Consortium

Consortium is an interactive narrative about investigating a murder aboard the Consortium Command vessel C-3800-D ZENLIL. The story takes place entirely aboard the ship on December 21st, 2042, and follows a complete, resolvable arc as the first game in a planned trilogy.

The story begins in the real world, where Interdimensional Games has developed the iDGi-1 satellite, which can open a digital rift through time and space. Anyone with an internet connection can travel through it and awaken in an alternate dimension in 2042. From there, you explore ZENLIL, a living, highly interactive environment built with a modified version of the SOURCE engine, with freedom to act and events such as turbulence and non-scripted decompression.

Investigate the murder

You act as a detective investigating a murder while trying to keep the ship’s large group of mercenaries from turning against you. You can use diplomacy and talk your way through the game without shooting anyone, or choose deadly or non-lethal force. Your actions shape how the story unfolds, and the experience continues while adapting to what you do or leave undone.

Meet the crew

More than 20 people make up the cast, with over 4,000 lines of fully voiced dialogue. Your choices affect how characters think of you, and you can also avoid conversations altogether. You can build lasting relationships with ZENLIL’s crew and change the course of the story; later playthroughs let you make different decisions and encounter new outcomes.

Ship and its systems

The game includes an energy-based inventory system, along with original science-fiction weapons, gadgets and armor. Its world includes more than 150,000 words of backstory and lore, with details in what you read, see, speak and hear connected to the story and characters. An original orchestral score is composed by Jeremy Soule.