Keylogger: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel
Isaac Birchmier · 2023 · Casual, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, 2D, Text-Based
PC
9 user reviews78% · 9
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About Keylogger: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel
Keylogger is a visual novel about identity theft in a future where losing your information means certain death.
Follow the story of Alsace Morose, a man who was put into insurmountable debt when he was a young boy, and his crew of identity thieves, or "keyloggers," who travel throughout the Continuum in their rocket, the “S.S. Hummingbird,” searching for identities to steal.
The crew of the S.S. Hummingbird is: Quaternine, a normal-looking man who is actually part Temnospondic; Cruce, a fundamentalist Christian whose viewpoints are antiquated in the futuristic Continuum; Akhtempo, a 6’11” New Egyptian who lost his keylog during the RTE; and Galacia, Morose’s girlfriend from Crystallica, who is entirely made of crystal.
The only way they can make ends meet is by selling people out of existence.
Each person’s family name in the Continuum is given a debt which they must pay back, or they risk being wiped by the Grid. The family debt was instituted to prevent the bankruptcy of the Continuum, which had too much owed to them by the citizens. Once a member of the Continuum turns 16, their debt repayment plan is put into effect.
The keylogs fetch a large price, and can be used to sell the “potential,” so to speak, of each living person, if the keylog can be acquired. That’s where keyloggers come into play. Keyloggers are identity thieves, whose one goal is to obtain keylogs. The main goal of keyloggers is to “dox” and attain the keylogs of people so they can sell them out of existence.
Keylogger is a kinetic sci-fi visual novel spanning 83 chapters, with an additional 88 footnotes for deeper explanation.
Follow the story of Alsace Morose, a man who was put into insurmountable debt when he was a young boy, and his crew of identity thieves, or "keyloggers," who travel throughout the Continuum in their rocket, the “S.S. Hummingbird,” searching for identities to steal.
The crew of the S.S. Hummingbird is: Quaternine, a normal-looking man who is actually part Temnospondic; Cruce, a fundamentalist Christian whose viewpoints are antiquated in the futuristic Continuum; Akhtempo, a 6’11” New Egyptian who lost his keylog during the RTE; and Galacia, Morose’s girlfriend from Crystallica, who is entirely made of crystal.
The only way they can make ends meet is by selling people out of existence.
Synopsis:
Each person’s family name in the Continuum is given a debt which they must pay back, or they risk being wiped by the Grid. The family debt was instituted to prevent the bankruptcy of the Continuum, which had too much owed to them by the citizens. Once a member of the Continuum turns 16, their debt repayment plan is put into effect.
The keylogs fetch a large price, and can be used to sell the “potential,” so to speak, of each living person, if the keylog can be acquired. That’s where keyloggers come into play. Keyloggers are identity thieves, whose one goal is to obtain keylogs. The main goal of keyloggers is to “dox” and attain the keylogs of people so they can sell them out of existence.
Keylogger is a kinetic sci-fi visual novel spanning 83 chapters, with an additional 88 footnotes for deeper explanation.
What Steam players say
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"Keylogger: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel" is an abandoned Early Access, unfinished E-book... that's right, this is not a game, it's an unfinished book. I don't know what goes through some people's heads when they think it would be a great idea to use Steam as a cheap alternative to finding a book publisher, I guess they probably deep down know they aren't good enough to write professionally, and $100 for Steam Direct isn't so bad, is it? But we have to put gamers first. Glutting up Steam with things that aren't games is bad for gamers. And dumping unfinished trash E-books on Steam is bad for everyone. This is "free" enough, at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the e-book peaked at only 2 concurrent readers... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Nope. This isn't worth downloading. While this d…3 found this helpful
Игра 'Keylogger: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel' – это захватывающее погружение в темный и технологичный мир киберпанка. Визуальный стиль приятный, хоть и несколько минималистичный, но он передает атмосферу секретности и подозрительности. Сюжет, раскрывающийся через логи клавиатуры и онлайн-активность персонажей, оригинален и цепляет с первых минут. Понравилась нелинейность повествования, где каждое решение влияет на исход событий и отношения с другими героями. Персонажи получились интересными и многогранными, каждый со своими мотивами и тайнами. Некоторые диалоги могли бы быть более глубокими и проработанными, но в целом, игра оставила положительное впечатление. Она заставляет задуматься о приватности в эпоху цифровых технологий и возможных последствиях киберпреступности. Рекомендую всем любителям визуальных новелл и киберпанка!
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