"A mysterious hacker named "DevX" hijacks your computer with the intention of using it as a remote test bed for his experimental operating system. After unwillingly having your hard drive wiped you become an involuntary beta tester for ShiftOS."
Lol, Just kidding. ShiftOS is just a game I am developing but I would be more than happy to develop the game for introversion software if they paid me $500 per week for my full time work and dedication to it. Introversion Software would then totally own ShiftOS, be able to sell it at whatever price they wanted and earn profit from it. If you think about it they could charge people $10 for ShiftOS early access along with access to the full version once it is released. If they paid me $26,000 for a year of developing ShiftOS that means at least 2,600 people would need to buy ShiftOS for Introversion software to make a profit.
For those interested ShiftOS is a game where you are thrown into an experimental operating system. It is your job to evolve it from a text-based, black and white command line driven operating system to a fully functional colorful graphical operating system filled with heaps of interesting software and games. Gameplay is non-linear and you choose exactly how to upgrade your operating system by spending the codepoints you earn completing various tasks. Later you even get to draw your own skins and apply them in-game. The game will feature in-game websites to buy or pirate software. There will be in-game viruses as well to ensure you make moral choices... There may even be a bit of in-game hacking especially with an in-game digital currency called "Bitnote" (similar to bitcoin in real life).
With so many in-game characters including hackers, ShiftOS users, the ShiftOS developer (DevX) and an AI living within ShiftOS planning to take over the world this game could be huge! If you were Introversion Software would you want hire someone like me to cheaply work on your next game for you to release to the world? Do you like the idea of ShiftOS? Would you buy ShiftOS if it was available on Steam for say... $10?
I'm being serious here to. If Introversion software says yes then I'll quit my job and fully devote my time to this game for them. Unless someone else hires me first...
A very early tech demo (not actual proper gameplay) is available from the following website: 12padams.wix.com/shiftos
It is not very fun though as the only way to earn codepoints is by testing your knowledge in "Knowledge Input" due to this simply being a game environment test rather than a game at this stage.
