I made it to the end of what was playable!

This was pretty nice for an unfinished entry, and I can definitely relate to only completing a percentage of what you had planned.

The visuals were great, the NPC's all looked interesting, and the filter on the viewport was a neat touch.

Combat was simple but it worked, though admittedly it did feel a bit odd having to interact with an NPC before attacking at first. I think it would've been better if interaction started automatically, since you're sucked into the view of the NPCs anyways.

For most of the game until I unlocked the ability to talk to the spacers I found it kinda annoying that enemies could just spawn behind you. It felt like it broke the pacing of the gameplay since there were already enemies manually placed in the level that I could see and strategize around. The reveal towards the end kinda addresses it but not really since it doesn't explain why the random enemies attack on site, but not the placed ones.

I do like the multiple stages of progression as you unlock new parts of your bots programming. Being able to talk to people, unlocking the combat module for more damage, and the climbing module was pretty neat though underexplored given how much was cut out. But it still tied into the narrative in a cool way, like being unable to ask why you have to do what you're doing.

This was a neat entry, though sadly unfinished. I did enjoy what was released in any case, good work!

Such a solid entry! How do I get the rest of it? ;) I loved it.

You can find my play through here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2116031581?t=01h53m12s

Very nice game! I liked the narration most of all. It was also interesting with some options never being possible to select. Even if it probably related to content cut due to running out of time, it kind of became a form of narrative too. Like you can’t ask mother “why” in the beginning because you don’t have that ability yet. Probably never will get. Or perhaps that one was on purpose. I liked it a lot though.

I was about to give up in the first room, because I couldn’t open the door. This was because I had pressed so much Return in the dialog I forgot that F was the interaction key when outside of the dialog. Might be worth reminding players or make a bit of remapping so Return also works as F the same way F works for Return in the dialog/text options.

It was a bit hard at times to see when there was a lot of text where the current message started. Perhaps there could have been an empty line or some margin or something to mark it out a bit.

The game was a bit confusing pacing-wise. Leaving that first safe room, I got hit down to a sliver of health before reaching the healing station. That made me think, alright this game is going to toy with my emotions and keep me feeling like I’ll be dying all the time. And then the save feature said it might have saved. Which reinforced that feeling. But after that first close call, the game soon leveled me up enough I could hardly be hurt by the spacers.

The fighting was of course quite simplistic and with the random encounters, it was about to become a bit annoying but then I found the weapons module and could one-shot the spacers and then it was fine.

I only killed one of the people in the cryo-tanks, because it felt the right thing to do. The others weren’t going anywhere. And equally it was the most parsimonious option to reduce awake crew after having spoken to and learnt the truth from the one standing before the end thingy.

Lovely little game, very well written.

Playthrough: https://youtu.be/bttt5o0f_iY (there’s a pause where I restarted and got myself back to the door before I realized what key to press)

Oh my god. Loved this! I kept dying to ninja space dudes who appeared behind me and then finally managed to get repaired and armed. Really beautiful game and interesting premise. Looking forward to a more completed version!

I thank you for climbing up a ledge without glitching through the floor or my game crashing.

Seriously, this was really promising. The presentation is notably great, I love the environments and I love the characters. The game sounds good too and controls great. A game where you can attack plot characters is automatically extra ambitious and cool. Also yes the verticality was actually cool too. Finally I really enjoyed reading the text, it's directly linked to the action, flows well and is fun and funny, judging by the last dialog I guess I was going to do weird things for mother.

This was great except that now I want more of it.

Aw, I  would have loved to play a bit more, well done! This was nicely written and I while I wept for the humans, I just wanted to please Mother. You nailed the mood.

Great!

The crt screen and animation and sound is very cool.

Like others, I had trouble getting out of first room. :D

Hey,

that was a really cool experience even if it was rather short lived. But I enjoyed the ride very much. The art was cool, great job there. The story was pretty neat. Lots of text, but well written. Loved the Credits. :D But the End not so much. :P

I super enjoyed this game.

Love the Repair-O-Tron. Thinking about buying one from amazon.

Lots of text.

That I didn't read.

So I had to stop at the password prompt.

Because I didn't read.

What?

Great entry.

It made me smile several times, it’s a really nice way to lay out the game and tell the story. I understand the pressure of a jam and ambitions, so I salute for what you you’ve done!

I thought that stepping on the tile with a spacer is enough to trigger a dialog, so I was confused a couple of times there, but after that it went smoothly. Probably it can be a good idea to just assume that player wants to interact when stepping on an occupied tile (same for pickups and saves).

Wow, there is so much dialog in this game and well written, too. The graphics and sound are very nice and the animations of the enemies are amongst the best in the whole jam! Plays very well. My only nitpick is, that it is very hard and th view is a bit angled to low for my liking.

Great game! Loved the art style and the animations on the unknown spacers! Was stuck in the first room for longer than I care to admit, but when I finally decided to re-read the controls (don't know why it took me so long to do that), I found myself really enjoying the gameplay and the witty dialogue!

F is to open doors - this changed my life :D!

Awesome aesthetic, a LOT of little things to unlock and really interesting take. Really awesome proof of concept here! Loved the art-style and the general feel of the game. It's darn hard tho! Be careful not to pick fights you cannot win (as I did multiple times).

Awesome!

Really love this concept of this game! Feels like it could be a huge hit if its fully fleshed out. For those wondering, 24 Characters is the limit for your name O_O.

Am I dumb why am I stuck in the first room ? ;-;

If everyone know please tell me, it looks like a cool game I really want to test it as much as I can before rating

I really enjoyed this, even if it was cut short due to time constraints. I hope you continue developing it! I got some System Shock vibes which was cool and I definitely would like to see more!