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Project Introduction

In a small village in the northern United States, several extraterrestrials are disguising themselves as local residents. Your task is to determine who is who and eliminate the aliens. Assisting you in this perilous endeavor are an old pickup truck and a camera.

"I Want to Believe" is a first-person action game that combines elements of detective work, simulation, stealth, freedom of action, and driving.

Get to know the locals, observe them, earn money, devise ways to eliminate targets, and do it all "cleanly." The game shows no mercy, especially with the local police, who won't believe in extraterrestrials.

The core mechanic of the game revolves around driving the pickup truck and transporting cargo. Players explore an open world, figuring out what to do on their own. They can find other characters, get to know them, study their daily routines, and discover where they work and live.

Player have to search for clues, photograph everything they see with a Polaroid camera, Google information online, and piece together a crime board.

About Developer

I am a solo developer originally from Zaporizhzhia. Six months before the full-scale war, I moved to Kremenchuk. On January 1, 2024, I quit the company where I had worked as a web developer for almost 8 years and decided to pursue indie development for Steam. I've been in game development my entire life and have several releases, both solo and in teams, starting with games for social networks and the mobile market, and finishing with titles on Steam.

Previously, I participated in IndieCup Ukraine 2022 with my game "Timeloop: Sink Again Beach" and made it into 3 out of 4 nominations, although I didn’t win any. Over the next 1.5 years, I started several new projects (a fortune-teller simulator, a music tycoon with procedural music generation, two city-builders), but none made it to release.

Currently, I’m working on the game "I Want to Believe", about UFOs in a mountain town in the eastern US. At the same time, I’ve started a side project, "Metrophobia", a horror game with anomalies. Both games are available on Steam and have demo versions.