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Hungarian videogame brings the ’40s Budapest back to life
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Eltűnt Budapest (Lost Budapest) has been a project in development for years now, and while the finish line of this grand idea of modelling the entire city of Budapest is still quite far away, you can now download a playable demo.
24 reports that a few young Hungarians started this project six years ago. They wanted to create an interactive game where you can roam the streets of early 1940s Budapest, before the damages of WWII.
The project is not finished yet as Balázs Handler and his former university peers are still working on creating the model of pre-world war Budapest.
They started with the Erzsébet Bridge and its surroundings, and now they have a playable demo with mesmerising details.
According to Octogon, Balázs Handler first wanted to recreate the Erzsébet Bridge because it is one of the most photographed buildings of the Hungarian capital. Besides that, being able to walk on is an entirely different feeling than just browsing pictures.
Balázs started recreating the bridge by using old photographs and blueprints, and a few years later another game inspired him to conceive the first-person video game. Other people also helped him with their own 3D models, and in the end, they used the Unreal Engine videogame engine to create the Eltűnt Híd (Lost Bridge).
The game has been downloaded more than 3,000 times, and this inspired the developer to continue recreating the rest of the bridges of Budapest. Others also joined him in the process, and thus they accomplished to create a free downloadable game where you can wander in Budapest, from Petőfi Bridge to the iconic Chain Bridge.
