Iron Long 2?

[SlenderKnirpZ]

Dear Devs&Community! SO I finally I purchased Iron Lung and like it.
Is there a chance for a sequel in the near future? I would like more stuff to see,explore and interact with: Bigger Submarine,better sight and of course Monsters galore! Creatures like The Bloop,Leviathan,Kaijus,Sea-Dragons and of course The Mighty Cthullu himself........

[Mantha]

The game is getting a movie, believe it or not. Apparently it's coming out in November.

[Grey Dragon]

Honestly, I would be very interested in playing any new game set in the universe of the Quiet Rapture. There is a huge amount of mystery surrounding the setting and what might be found in this dark and desolate universe.

I could imagine a game that involves investigating a derelict ship, searching for anything salvageable to re-stock your colony's dwindling supplies, only to find that the ship's design doesn't match any on record. Perhaps it could be called "Iron Heart".

"What frightens us most about the Quiet Rapture is not what it took from us, but what it put back in its place..."

[Mister Macaroni]

I'm not sure honestly. I have various ideas for other games that could be set in the same universe, and it would be SMART to have a sequel to release along with the film, but the reality is that I'm just not that fired up about any of those ideas.

I could do the FNAF thing and make Iron Lung 2 with a new sub and new mechanics and more lore, and Iron Lung 3 with a new sub and new mechanics and more lore, and Iron Lung 4 etc etc etc... and I guess that would be smart. It certainly worked for FNAF, but idk. Iron Lung ended up being lightning in a bottle, and I don't think it does the game or the universe it's set in justice to try and get that lighting to strike again, by retreading the same ground with slight additions and modifications. Especially since the mystery of The Quiet Rapture is a big part of what's intriguing to people. I think it would be better to leave that mystery alone and let everyone run with their own theories and imaginings, which honestly was the main idea behind Iron Lung in the first place: it's about stirring your imagination with questions and glimpses of things, in the lore, the sound, and the limited visibility.

If I do a followup or a sequel, I'd have to feel like I have something meaningful to say, and I'm not sure I do yet. I'd rather be grateful for how well this idea landed and move on to trying other ideas.

[Spawn_of_Cthulhu]

Originally posted by SlenderKnirpZ:

Dear Devs&Community! SO I finally I purchased Iron Lung and like it.
Is there a chance for a sequel in the near future? I would like more stuff to see,explore and interact with: Bigger Submarine,better sight and of course Monsters galore:CthulhuIdol::ElderRaceSign:! Creatures like The Bloop,Leviathan,Kaijus,Sea-Dragons and of course The Mighty Cthullu himself........

sure, ill see if he can make time to be there

[Su Santidad, Akimandoyo ☩]

Originally posted by Mantha:

The game is getting a movie, believe it or not. Apparently it's coming out in November.

For those who don't believe:
https://youtu.be/Qi9zupYdwho

[RippedOutHeart]

You might be interested in checking out Metal Casket

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2613370/Metal_Casket/

[Mister Macaroni]

Originally posted by RippedOutHeart:

You might be interested in checking out Metal Casket

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2613370/Metal_Casket/

Yeah technically this isn't legal lol

[Simon]

Originally posted by David Szymanski:

Originally posted by RippedOutHeart:

You might be interested in checking out Metal Casket

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2613370/Metal_Casket/

Yeah technically this isn't legal lol

They straight up lifted your lore ;p

[Mister Macaroni]

Yeah and they can't be using my IP like that and selling it without permission, but it's obviously just someone who's a fan of IL making their first game and I don't see a need to make a fuss about it. If anything I'm happy people like IL enough to do stuff like this.

[RippedOutHeart]

And this one too is Iron Lung CLONE
even has the Gillazilla Fishy Monster Creature in it


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2604220/Ocean_Pressure/

[NEON]

You should definitely do more stuff with this IP it is interesting. Like an underwater outpost management exploration and research with friends.

[Hirnwirbel]

Originally posted by David Szymanski:

If I do a followup or a sequel, I'd have to feel like I have something meaningful to say, and I'm not sure I do yet. I'd rather be grateful for how well this idea landed and move on to trying other ideas.

I respect that. Must be difficult to be torn between what would be financially smart and what your heart tells you to do as an artist... No matter how you decide in the end, I wouldn't blame ya either way.
But for what it's worth, personally, I'm way more interested to see what kind of new idea you will come up with next :) Iron Lung was fantastic, but my own imagination and the movie can take it from here, I don't need a sequel. Sometimes, less is more, after all - especially when it comes to horror and the fear of the unknown.

[⚧️ HannaBunni ⚧]

Originally posted by David Szymanski:

I'm not sure honestly. I have various ideas for other games that could be set in the same universe, and it would be SMART to have a sequel to release along with the film, but the reality is that I'm just not that fired up about any of those ideas.

I could do the FNAF thing and make Iron Lung 2 with a new sub and new mechanics and more lore, and Iron Lung 3 with a new sub and new mechanics and more lore, and Iron Lung 4 etc etc etc... and I guess that would be smart. It certainly worked for FNAF, but idk. Iron Lung ended up being lightning in a bottle, and I don't think it does the game or the universe it's set in justice to try and get that lighting to strike again, by retreading the same ground with slight additions and modifications. Especially since the mystery of The Quiet Rapture is a big part of what's intriguing to people. I think it would be better to leave that mystery alone and let everyone run with their own theories and imaginings, which honestly was the main idea behind Iron Lung in the first place: it's about stirring your imagination with questions and glimpses of things, in the lore, the sound, and the limited visibility.

If I do a followup or a sequel, I'd have to feel like I have something meaningful to say, and I'm not sure I do yet. I'd rather be grateful for how well this idea landed and move on to trying other ideas.

Personally, I'd like to see much more of the universe of Iron Lung, but my wish would be for a wildly different approach to exploring it than a repeat of these mechanics. Something that plays with very few if any feelings of familiarity, to support the tone of the universe being outside our ability to comprehend the Quiet Rapture and everything after it.

[Sauriel]

i'm waiting for this one

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2302470/Full_Fathom/

personally all those ocean survival games are straight up terrifying, including that subnautica, for some reason they're more potent than most horror games are

[Grey Dragon]

The sea is a frightening place, even if you have no phobias related to it. Any liquid is a naturally hostile environment for a human being, such that you are heavily reliant on your equipment to survive for more than a few minutes. Also, visibility in liquids of any kind is lower than we are used to, adding fear of the unknown into the mix.

Even if you can see something in the water, you usually have to be quite close before you can identify it, and since we have so much trouble moving in water, it is difficult at best to escape something once it's that close.

Iron Lung emphasises these fears by almost entirely stripping away vision, our primary sense, strengthening the fear of the unknown. On top of that, it makes us more reliant on our equipment, and that equipment is a slow, clumsy, rusty submarine which we are straight up told was not meant to function at the depths we're going to.