Brinkmanship

Brinkmanship is a first-person sci-fi mystery set aboard a colony ship carrying 30,000 people. The ship has been traveling for 20 years—your entire life—but has secretly changed course, putting the future you were promised at risk. You investigate what is happening and confront the captain to get the ship back on track.

Investigate the ship

You uncover hidden truths and work out the motives behind the ship’s change of course. As the investigation progresses, the fate of everyone you have known is at stake.

Conversations and choices

Brinkmanship emphasizes conversation over violence, but you have a gun available. During critical conversations, you can draw, stow or fire it, using force or restraint alongside your words. You can negotiate, assert control through violence, or take a bribe to make your accusations disappear; your decisions shape the story and the fate of the crew.