u/UntamedMk828

Hey! Long-time lurker, first-time poster here.

After the game was shut down, I started thinking about a way to honor it.

Streaming was never really my thing, so I never had much reason to record my matches. But on the last day the game was live, I went around recording as much of Elysium as I could. Originally, I just wanted to keep it as a memory. But as the week went on, I started feeling like I wanted to do something more to celebrate what this game meant to me.

I played Bloodhunt back in early access. I’m not completely sure of the year, but it must have been around late 2020 or early 2021. I had just moved out of my parents’ place and started working as a 3D artist. I remember downloading the game and trying to run it on my trusty 2017 GTX 1050 laptop. It ran terribly, but I had fun anyway.

A lot of time passed after that. Then, around October 2025, after the launch of Bloodlines 2, I suddenly got the urge to play again. That was when I heard the news. After that, I played the game religiously until I got the platinum.

During those last few months, I kept running into so many fun people, usually while getting killed by the same handful of names over and over again. I didn’t really engage with the community until the last couple of streams, but seeing those same names again and again made it feel like I had found something close to friends.

A little more about myself: since 2020, I’ve worked on a few games, going from 3D generalist to Environment Artist, and I’m currently working as a Technical Artist.

By random chance, I never really had the need or the time to properly learn Unreal Engine. I’ve tried to start a few times, but I always got distracted by other things or lost interest. After seeing how passionate some members of this community still are, I decided this could be my chance to set a real goal and give it my best.

So I’m planning to recreate Elysium to the best of my ability, using my own work and the footage I recorded as reference.

Just to be clear, this is intended only as an environment art tribute, not a fully playable remake. As much as I’d love to build something bigger, I can’t realistically commit to that kind of scope, and I want to keep this respectful as a non-commercial fan project.

Disclaimer: I’m just one dude, so this will probably take a loooong time to complete. I still have a 9-to-5 job, so I’ll be working on it in my free time.

If people are interested, I’d be happy to post weekly updates.

I really hope this isn’t against the rules or anything. I just want to give something back to the community for keeping the game alive long enough for me to play it one more time.

Thank you, guys.

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