An amateur developer’s game goes viral on TikTok and everyone wants to play it

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It will take a while until GTA 6 comes out. Until then, fan projects could put off the waiting players. One of them is currently making the rounds on TikTok and is causing a stir – also because the setting is rather unusual.

What game is it about? If Rockstar Games doesn’t want to come out with their gangster epic GTA 6 yet and often keeps quiet, the fans just have to help themselves. However, not every hobby developer expects that their project will be well received by other players.

The user linziclarkmusic uploaded a clip to TikTok, which is now causing a stir. The video lasts about 5 minutes and shows gameplay that reminds some viewers of GTA. A character runs through an open, spacious city. The special thing about it: the unusual setting.

Here you can see the first trailer for the big GTA 6, which caused a lot of dust when it was released.

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Where does the fan project take place? The prototype was developed by the TikTok user’s partner, and she uploaded the video in his place. In it she says that her boyfriend comes from the Scottish town of Paisley and therefore quickly turned this place into a game.

Who needs the sunny streets and beaches of the USA when things can get darker? In the Scottish city it is night, dark, the asphalt is wet from the rain. Here and there you can see small shops and pubs, brightly lit bus stops and blocks of houses.

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Just by looking at this unfinished version it becomes clear: a real game would have the potential to be very atmospheric. The only thing missing is appropriate gameplay along the lines of GTA. There is also no sign of passers-by or cars in the video.

According to the TikTok user, her boyfriend developed the project in his free time. He actually works as a graphic designer and doesn’t think much of his skills as a game developer. But viewers on TikTok see it completely differently.

How do viewers rate the video? In a short time, the clip has already collected over 330,000 views and is causing a stir. Many players who comment under the video on TikTok now want to try the game themselves.

  • “This is really incredible! Get him to start a fundraiser and we could all get the ball rolling for a real game,” writes Craig2009.
  • “There are so many games made in Scotland but none are played here. It would be cool to see a gangster game from 1970s Glasgow,” says user anarchoautism.
  • “A Paisley game before GTA 6, that’s crazy,” marvels an unnamed user, to which user Ava replies: “Basically it’s GTA 6.”

    • Just with a different setting that won’t be seen in the upcoming Rockstar game. On the contrary, it goes to the sunny realms of the fictional state of Leonida in Miami.

    It is still questionable whether the Scotland GTA will become a real game. The hobby developer is now on TikTok himself and is reaping the rewards. The couple is thinking about a fundraising campaign – so maybe the project will actually be playable in some time. GTA 6 fans recently had a fear regarding the game’s release: Rockstar Games is finally fulfilling the wish of many players, but this is worrying GTA 6 fans

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