0xE125: Crimson Spiral

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A science fantasy visual novel.

In the distant future, long after the extinction of humanity, a lonely android drifts through space. Her name is Phi.

Long before that, in another world in the year 1988, a new technology is released allowing for near-instantaneous space travel. The time dilation field generator. The technology doesn't perform as intended though, and instead sends many humans to the end of time.

The story for this game was originally conceived and posted on 0x10cforum.com, and the universe was inspired by the 0x10c universe. 0x10c, pronounced "ten to the see," was a game in development by Markus Persson, but has since been cancelled. I've continued to develop my story though, and am now working on turning it into a visual novel.

The original name for the story, 0xE125, was obviously inspired by 0x10c's bizarre name. Admittedly, the name was horrible, so I decided to come up with a new name. I decided on Crimson Spiral.

Most of the story will be told from the point of view of Phi, but Mars will also act as the POV character part of the time.

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Recently I've added a new feature to the game which has huge implications regarding the game-play.

For a time I have been debating with myself what the best way to represent "hacking into computers" within this game, for it is an important component to the story. First I used simple menu-driven choices, but this didn't feel too hackish and it was too obvious what the correct answer was. Then I went for logic puzzles, but all of the riddles I could come up with felt like they had too little to do with the task at hand.

Then I had an ambitious idea. Why don't I let the players hack into the computers directly?


The ability to access in-game computers using a command-line interface.

The feature might not be very accessible to those unfamiliar with command-line interfaces, so it will always be optional. It will be necessary, however, in order to obtain the best endings.

There will be a few different computers you can hack into throughout the story, and you will be able to move files between them by using removable storage media. There might be some puzzles that require moving files from one computer to another to solve.

I feel like this new feature adds quite a bit of depth to the game.

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