tl;dr - Walk around ship and listen to crew members (to make them speak walk into rooms, stay in room until they finish). Attempt to save the crew by brigging the correct person at the correct time. The game is not random in anyway so use your knowledge from previous plays to find the killer.
This is our game for Ludum Dare 26 jam: Murder on the Tuberosum
This is our first completed Ludum Dare game and we hope you guys enjoy it! We had a lot of fun making it! Thanks to everyone that tries it out, and thank you to our friends for voice acting and writing music for us!
Story: The Captain thinks a mutiny is underway on the Tuberosum, but is that the only threat the ship faces? As the ship's Security Officer it's your job to save the ship and her crew, but you can only brig a single crew member at a time. Can you save the Tuberosum?
Theme: Minimalism:
Minimal Abilities: You can walk, listen, call red alert, and brig. No guns, No powers. Minimal HUD: The only HUD element is the brig option. Minimal Style: Explore a clean modern spaceship with a crew of simple stylized aliens.
Hints: If nothing seems to be happening you may need to press the 'B' key to call everyone to bridge so you can choose who to brig. There are many branches, you will need multiple play-throughs to see them, simply reload the webpage to start over.
Credits: Music - Jeff Craft Voice Acting - Robert Price and Chris Schulze Everything else - Joseph and Sonya Utecht
Tools Used: Unity Pro Trial ProBuilder Trial Chat Mapper Trial Sculpturis Alpha Blender Audacity App Notion Paint Tool Sai(Read Me-art) chronolapse - timelapse (will be uploaded later) notepad++ notepad friends' voice and music talents
*Update* Fixed a few bugs found while making the ports to win/osx and linux (however there is still a few more before we are ready to publish them), web version and source have been updated. If you are experiencing very high mouse sensitivity you may need to turn your mouse sensitivity down as there is no good way to adjust this from the unity web interface, sorry we didn't catch this in development. :(
@bobKat When the red alert is sounding and people are gathered in the bridge (which you can trigger yourself with B) you just walk up to someone and left click (it should say something in the middle of the sceen) once you have clicked on them they will walk to the brig, just follow them to end the day.
Really cool idea! I got killed by the mutineers, but I could totally see this going neat places later on. I wish there was an easy way to see who was talking in the multi-person conversations. The controls are pretty hard to get used to, kinda made me motion sick.
But I love love love the concept. You really should make this into a larger game.
Great idea and a big effort with all that voice acting content. I almost thought I was listening to Commander Tuvok for a second there :) Along with the high mouse sensitivity, I found selecting a player to brig tricky - didn't always seem to change when I centred my field of view on them. Got him in the end though :)
I love star trek so this was fun. I can't say I really understood what was going on though, I just jailed random people until I got the right one. It would be great to expand the game with an inventory and clues to pick up! Nice voice acting!
Nice concept, I had a hard time with the mouse sensitivity though.
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Monxcleyr Productions19 May 2013, 10:02
I really, really enjoyed this concept. As many have mentioned, it was like an isolated Star Trek episode, and I mean that in the best way possible. The voice acting was great, although I would have liked to see the writing be a bit more robust. If these characters had personalities and motivations to go along with everything else this would be a much stronger narrative. At the risk of sounding repetitive, I'll echo the issues with mouse sensitivity and discerning who is speaking in group conversations. The music also didn't seem to fit the mood of the story and concept, and ended well before I finished the game.
I hope you continue to work on this game - with fleshed-out visuals, stronger writing and maybe another mechanic or two (an inventory/clue system, perhaps), this could be a really strong experience.
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But I love love love the concept. You really should make this into a larger game.
At the risk of sounding repetitive, I'll echo the issues with mouse sensitivity and discerning who is speaking in group conversations. The music also didn't seem to fit the mood of the story and concept, and ended well before I finished the game.
I hope you continue to work on this game - with fleshed-out visuals, stronger writing and maybe another mechanic or two (an inventory/clue system, perhaps), this could be a really strong experience.