Democratic erosion
Purges, corruption and political isolation weaken the old institutions.
NEAR-FUTURE ACTION RPG / IN DEVELOPMENT
TWENTY YEARS
AFTER THE OUTBREAK
The Neydra Protocol follows Victoria Vega through a country divided by failed quarantines, civil war and three rival power blocs.
EXPLORE THE SURVIVING TERRITORIES→NORTH AMERICAN INTERIOR / +20
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01 / TERRITORY
A COUNTRY DIVIDED
INTO CONTROL ZONES
The capital, surviving cities, independent settlements and restricted sites are controlled or contested by the three political blocs.
NORTH AMERICAN INTERIOR / LOCATION WITHHELD
PUBLIC TERRITORY SCAN
20 YEARSSINCE THE COLLAPSE
NATIONWIDEOUTBREAK SCOPE
FAILEDQUARANTINE OUTCOME
UNKNOWNOFFICIAL DEATH TOLL
02 / PUBLIC CHRONOLOGY
HOW THE UNITED STATES
COLLAPSED
Political purges, economic collapse, the virus outbreak and civil war dismantled the country over a period of seven years.
Economic collapse
Inequality accelerates as infrastructure and public services begin to fail.
The propaganda years
Fear, disinformation and the language of health freedom divide the population.
Virus outbreak
The virus spreads beyond quarantine zones and causes widespread loss of life. Lockdowns and riots follow.
The promised medicine
The government promises a medicine for the virus. It never becomes available to the public.
Emergency rule and civil war
The federal health response and political violence become open conflict. The country breaks into competing blocs.
The present day
The former United States remains divided among rival blocs, independent communities and restricted zones.
03 / POWER STRUCTURES
THE THREE SURVIVING
POWER BLOCS
The Regime Federation controls the capital, the Conservative Front seeks national restoration and the Free People defend local independence.
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Capital authority
Regime Federation
PUBLIC RECORD / CENTRALIZED BLOC
The bloc built around the capital and surviving state infrastructure. It promises stability while controlling movement, information and military power.
- Central authority
- Military control
- Managed information
04 / PLAYER EXPERIENCE
WHAT THE PLAYER
DOES
Exploration, salvage, bow-based combat and faction consequences form the current foundation of the action RPG.
Explore the ruins
Travel through abandoned urban areas, damaged infrastructure and settlements shaped by twenty years of political division.
Recover what remains
Search for usable materials, old records and technology that can reveal opportunities—or create new conflicts.
Survive with a bow
Victoria relies on mobility, observation and bow-based combat while crossing territory controlled by hostile forces.
Choose who benefits
Faction relationships influence available missions, local support and which groups consider Victoria an ally or a threat.
CONCEPT ART / WORK IN PROGRESS
05 / PLAYER CHARACTER
VICTORIA
VEGA
Victoria is a scavenger who leaves her settlement on a routine salvage run. She is experienced enough to cross the ruins alone, but the discovery waiting in an abandoned laboratory changes the purpose of that journey.
- ROLE
- Protagonist / scavenger
- PRIMARY WEAPON
- Bow
- STARTING POINT
- Routine salvage run
- PUBLIC HISTORY
- Incomplete
FEDERAL PROGRAM / RECORDS SEALED
THE SEALED
NEYDRA PROGRAM
Surviving federal records identify Neydra as a discontinued emergency biotechnology program. Its purpose and results remain classified.
National health emergency declared
Federal intervention records sealed
Program reference: NEYDRA
All remaining records restricted
06 / RECOVERED DATA
ENTER THE
ARCHIVE
The complete archive now has its own terminal. Browse public history, inspect outbreak records and open the sealed references that the public index still acknowledges.
OPEN THE COMPLETE ARCHIVE→FEATURED PUBLIC RECORDAVAILABLE
PUB-01 / PUBLIC
Collapse chronology
A public reconstruction assembled from civic archives, surviving broadcasts and settlement testimony. The record shows a gradual political collapse—not a single sudden disaster.
- DOCUMENTED RANGE
- Seven years before the war to the present
- BREAKPOINT
- Civil war and national fragmentation
- CURRENT ERA
- Twenty years after the collapse
07 / MEDIA
CURRENT CONCEPT
MATERIAL
These images and interfaces communicate the current visual direction. They are concept material and do not represent final gameplay.
KEY ART / WORK IN PROGRESS
Victoria in the ruins
The current public character image establishes Victoria’s urban equipment, bow and post-collapse environment.
WORLD INTERFACE CONCEPT
Territory records
A visual language for controlled cities, independent settlements and restricted areas.
ARCHIVE INTERFACE CONCEPT
Public and sealed files
The archive separates confirmed public history from records that remain classified.
08 / DEVELOPMENT
BUILDING THE
VERTICAL SLICE
The roadmap and public development log now live on their own page. Follow the Unreal Engine 5 prototype from world foundation to a focused playable section.
VIEW DEVELOPMENT→Playable vertical slice
The next goal is a focused playable section that connects exploration, narrative events and combat.
Terrain and river definition
The Unreal Engine landscape prototype is being refined to produce clearer rivers and reliable open-world regions.
SUNDERKEYSTUDIOS
09 / INDEPENDENT DEVELOPER
SUNDERKEY
STUDIOS
Sunderkey Studios is the independent developer behind The Neydra Protocol. The studio identity and its first game are being developed together, with the current focus on a playable vertical slice.
- CURRENT PROJECT
- The Neydra Protocol
- STUDIO STATUS
- In development
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TRACK THE PROJECT
AS IT DEVELOPS
Development notes are published on this concept site. Wishlist, newsletter and community links will be added when those channels open.