Zoo Base - A Pan-Galactic Misadventure Thread

Hi Folks!

I'm just stopped by to shamelessly drop a little promo for our roguelike/interactive fiction/management hybrid Zoo Base. The general premise is that you run a top-secret research facility in shallow space, and have to manage various political organisation while researching twenty animal species.

I've posted up a general teaser for the game, as well as explored how (and why) we're trying to resuscitate a game made in 36 hours back in 2002.

Like many roguelikes it's a pretty complicated affair, and our marketing job is made harder by the fact that it's a totally text-based game, played out in a terminal window. It's not like can show off sexy screenshots or concept art (except for the 237 guys out there who can't get enough of ASCII art).

Still, we're confident in the design and the ideas, and think we can build a compelling game. If we get enough support and interest, we might consider bolting on a 2D engine, but at the moment we simply don't have the resources. And besides, we want to get the gameplay and story right first.

I'm currently working on a teaser trailer, and the dev team (all one of him) his pushing to get an alpha demo released in March.

Big thanks to anyone who's stopped by to read! We need all the support we can get on this one

Edited by: jjc_uk