Speed Metal Vimana

About the Game:

Pouring rain. Unpaid bills. A clandestine drug war. The order comes in, the car engine roars. The mission starts. Follow freelance mercenaries Mars and Shiva on their latest mission into the depths of the city.  Will they survive? Can they survive? Should they survive? The only way to know is to hunker down and start playing.

Speed Metal Vimana, Chapter 01: Sacrifice at the Volcano of Romance. A short visual novel with light point and click elements.

After playing, consider filling out the noble post-game survey. I promise I'll only use the collected data for evil if it seems like a strong financial maneuver.

Features:

Action!

Romance!

Super Robots!

7400+ words, many coherent!

2 routes!

1 ending, because fate doesn't take kindly to interlopers. 

Reviews:

5/10 ...a sensible chuckle.

- WoolieVersus

Before You Pirate (A note from the director):

In lieu of a crowdfunding model, Speed Metal Vimana uses a revolutionary new form of raising money. Instead of paying now and maybe getting something you like in the future, you, the customer, yes, you! Can pay real cash money right now and get a complete, fully functional game. The coin harvested from everyone's purchases will provide the means to make a larger and more robust sequel.

However, payment is optional. If you liked it but you're strapped for cash, I don't want your last dollar, just enjoy the damn game. Or, maybe you're flush with cash but hate what you played. Maybe you just hate me personally. It happens with an uncomfortable frequency.

You may be wondering just what I plan to do with the cash. Most people who earn money making video games squander it on silly things like food, shelter, and medicine for their children. Don't worry, my process of transforming money into your future entertainment is and will always be 100% transparent. There are concrete plans for how to wisely allocate any and all funds. The following handy guide explains where it all goes:

$0. Oh lord literally nobody bought the damn game. Mother was right about me after all. 

(As of 2021-02-20, we have officially cleared the $0 tier. This is a huge and unexpected achievement. I'd brag about it to mother, but unless the news is that I became a doctor, a lawyer, or gave her grandkids, she really ain't all that interested.)

$101. This will cover the coffee budget for a while. That's the best I can do for you with a hundo.

$1024. Look, visual novels don't need a AAA budget but a thousand bucks really doesn't fund another game. Well, no use complaining. No new game, but drinks are on me!

$4096. This technically isn't enough money, but clearly a bunch of people want episode 02. I'll pony up what I can to get it done.

$16,384. Episode 02: Bury my Guns at Bullet Bolt Avenue funded! Seriously? That many people actually liked this? You want more? Okay, yeah! Let's rock! Development begins with gusto.

$19,660.08. Episode 02 super funded! Extra cash means more art assets can be created, bigger environments to explore, and more diverging routes. This is the way it was meant to be played.

$55,050.24. Episode 03: DJ Black Hole VS King Dracula funded! Clearly I've struck a nerve in some sort of community. I am both honoured and terrified. I don't want to say too much, but episode 03 will be a visual novel and it will have boss battles. This is the game you dreamt of as a child, if you were a demon child whose curse was to dream my future. What do you see dancing in your mind's eye? Why do you run from the inevitable, coward?

$151,388.16. Oh man this is so much money I don't even know anymore. English voice acting for all three episodes? Let's do it. Russian, Japanese, and Esperanto translations, and an animated opening sequence. 

$899,997. Has anyone ever told you not to quit your day job? This is the opposite of that. Behold my game dev kingdom, and how beautifully the crown sits on my head. I shall endeavor to provide all my subjects with the finest creations to enjoy.  Wait. Is someone funding me just to launder money? Ah, not my problem. Finally, I've got enough money for the game you really wanted: Kinetic Accelerator: Vimana Pinball 

$3,336,371. Who makes this much money off a small visual novel? How? Why? Aw hell, let's say development funded for a 3D Vimana adventure racing game! Rush of the War Gods: Vimana Racing. We'll do an open world where you can take part in various races, but also drive around, explore the maps, and complete side-quests at your own pace. A visual novel with racing segments! That's what the kids want, right? Obviously, you'll be able to transform from car to robot and engage in some beat 'em up action in the middle of the race. While we're fantasizing about impossible things, let's say it'll also help you get your life together, pick out stocks to invest in, and find you true love.

$10,009,001. Investments made into a diverse portfolio of stocks, bonds, and real estate. Revenue used for the creation of a non-profit that funds independent games with mecha action until the heat death of the sun. I don't need a ten million dollar mansion, I need more games with robots!

$300,000,000. Holy hell I don't know. Don't look at me. Do you have any idea how much money this is? Okay, fine, let's do some sort of multiplayer, VR, mecha combat game. And maybe a ten million dollar mansion while we're at it.

$10,600,000,000. We're building a real mecha. Not a 1/1 scale model kit. Not a tank with arms. A real goddamn giant robot. This is happening. You can't stop it. It's too late. I have ten billion dollars in cash and I can do whatever I damn well please. 

$100,300,900,867. Using the threat of my mechanical army, force the United Nations to use mecha combat to decide which nations get a position on the Security Council. This is the world I want to live in.

$100,200,300,400,500. Under my rule, humanity begins colonization of the entire solar system. Pluto will be converted into a giant robot named Hades and used to guard us from the growing threats in the wider galaxy. 

$346,145,688,248,234,318,857.99. Over 12,000 years, our sun will be enclosed in a mobile dyson sphere. A digital copy of my brain shall be uploaded into it. Upon awakening I claim the name Maximum Sol Apollo, the Radiant Emperor. I declare myself true sovereign of the milky way galaxy. Friends, earthicans, astrokin, lend me your arms. Let us march forward into the universe and the all-war.

$∞. I AM.