Hello Spacewalkers! As April begins, we have another episode of DevDiary for you. Something cool and chilly to start this spring with (it’s even snowing in Poland when we’re writing this - yes, at the beginning of April. Wonderful April Fools’ day, my darling Spring. Truly amazing… not). This time we would like to tell you a little bit about the setting of our game. And by setting we mean the world of the game - not only the spaceship where the action takes place. As you know, we were inspired by many works and different media - from science fictions books of the 50s/60s to the Alien(s) movie franchise of the 70s/80s. That’s why we are creating retro sf mood and look. You know, crude inventions, wire connections, and almost no high-tech as we are seeing it. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39210276/91b11268f5ff275d1e6738ee34a7df350a86c65b.png[/img] This is not to say that in our setting computers, Artificial Intelligence, or cybernetic implants do not exist. Everything - and more - is here, but with a more classical, 80s cyberpunk vibe. More hardwires, more rough inventions, and fewer transhumans ideas. So, almost everyone has a brain implant, but wireless connections it's a rare thing. People may use exoskeletons, but there is no Wikipedia-like knowledge database that connects everything. In our retro-futuristic version of Earth, the home of mankind becomes a less and less hospitable place. Not only for “ecological” reasons - but also because of those evil corporations and their power-hungry attitude. That’s why more and more people look into the skies for a way to escape the so-called Old Terra. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39210276/f427613234cc11a02040357109eb431e06161f73.png[/img] Fortunately, there are still people, not only religious ones, thinking about the other poor souls. People with enough connections, money, and resources to build spaceships and to offer at least some humans possibility to find a new home. Those “magnates” create special charities or humanitarian organizations, which help everyone find a new home. Of course, the big corporations and international companies also work hard to colonize space. These kinds of entities have much more options and power but are less trusted - at least by part of the citizens of the planet Earth. Nevertheless, those enterprises have much more tools to build better-equipped colonies in space. That is how the setting of “Cryospace” looks. You, as a player, will become an ordinary maintenance guy on a spaceship aiming for the New World. A spaceship full of usual people, like you - not-trained workers waiting to be unfrozen on the other side of the galaxy. A spaceship with some crew, some trained professionals, and a strong connection to the Earth. A spaceship where something goes wrong… [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39210276/c09874f4c6293009875b28031c84cee868d3f905.png[/img] You are just a regular maintenance guy. And you’ve just awoken… …to a true nightmare. Stay cool, Spacewalkers! Cryospace Team