Spadyssey

Spadyssey is a hard sci-fi ensemble visual novel about six people on a one-way mission who are never coming home. In 2478, humanity sends its first deep-space observatory ship, the Yuanwang, toward an anomalous signal eleven light years away. Over the fourteen-year journey, the crew encounters phenomena that challenge their understanding of the mission and the universe.

The journey

The crew sees a sunset on a starless planet, a dead city that still holds its memories, another ship identical to the Yuanwang and a distress call from eleven years in the future. They begin by thinking they are exploring the universe, then suspect the universe has been waiting for them.

The crew and story

The six crew members have their own work, habits, private objects and secrets. They talk to one another as well as to you. The story spans fourteen chapters and has four endings, unfolding through observation, records and conversation.

Reading and recording

There is no combat, voice-over or busywork. You read, watch and decide what is worth writing down. Your record book becomes the spine of the story: what you record, and what you leave out, matters.

The game uses retro-futurist editorial illustrations with low saturation, quiet compositions and print grain.