Neon Prime

Neon Prime was an early development version of Deadlock.

Many of Deadlock's current features and assets have been inherited from Neon Prime, and are expected to be updated or replaced over the course of development.

Setting

Main article: Neon Prime lore

Neon Prime had a Cyberpunk sci-fi aesthetic featuring supernatural elements.

The game took place in an alien world called Fracture, a former prison planet that was taken over by inmates and turned into a tourism hotspot where crime is legal. The game matches were elections in the form of organized bloodsports in the city center, in which each team represented a mayor candidate.

Gameplay

The gameplay of Neon Prime was similar to Deadlock. 6 players on each side would use ziplines (then called "hyperlines") to traverse 4 lanes and fight guardians and walkers to destroy an enemy boss called the Core. The players would unlock abilities and use money to buy items called "mods".

Characters

A list of known Neon Prime characters and their Deadlock counterparts.

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Hero Name	Fate	Bonus Facts
Akimbo	Removed
Astro	Became Holliday	Was in a relationship with Forge (McGinnis). Some of the in-game text and Holliday's internal name (hero_astro) refer to Holliday as Astro.
Atlas	Became Abrams	Atlas wore a jetpack.
Ballista	Removed	Used to be in a relationship with Lash.
Bebop	Stayed	Bebop's current model is from Neon Prime.

• Bomber
• Butcher
• Cadence
• Chrono (Paradox) - was the leader of the Paradox organization
• Digger (Mo & Krill)
• Forge (McGinnis) - same as current model, was in a relationship with Astro
• Gigawatt (Seven)
• Gunslinger
• Haze - original design was an alien with long ears
• Hornet (Vindicta)
• Inferno (Infernus) - was a man in an orange sci-fi uniform
• Kali - was a retired Bear Pit fighter
• Kelvin
• Lash - owned a dojo, used to be in a relationship with Ballista
• Murphy (Warden)
• Nano (Calico) - had grey hair
• Orion (Grey Talon) - same as current model
• Rutger
• Sandeep (Mirage) - was a man with blue skin with a beetle on his back
• Shiv - same as current model, but with a red shirt and metallic arm
• Slork (Fathom)
• Spectre (Lady Geist) - man wearing a cape and hood
• Sumo (Dynamo) - Japanese chef and sumo fighter
• Synth (Pocket)
• Tengu (Ivy) - was a person wearing a red yokai mask
• Tokamak
• Thumper
• Viscous - icon was a blowfish in a green suit
• Wraith - went through multiple iterations, including a woman with a purple arm and a magician with handcuffed hands and two robot arms
• Wrecker
• Yakuza
• Yamato - same as current model