Hyper-realistic bodycam style shooter in Unreal Engine 5
In Oct 2022, Alexandre Spidler of Studios Drama posted a Twitter clip from an experimental hyper-realistic bodycam style game that he was fooling with.
In Apr 19th, 2023, he released a brand new high resolution clip, a press release, and a steam page for a game called ‘Unrecord’. The description says:
Unrecord is a single-player FPS that tells the story of a tactical police officer from the perspective of his body camera. As you work to solve a complex case, you’ll need to use your tactical and detective skills to succeed.
It doesn’t look at all like the typical Call of Duty style – it looks…real. Just like actual bodycam footage with gritty environments that remind you of exactly what real-life interiors might look like. They use body-cam style cameras with a spherical FOV, shaky hand movement, chromatic aberration, and pixelated faces that make it seem like watching replayed camera footage.
The second video looks even better and captures just what anyone that’s gone paintballing has experienced. None of the polish of CoD – all the grittiness of real locations. I have no doubts this is good enough to be something that police and military will want to use for training soon.
The developer appears to be seeking funding and a studio partner to continue development. I’m surprised they haven’t been snatched up already.
Side note: the developer has already posted scammers putting up false ads and trying to get people to download links and apps that are supposedly the game. A reminder that we’re in the brave new world of the internet – full of scams and misinformation. Be careful out there.