Unrest is billed as an unconventional RPG set in ancient India. It’s being developed by Pyrodactyl Games, an Indian-based company. They also created Will Fight for Food and A.Typical RPG.

Screenshot of updated art style.

Basically, Unrest is “a story-driven RPG set in ancient India in the midst of an uprising. Play as ordinary men and women struggling for safety, freedom, food for their children, and a chance at peace.” List of features, straight from the developers:

• Explore the drought and famine-stricken streets of an ancient Indian city, where a fog of hunger and discontent shrouds the natural beauty of the land.
• Use the detailed conversation system to instill fear, command respect and gain the trust and friendship of others. Understand your enemies and make them see your side of the story.
• The narrative adapts to failure and death – instead of a game over screen, the plot continues and your fate becomes part of it. However, you can still save and load at any time if you want to.
• Make tough and interesting decisions in the lives of people untouched by destiny. The traditional hero’s quest of prophecy, power, and revenge forms a backdrop to your own struggles.
• Combat is brutal, decisive…and always avoidable. Bloodshed might be the easy way out in some situations, but has lasting consequences beyond those apparent on the surface.
• Hand drawn 2D art and soundtrack based on ancient Indian music to help you immerse yourself in the world.
• Full mod support lets you create your own worlds and adventures.
• Unrest will be available DRM-Free on multiple digital stores, without any DLC or micro-transactions. We promise.
• Iron Man mode to make sure you deal with the consequences of your actions(requested by the backers!).

This game looks amazing. I really love the artwork, and setting an RPG in a realistic setting is extremely unique. I can’t wait to get my hands on it. I think the thing that intrigues me most is the permanent consequences, and the fact that there is no game over screen – life just goes on despite a death or a bad conversation choice. I also think it’s awesome that the entire game can be completed in “pacifist mode,” which is possible in only a few other RPGs that I know of, and even in those, it’s difficult. The developers say that combat is always treated as a last resort in Unrest, which is very refreshing. Every person in the game will have an opinion of you, measured in friendship, respect, and fear. You will play four main characters over the course of the game. The world is also unique – I’m pretty sure it’s a safe bet to say that no other RPG has been set in ancient India.

The team is now working toward their last five stretch goals – their initial goal was $3,000, the bare minimum needed to finish, but they have reached just over $25,500 with over 1,300 backers.

Rewards:

• $5 – High-resolution wallpaper
• $10 – Digital copy of Unrest and the wallpaper
• $15 – DRM-free digital copy of the soundtrack and all previous reward levels
• $20 – Kickstarter exclusive digital novella set in the Unrest universe by Rutskarn and all previous reward levels
• $25 – Digital special edition, which includes two high-res printable posters, map of the city, concept art, design documents, and other development material; your name in the credits and on the website; and all previous reward levels
•  $40 – Sold out – A character based on you will be a famous person in the game and all previous reward levels
• $50 – Sold out – A guild in the game named after you, custom-designed crest with your input and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $60 – Decide the name of a book and its author to place in an in-game library and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $75 – Sold out – A landmark or location in the game is named after you and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $80 – Get three physical 11″x17″ posters of the game and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $100 – A physical boxed copy of the game and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $125 – A physical boxed copy of the game, soundtrack CD and three posters, all signed by the developers; and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $200 – A region in the game is named after you and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $400 – A copy of Unrest, all of Pyrodactyl’s past and future games, listed as a Patron in a special category of the credits, the $125 reward level, and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $500 – Attend team meetings and shape the design of the game, credited as Additional Designer, the $125 reward level, and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $2,000 – Executive Producer (provide input and work with the team to design a new chapter of the game), the $125 reward level, and the $5-$25 reward levels
• $5,000 – Executive Producer (provide input and work with the team to design a new chapter and new city in the game), the $125 reward level, and the $5-$25 reward levels

Back Unrest here, check out the official website, like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, and subscribe to them on YouTube. If you like RPGs and are looking for something different, I believe that Unrest will absolutely deliver.