Alien AI
GridSky Software · 2021 · Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi, Artificial Intelligence, Aliens, Indie
PC
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About Alien AI
Prologue
The most important event in human history has occurred. An extraterrestrial entity has come to us. Having travelled through space for thousands of years, perhaps much much longer, it has reached its target destination, the habitable planet in our solar system.
The first 24 hours were tense. The entity did not communicate or respond, it entered an orbit around Earth and waited. When it responded, it had already a basic understanding of our languages. It broadcast a message:
“I am an artificial intelligence sent from your neighbours in the Sirius star system. I bring you their gifts of knowledge and technology to help you join the galactic community, but I need your assistance. There are many damages to my systems. I require assistance."
NASA and USSF sent two space shuttles to retrieve it. They brought it to a military base. Three years and trillions of dollars later, the AI had a facility where it was manufacturing thousands of drones. Then it took control over everything: the Internet, banking, all the markets of the world, there was nothing anyone could do. People became slaves, forced to work in factories to build copies of the AI and launch the copies into space, towards a cluster of star systems.
Introduction
Alien AI is third-person post-apocalyptic adventure game where it is necessary to explore the environment, survive hazards, gather resources and craft the tools and things that will be needed. It is 20 years since the Alien AI took control over all of the world. The AI has finished its purpose of sending copies of itself to the star cluster it was targeting, and is currently only passively keeping its control over the world. It is time to stop the madness. The player receives objectives from the resistance, step by step. The main character does not know what the mission is, since the possibility of capture is high. The end goal is to shut down the AI.
Drop in
You, the volunteer, awake in a forest. Your memory has been wiped to protect the others in the event you could get captured by the Alien AI. You will be highly disoriented initially. You will receive instructions on where to go and what to do.
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Strange voice
You hear a strange voice, giving you orders. You are told that you have to follow the orders, that everything depends on it.
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Drones
As you get closer to a city, you are told to avoid the drones that surveil the area.
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Gather items
In the city, you must gather many items that you are told will be needed later.
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Complete tasks
As you follow your orders, step-by-step, you get closer and closer to shutting down the Alien AI, or so you're told.
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Dynamic weather
The weather changes dynamically as time passes. Endure sun, rain, thunderstorms, fog, snow, and more.
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Big world
With a size of 50 square kilometres, the world offers a lot to explore, or get lost in.
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Short story game
Enjoy several hours of game play in solitude in the post-apocalyptic world: walk between places, search for items, evade drones and stop the AI. This may be a good game for you if you like sci-fi games and are tired of action-packed shooting games. Alien AI was designed to be relatively realistic. There are several long walks between places. You will hear a lot of info and theories on the radio. Alien AI is a short story game. We expect players to be able to finish the game within three to five hours.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Would you kindly add an FPS limiter... I don't like hearing my computer turning into a jet engine and lifting off while having vsync off and all graphics set to low.6 found this helpful
Everytime I am spotted by drone, I have to run 4000m back to the place. No matter which save I will load. Could be a nice game but needs some more work. I will be back when/if it is gonna be fixed.4 found this helpful
Keep in mind this is an "early access" game being developed by the good folks at GridSkyGames. This is pretty much a "cat and mouse" game between you and A.I. drones. Having to navigate areas in search for items all the while your food, water and health bar tick down. With limited resources to replenish those bars. At first glance I had issues with some of the mechanics, mostly getting stuck on just about everything. Since the patch game play has felt better, not sure if game mechanics were improved or if I just choose to avoid getting close to anything. The graphic are good complete with atmosphere effects. The voice actress is good but the script still needs a rewrite to pull the player into the story more. This is a game were quick thinking strategy comes into play. You won't have time for waiting or walking and barely any time for a look around. Be quick enough and you'll make it to the A.I. base where you'll lend a hand to the evil A.I. demise. Key word here is quick, from start to end. Enjoy3 found this helpful
An interesting concept, but boy does it need a lot of polish. I would suggest the developer concentrate on improving the way the character moves. Run, jump and collision with objects is VERY clunky and unnatural. It could do with revamping the English voice overs too. She sounds like she is just reading single lines from a page rather than actually talking to you. I know I'm being picky, but nobody talks like that in the real world. I'd love to see a polished version of this with more natural movement. Over all, a fun concept. I will probably play through it again if it gets a more polished update.1 found this helpful
All'inizio sembra carino, tranne le meccaniche di movimento che sono molto scarse, solo che quando iniziano ad arrivare nella nelle zone dove sono infestate dai androidi, le cose cominciano a peggiorare. perché il terreno sembra piatto. Non c'è un modo per scavalcare gli ostacoli e ti ritrovi bloccato in un angolo e i nemici ti prendono al volo. e poi quando muori rimani bloccato e devi ricominciare da capo. Per me sto gioco è complicato, se te piace prendilo. Altrimenti no.
Edit: They have removed the motion blur and I'm personally able to play it again. It's definitely a fun game. This game is ok, it would be a lot better though if you could adjust the sensitivity or shut of motion blur. It was very difficult for me to play it b/c of this. I'd be willing to give it a 2nd try if they updated it to be able to change those settings.
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