Hindi po ito totoong litrato, Pinoy game ito. A Filipino solo developer is building an open world where a barangay hall in a fictional city sits empty and rain-soaked in the middle of a storm, and the screenshots look real enough that the studio has to label them “development footage.” Meet Intraversal: Lifeless, a Pinoy open world horror and zombie survival game by King Zen Studios, headed to Steam for PC.
A barangay you recognize, in ruins
The game’s latest showcase drops players in the Barangay Hall of Barangay Buraot, Hilaan City, a weathered blue government building on Palakasan Street surrounded by scattered plastic chairs, an abandoned sedan, and a tree leaning over the wet plaza. The fine print is honest: “DEVELOPMENT FOOTAGE – DOES NOT REPRESENT FINAL PRODUCT.”
What makes the scene land is the detail that reads unmistakably Filipino: the barangay hall signage, the street name below it, the hollow-block walls, and the heavy grey of a city after a storm. It is a horror open world built around a place locals would actually recognize.
Storm weather and flood mechanics
Intraversal: Lifeless supports a dynamic weather system that includes typhoons inside the game, complete with flood mechanics that submerge select areas. The developer notes the flood scenes are still being optimized so the rushing water does not get too heavy for lower-end PCs.
It is a deliberate design bet: a Pinoy survival horror game where the environment itself, monsoon rains and rising water, becomes both atmosphere and threat, tailored to the rainy season players know firsthand.
Genre, scope, and the developer behind it
The game is billed as open world, horror, zombie survival, action, and drama in one solo-developer vision. King Zen Studios describes itself as a solo developer in the Philippines making 3D games, with a free early title called Huling Araw available on itch.io.
Behind the studio is Angelo Sancho, introduced on PinoyGamer as CEO and lead developer at Intraversal Studios, a full-stack developer who juggles 3D artistry, music production, and coding. He has been building toward this dream since 2022, and King Zen says post-production is now underway as the game edges closer to a Steam release.
Why this matters for Pinoy gaming
Intraversal: Lifeless joins a growing wave of Pinoy-made games worth watching, standing out by grounding its horror in a familiar local setting rather than a generic Western city. A barangay hall in a typhoon, a flooded street, an empty plaza: the scariest part is how close it feels to home.
The game is in active development, so specs, release date, and pricing are still to come. For now, the developer is clear where his heart is: a dream of a Pinoy PC game, one barangay at a time.
