You're in charge of a generation ship carrying 1,000 colonists in cryo suspension. You don't know exactly where you're going. You won't arrive for centuries. Your job is to keep everyone alive long enough to find somewhere worth landing.
Each year you get a report. Resources tick up or down. Events fire — some are choices, some are just things that happen to you. Factions form aboard the ship and start pulling against each other. The crew drifts — ideologically, genetically, psychologically — and the UI starts to reflect it.
There are 11 endings. Most of them are bad.
What I'm looking for:
- How far did you get, and what killed you?
- Did anything feel unfair vs. appropriately punishing?
- Was there a moment where you understood what the game was actually about?
Free download, Windows/Linux. A full run is 30–60 minutes. https://garanlorn.itch.io/dead-reckoning
Any feedback appreciated. Even "It sucks".
Awesome. DM me and send me some samples. I'm happy to discuss this further! Honestly the writing is the story, and I agree on building it out from x or y. The main challenge is making sure the logic works for the basics, and then adding to the schema after it works (Hence the placeholder writing).
But I love your ideas of skilled workers. It's nice to balance the personal and systemic.
Anyways, let me know! At the very least I can promise to give you whatever payment I receive if you're down. Would love to enrich the tone through actual, thoughtful writing. Cheers!