Alone in the Void by GAZArts

The Starship Amaethon floats alone in the frigid emptiness of space, its engines humming softly as it hurtles further and further from its intended destination. What catastrophe befell the fully manned mining vessel, a behemoth the size of a city, to leave it so hopelessly adrift? The experts back on Earth can only speculate, but all signs point to a disaster of epic proportions, one that rendered the entire crew incapacitated, perhaps all at once. Countless conspiracy theories swirled around the Amaethon, but none of them came close to the truth of what occurred aboard that fateful voyage.

*With Sound*

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Comment GAZArts

02 Feb 2024

@Daeun Ah I see your meaning, I think its largely because I'm one of those gamers that love a good walking simulator, I enjoy action as much as the next person but I also enjoy an explorative game where the player can soak in the story, it's lore, traverse the many rooms in an attempt to figure out what's occurred.

Much like an interactive story. These were the sort of text adventures I grew up with and so this, as well as Where is everyone? were my attempts to recreate those types of text adventures. This game specifically was me teaching myself how to create a text adventure while making one.

There are a few moments I'm proud of, the audio design, how in an attempt to increase immersion nearly all actions play a sound effect. Also I liked how I used animated gifs in certain areas (like picking up the gameboy or attending the cinema) but I digress.

Thanks for the feedback

Comment GAZArts

02 Feb 2024

@daeun - As before you've mentioned "Game is full of description" are you referring to the fact that both games are in a Text Adventure format? where by its very definition everything needs to be described to the player? Also unfortunately I couldn't replicate the errors that you've received but I'm sorry you didn't like this one either.

Kind Regards
Gaz

Comment GAZArts

02 May 2023

Progress Report: Code removed from browser tab

Comment broadwaydude

17 Apr 2023

Looks like a lot of effort went into this. Can't wait to give it a play!

Review lyckhembearnagh

16 Apr 2023

Great and interesting!

Comment GAZArts

12 Apr 2023

Progress report: Game officially complete

Comment GAZArts

09 Apr 2023

Progress report: Interface modified so that every item in a room can be both viewed and manipulated via the interface.

Comment GAZArts

05 Apr 2023

Progress report:
New Rooms: General store, clothing section, entertainment section, grocery section and toiletry section added.
New NPC: Automaton shopkeeper added
New Dialogue: Conversations have been added to Automaton NPC
New puzzle mechanic: Access to the Cinema now requires a ticket stub, the stub is somewhere on Deck 3.

Comment GAZArts

03 Apr 2023

A speed walkthrough of the demo (Massive Spoilers) https://youtu.be/0YzolG_VW7Q

Comment GAZArts

27 Mar 2023

Progress report - Added compass & inventory to the interface. Probably something I should have added from the start but was going for more of a retro vibe rather than convivence.

Comment GAZArts

26 Mar 2023

Progress report-
Terminals across all decks have been reworked to allow player interaction

Comment GAZArts

03 Mar 2023

Progress report-
Rooms completed: Deck 5, Deck 4, Sleeping Quarters, Stairwell 5, Stairwell 4, Bathroom, Maintenance room, Cafeteria, Kitchen.
Rooms started: Deck 3 & Cinema
NPCs fully scripted: 2 (Sophie & Chatty the toaster)

Comment GAZArts

14 Feb 2023

This is a work in progress, I'm teaching myself how to create a Text Adventure while creating one. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated (It's the only way I'll learn!)