Hey everyone,
I’m a recent Game Development graduate and Unity developer currently looking for passionate people who would be interested in helping create a next-gen cinematic action RPG fan project inspired by the legendary Yakuza / Like a Dragon series featuring Kazuma Kiryu.
The vision is to create a highly immersive, modern-feeling experience that captures the atmosphere, intensity, humor, emotional storytelling, and world detail that made the Yakuza series so iconic.
This project would focus on:
- a dense explorable city inspired by Kamurocho
- next-gen visuals and lighting
- cinematic cutscenes
- fluid real-time combat
- advanced enemy AI
- dramatic boss battles
- RPG progression systems
- immersive side quests
- mini games and activities
- interactive interiors and shops
- dynamic NPC behavior
- modern UI systems
- highly polished player movement and combat feel
The gameplay style would combine:
- brutal street combat
- cinematic storytelling
- emotional character moments
- funny/random side content
- immersive exploration
- deep progression systems
Kiryu would be the main focus of the fan project, with the goal of recreating the feeling of playing a modern next-generation Yakuza-style experience inside Unity.
IMPORTANT:
This is intended as a FAN PROJECT / tribute project for learning, portfolio work, collaboration, and fun. The project would NOT be sold or publicly monetized unless official permission from the IP owners was ever granted.
I mainly specialize in:
- Unity gameplay programming
- combat systems
- player controllers
- RPG systems
- UI systems
- gameplay feel
- environment building
- cinematic gameplay setup
I’m especially looking for people with YEARS of experience in:
- Unity programming
- Blender
- ZBrush
- character creation
- animation
- cinematic workflows
- environment art
- VFX
- technical art pipelines
Currently looking for:
- experienced Unity programmers
- 3D character artists
- environment artists
- animators
- VFX artists
- technical artists
- writers
- UI artists
- sound/music creators
- cinematic designers
The goal is to create something extremely ambitious and polished that truly feels “next gen” while also serving as an amazing collaborative learning and portfolio-building experience.
If you’re a huge fan of the Yakuza / Like a Dragon games and always wanted to help build something ambitious inspired by that universe, feel free to reply or DM me.
Discord: kiryu#0122
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/subhanqureshi
Thanks everyone!