Voyageur Launched

The Descent Device: faster-than-light travel at speeds no human should go; an alien mystery. But it only goes one way, falling from star to star towards the centre of the galaxy. Voyageur is a literary RPG where you take the helm of a trader-vagabond vessel, looking for adventure, wealth, and answers in an infinite galaxy full of procedural cultures and civilizations.

I’ve occasionally mentioned here Bruno Dias’ development work on Voyageur, a text exploration and trading game through procedurally generated worlds and spaces. It launches today for iOS and Android! Here’s the launch video:

2 thoughts on “Voyageur Launched”

  1. Hi Emily, do you have an opinion about Voyageur? The launch video is very light on details of what the game actually is.

    1. What it actually is: a trading and exploration game where you’re traveling through procedurally generated planets and planetary systems. As you can see from the screenshots, this is choice-based, but in a pretty systematic way.

      I’ve seen a lot of development blog information and talks about this en route (and have heard Bruno talking about it as well), but haven’t had a chance to play it myself yet, which is why there isn’t a detailed commentary with my own views here. I’ll try to follow up if I have a chance.

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