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Point Of No Return

2020 +Design / Art / +Writing / Programming / Sound

You've just awoken from stasis. Protocol states that you must complete reorientation tests. Your ship's AI must determine if the long sleep has had any physiological or psychological impact. Answer honestly. Answer carefully.

The text 'POINT OF NO RETURN' written vertically to the left on a space scape backdrop with a white line down the middle

Point Of No Return is a short narrative experience (~35 mins) written for AdventureJam 2020 that is just as much an album as it is a game.

Find it on: Game Jolt

PaL (the ship onboard computer) saying 'Certain systems are beyond my ability to recalibrate without putting you in direct danger.'. The player is presented with the statement 'ONLY ONE PERSON CAN BE A WANDERER, TWO TOGETHER ARE ALWAYS GOING SOMEWHERE.' - they can answer STRONGLY AGREE, AGREE, NEUTRAL/UNKWOWN, DISAGREE or STRONGLY DISAGREE First person view from a small boat in an ocean with some shooting stars in the distance. An interface for re-routing power on the ship. The sections are COMMUNICATIONS, CREW STATUS, WEAPONS, ENGINES, DIAGNOSTICS. The player has choices to move from those sections into the reserves.