About This Game

RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a multimodal project that experimentally combines book, game, and several other forms of design to reconstruct a piece of historical background on the Space Immigration Era from different perspectives.

Game Introduction

The game of RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, through which the players will be able to immersively experience a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.

A time when everyone relied on space suits.

Daily life was seemingly ordinary.

Then suddenly, anomalies appeared!

It was gradually collapsing of cognition...

Or was it reality?

Join this adventure to seek the truth!

IMPORTANT NOTES

This game was developed with RPG Maker MZ, so the Steam screenshot function cannot be directly activated by F12. If this function is needed, please follow these steps:

1. Copy the following code:

--in-process-gpu

2. Paste it into Library > RECORD_DrowsyVortex > Manage > Properties... > Launch Options (as shown in the picture)

3. Now screenshots can be taken with F12.

[Note: Some devices may experience a black screen when loading some scenes of the final stage. Please try closing the game and relaunching it, or removing the "--in-process-gpu" in Launch Options and then relaunching it.]

Features

• The survival and psychological states of natural disaster survivors.

• All human-shaped characters have either masked or object-headed images, or both.

• Deal with a Lovecraftian creature.

• Detailed map and book content designs.

• Explore the hidden plot behind the story while taking daily tasks.

• Experience a short weirdcore-style journey in another space in the form of a text adventure.

• Simple battle process - The ultimate goal is to survive, reach the destination, and find the last truth!

Story Overview

The story begins on a Space Immigrants planet that has experienced a devastating natural disaster, named Drowsy Vortex. As one of the survivors, the protagonist voluntarily became an investigator on the only remaining land, but whose daily life was immersed in finding investigation commissions and running errands. Although the living environment was not what it used to be, the survivors could still live in peace with mutual support.

One day, a huge and abnormal creature suddenly appeared on this very last land of the planet, disrupting the increasingly peaceful post-disaster life.

As people gradually accepted its harmlessness and began to get used to its existence, more weird situations beyond recognition have quietly penetrated into the protagonist's life... What truths are still hidden on the lost Drowsy Vortex?

Awards

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

This project was initiated in September 2022. As part of an academic exploration of emerging technologies, AI image generation tools (which were still in the early stages of development at the time) were used to assist with the visual processing of certain content, and an AI music generation tool was used in the production of the background music.

To avoid the misuse of generative AI tools, only the default datasets provided by the respective tools were used during development. The methods of use included:

1. Processing real photographs to create "alien" or "distorted" visual effects;
2. Using abstract images generated from provided keywords as references for manual redesign, reconstruction, and painting;
3. Generating atmospheric music clips by adjusting parameters such as instrumentation and tempo, followed by manual editing and refinement.

All content involving artificial intelligence was completed before 2023. Since then, the use of AI image generation technology in development has been fully discontinued and will not continue in future production.

For all AI-generated image assets used in this work, only usage rights are retained by the project.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains:
1. Depictions of deteriorating or distorted mental states caused by sanity collapse
2. Psychological horror and body horror content
3. Mild depictions of violence and expressions of pain during combat
4. Mildly offensive language

Player discretion is advised.