I started my project for Adventure Jam with 4 days late, but I will do my best to make progress and finish in time. See below my ideas, thoughts and questionnings for this game.

Project

My project for the jam will be in the Black Cube series (see my previous games ASA, Catyph, Myha) because it is easier for me in a limited time: I know the world very well, I can use some existing assets such as the astronaut, textures, CSE spaceships…

Characters

I would like to do something that creates a strong relationship between the hero astronaut, and his AI (in a good or bad way).
The AI would be named DIAM (an anagram of MAID, which was the name of the AI in my first game ASA). DIAM would be a unique custom version created by a scientist (the hero) in order to make his creation as close as possible to a human being. DIAM can theorically be downloaded in various modules and places, such as probes or computers, in order to interact with them. We can say that DIAM can have any possible form of physical body somehow, and it has the hability to talk with the hero. It’s almost a kind of reploid or replicant!

World

The heros start in a spaceship heading for planet Catyph. For a reson (yet to find) they become interested in one of its numerous moons. This moon is Kel Leda, and is inspired by the real moon of Saturn, Enceladus. It is a moon made of ice outside, but under the ice there is a vast ocean. This ocean is liquid and has a warm temperature thanks to a magmatic activity. As a result it can potentially shelter life!

Gameplay

The hero astronaut cannot visit Kel Leda himself, because his spacesuit is not prepared for underwater exploration, so he sends DIAM in a probe (or small submarine/spaceship), under the icy surface through a tunnel in a geyser. DIAM follows your orders (or not) in order to visit a small part of the ocean. You see the progress of DIAM on your monitor in the spaceship, thanks to a camera on its module.
I want this game to be short of course (limited time during the jam), but on the other hand I think there is a good potential for an interesting game.

Writing the story

The above is all I have so far, and I need to find more ideas to write the scenario. Here’s a list of my questionnings and ideas: Why were they going to Catyph? What catched their attention on Kel Leda? What will happen in the ocean? Where will they find the Black Cube in this game, and what will happen then? Is there life on Kel Leda? Microscopic, or humanoid, or monsters? And is it affected by the Cube? How, why, etc…