<s>
Wrath	B-Application
:	I-Application
Aeon	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ruin	I-Application
is	O
an	O
upcoming	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
developed	O
by	O
KillPixel	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
3D	O
Realms	O
and	O
1C	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wrath	B-Application
:	I-Application
Aeon	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ruin	I-Application
is	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
game	O
release	O
on	O
that	O
engine	O
in	O
nearly	O
20	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
episode	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Early	O
Access	O
on	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
2019	O
with	O
the	O
full	O
version	O
expected	O
in	O
Q2	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
continues	O
in	O
the	O
tradition	O
of	O
1990s	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
like	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
Blood	O
,	O
Hexen	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Quake	B-Application
;	O
both	O
thematically	O
and	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
fast-paced	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
save	O
at	O
any	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
unlike	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
save	O
is	O
a	O
consumable	O
resource	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wrath	B-Application
:	I-Application
Aeon	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ruin	I-Application
began	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
project	O
by	O
Jeremiah	O
'	O
KillPixel	O
 '	O
Fox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
discovering	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
modding	O
community	O
,	O
he	O
recognized	O
the	O
potential	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
freely	O
available	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
development	O
tools	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wrath	O
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
"	O
draws	O
heavily	O
from	O
the	O
combat	O
of	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
the	O
interactivity	O
of	O
Duke	B-Application
Nukem	I-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
the	O
spatial	O
awareness	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
darker	O
theme	O
of	O
Hexen.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
years	O
into	O
development	O
,	O
Fox	O
was	O
attracted	O
to	O
the	O
3D	O
Realms	O
Discord	B-Application
channel	O
after	O
viewing	O
the	O
trailer	O
for	O
Ion	B-Application
Maiden	I-Application
,	O
which	O
he	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
closest	O
competition	O
for	O
Wrath	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Composer	O
Andrew	O
Hulshult	O
(	O
Quake	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
)	O
was	O
brought	O
on	O
to	O
score	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Bjørn	O
Jacobsen	O
(	O
Eve	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
,	O
Cyberpunk	B-Application
2077	I-Application
)	O
to	O
do	O
the	O
sound	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
choice	O
of	O
building	O
Wrath	O
on	O
the	O
(	O
now	O
antiquated	O
)	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
presented	O
somewhat	O
of	O
a	O
problem	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
game	O
developers	O
generally	O
lack	O
expertise	O
in	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
fill	O
this	O
skill	O
gap	O
,	O
3D	O
Realms	O
recruited	O
from	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
modding	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Fox	O
and	O
Schreiber	O
,	O
the	O
selection	O
of	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
is	O
not	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
needlessly	O
self-limiting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speaking	O
to	O
Game	O
Revolution	O
,	O
Schreiber	O
explains	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
’re	O
not	O
trying	O
to	O
make	O
or	O
look	O
anything	O
that	O
feels	O
retro	O
,	O
we	O
’re	O
just	O
trying	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
fantastic	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
that	O
includes	O
elements	O
that	O
Quake	B-Application
did	O
so	O
[well].	O
 "	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
Destructiod	O
,	O
Fox	O
adds	O
,	O
"[We're]	O
not	O
just	O
trying	O
to	O
imitate	O
[Quake],	O
but	O
exceed	O
it	O
and	O
expand	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
meet	O
these	O
goals	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
Wrath	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
DarkPlaces	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
many	O
enhancements	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Fox	O
,	O
well	O
documented	O
and	O
easily	O
available	O
modding	O
tools	O
were	O
always	O
an	O
important	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
his	O
own	O
history	O
using	O
the	O
free	O
Quake	B-Application
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
Early	O
Access	O
game	O
would	O
require	O
a	O
full	O
price	O
purchase	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
first	O
episode	O
as	O
a	O
teaser	O
is	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
Shareware	B-License
model	O
that	O
was	O
common	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
DarkPlaces	O
engine	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPLv2	O
via	O
GitHub	B-Application
in	O
November	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
