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The Spirit Steel project is composed of two interconnected works. Use the navigation below to explore each component.
GAME SYNOPSIS:
Spirit Steel takes place long after the end, in a world broken by war, technology, and neglect. You are a Cleanser, wielding a weapon meant to purify corrupted beings - not kill them. Every action asks whether you are healing the world, or only reshaping the damage.
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PROGRAMS USED:
Rhino3D, Midjourney
Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premier
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VIDEOGRAPHY
THE COLLAPSE
"our story takes place in a barren landscape brought on by nuclear/biological warfare, weaponized DNA programs, artificial intelligence and the total disregard of what centuries of pollution does, but they eventually found out"
THE SHIFT IN POWER
"this disregard resulted in new landscapes, weather and an era of creatures that stripped humankind the right to call themselves alpha...and an unbalance The Order needed to undo...enter Kyah..."
SOLITUDE AND ALLIANCE
"Though the life of a Cleanser is solitary, Kyah is not alone in this fight. Others roam the wastelands, and when danger surpasses a single blade, they find each other — to rescue, to endure, and to stand together."
EVOLVED THREATS
"The wastelands did not empty, they adapted. In the aftermath of collapse, life reshaped itself into forms both beautiful and lethal. These creatures are not monsters. They are survivors of a world rewritten."
*Seen here from left to right: Uranium Urchin, Gamma Gull & the Hydrogen Hornet
ADAPTIVE ESCALATION
"Evolution did not stop at survival.
Under radiation and genetic fusion, the Uranium Urchin restructured itself — refining its defenses, altering its mobility, and trading one weapon for another."
CORRUPTED MATURATION
"Not all evolution begins as threat.
Some species emerge delicate, almost harmless — until exposure reshapes them.
Given time, radiation, and survival pressure, even the smallest lifeform can become something formidable."
*Seen here is the Boron Bat.
THE SPIRIT STEEL
"an instrument forged for cleansing in the wastes"
"Each cleansers spirit steel will look different based on what you can find out in the waste but Kyah's Spirit Steel looks like this"
"This is a weapon that doesn't inflict any damage upon its enemies but rather cleanses bad energy. This traditional cleansing weapon can only be used by a person in touch with the spirit world. If a normal person were to pick it up t would act as a normal weapon and kill instead of cleanse, which is a taboo"
"The owner that creates a spirit steel will add a failsafe spell that when any normal being with mal intent were to touch it...it would absorb all their life energy except for what they needed to stay alive. They would pass out and when they awoke would immediately journey back to their village"
THE CLEANSER'S DISCIPLINE
"the blueprint of instinct, forged through training. Adherence is not optional - its survival"
THE ALCHEMY OF CORES
"The Spirit Steel does not merely strike - it transforms."
Within its frame rest interchangeable cores, each one altering the weapon’s temperament, its reach, and the very nature of its cleansing. A core does not change the blade’s shape, but it reshapes its intent. Through the Core Select interface, these essences can be exchanged in moments - even in the midst of conflict - allowing the Cleanser to adapt to terrain, threat, and will. Two Amber cores may bend hostility into allegiance. An Amber fused with Nuclear may turn persuasion into domination. Harmony amplifies. Contrast destabilizes.
THE CORE-SMITH
The elements required to forge these cores are not manufactured - they are reclaimed. Salvaged from mutated creatures, fractured relics, and corrupted landscapes, they are brought to the Core-Smiths: rare artisans who bind volatile matter into disciplined instruments of spirit. Their craft demands payment - coin, barter, or something far more personal.
In the wastes, survival does not belong to the strongest blade.
It belongs to the one who understands transformation"
