediate thought was something tonally like the depressed love-child of Desert bus, euro truck simulator, stalker, mud-runner/spintires, and a pinch of rimworld, and to go even further. really lean into the setting and goal - a 4-day round trip to refresh and resupply a dug-in platoon in deepest Afganistan, where you sleep in real-time. after you set a wake-up and bedtime in the settings. I'm not a monster, although...

midnight life or death raids on your supply column interrupting that would make the IRL sleeping a bit less of a gimmick... and running to your truck to frantically start it up packing supplies up as you go, or to act as a runner to pass medical supplies and ammo to the troops defending the convoy would also be amazing. give the player some agency, but prevent the player from just picking up two aks and going full Rambo. you are just a driver after all. perhaps you have a weedy little Makarov and a spare mag. perhaps not. all I know is I think the player should be very fragile and the enemies amateurish, but vicious, frightening, and a force to be reckoned with. The cover and thin armour of the KAMAZ will be your best friend.

And every morning, because you would have to travel by night (hopefully this would be accounted for in the self-set schedule as to not fuck with your circadian rhythm too much) you would wind down and sleep with a campfire and the other truckers, tankies, and the odd soldier. this is where stalker can be seen, as you unwind from a night of stressful driving with some interactive toys. perhaps a guitar play