First of all - Eid Mubarak for all my Muslim friends reading this! Wishing you a joyous Hari Raya celebration with family & friends 🙏🏻

We’re back with the 2nd Devlog of the year, this time I’m sharing some new info about the game content - a first look into one of the core exploration mechanics; Planet Rekindling, the universe lore & the freshly designed Antagonists of the game! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did making them!

https://youtu.be/gHkLDKadOdk

As mentioned in the video - the idea for I NEED SPACE sprouted when we had to isolate ourselves during the recent global pandemic, the experience from that event inspired the question - "what if the pandemic happens on a universal scale?"

You know, as much as the Pandemic hurts at the time - I was actually grateful too, because I got to spend a lot more time with my loved ones and especially my 2 boys Poki & Soba, who are the main inspirations for Nebula in the game.

They both have really bushy curly tails irl!

Puzzles like the one where you have to set a blockage in the Moon was a direct experience of me trying to outsmart my boys as I’m trying bathe them on a Sunday afternoon 😅 It’s little things like that - but perhaps pet parents can somewhat relate ~

The game takes place in the Solfège Galaxy, a star system that has been swept by a mysterious pandemic. Everything was engulfed in a destructive Haze that rendered most O2 producing flora to be extinct, and mass population desperate to survive.

The game universe is made up of 7 playable Sectors, each with its own biomes, hazards, flora, fauna, unique gameplay mechanics, bosses & most importantly - themes.

Though I will not be going much into the themes of each Sector at this time - I just want to emphasize that these thematic values are what significantly drove the design, for example the first Sector is built upon the theme of Curiousity - which is highly fitting for the first introductory hours of the game. Oh, and did I mention…cats?

The last Sector is not included in this post, because that’s a huuuuge spoiler - so I’m gonna be hush-hush about that one for now :) (or we just haven’t actually got any image of it just yet).

One of the few survivors of the Pandemic formed an interstellar corporation we refer to as the Apemen, a space venturing race that have been generationally forced into all kinds of exploitative labor such as planet fracking, slavery, over-mining and so on due to the scarcity of O2. Basically they’re the main baddies of the game. I have just posted the very first image of them last week on social media - so here’s a majestic yet (hopefully) intimidating mugshot of the Apemen.

In the game you’ll come across them not only exploiting the few remaining planets, but also trying to capture all the cosmic beings like Nebula, and so this is where the conflict lies between them and Starkid (the protagonist).

The Apemen is led by a Commander, and the followers - to mine precious resources from all corners of the galaxy, of which will be transported & refined in their space factories, all in order to sustain their survival at all cost mentality - Here’s an early look at some of their activities.

However! All hope is not lost! As Starkid and friends are able to revive planets, and bring them back from a sad state - into a living, breathing ecosystem once again. This revival process is called Planetary Rekindling.

With the help of a horticulturist, Starkid is able to gather space junks and debris to be utilized as fertilizers, which are used to balance the planetary conditions required in order to commence the Rekindling process. This can only be done by setting up a Greenhouse on dying planets.

Well, it’s been a blast sharing all these new exciting content from the game! It’s quite a long one this time, but there’s plenty more where it came from :)

Thank you so much for tuning in! If you like what you see - please support the project by wishlisting the game on Steam, and follow our social media for frequent updates on new gameplay clips!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2337180/I_NEED_SPACE/

• Website | www.khayalanarts.com
  
• Instagram | @i_need_space__game
  
• X | @ineedspace_game
  
• Discord | MEOWKY WAY https://discord.gg/jUTgJVnzt6
  
• YouTube | Khayalan Arts https://www.youtube.com/@khayalanarts2854
  
• Presskit | {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/ineedspacedeck

Laters!

El - Head Dev

It’s been a while since I have shared an update from this project - the team and I had been busy crafting this game away, and day by day this little space adventure appears to be taking shape nicely thanks to all your feedbacks from our conceptual & mechanical playtesting throughout 2023. Stay tuned for a bunch of exciting updates to come - but today let me start with the first devlog of 2024 by sharing some gameplay highlights from the public demo. Hope you like it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg5RGmakckc

The protagonist (Player) and the Cosmic Cat companion (Nebula) find themselves in the same boat spaceship reluctantly forced into an adventure together at the beginning of the story, tackling the subjects of existentialism, nature vs technology, morality - all presented in fragments of encounters that when put together - paints a wholesome picture!

At heart we hope to convey the emotional depth of relationships that one can nurture, and may also lose, while navigating a seemingly bleak, doomed universe.

If you like what you see - please support the project by wishlisting the game on Steam, and tune in to our social media for frequent updates on new gameplay clips!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2337180/I_NEED_SPACE/

- Website | www.khayalanarts.com- Instagram | @i_need_space__game- X | @ineedspace_game- Discord | MEOWKY WAY https://discord.gg/jUTgJVnzt6- YouTube | Khayalan Arts https://www.youtube.com/@khayalanarts2854- Presskit | {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/ineedspacedeck

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El - Head Dev