Find Your Way Back Home By Communicating with AI Controlled Spacecraft – Event[0] to Launch in September

After drawing attention as a concept demo, developers Ocelot Society have confirmed they will be bringing the first-person narrative exploration game Event[0] to the Steam digital distribution platform in September.

In this game players find themselves aboard a desolate spacecraft known as the Nautilus. As a player, your only companion is an insecure AI entity named Kaizen with whom you interact by typing messages on computer terminals throughout the ship. To get home, you must build a personal relationship with the AI using natural language typed via keyboard. Kaizen can procedurally generate over two million lines of dialog and the AI entity is supposed to have a “strong personality influenced by human input”. As in any relationship, there can be gratitude, disappointment or jealousy, and Kaizen reacts differently depending on its mood. By working through the fears and anxieties of your virtual companion you can ultimately find your way back to Earth—while unraveling the cryptic history of the ship and the 1980s society from which it emerged.

Event[0] began as a six-month student project, which eventually evolved into a full title. The game is backed by France’s CNC public arts organization and by the Indie Fund, a funding source for independent developers launched as an alternative to traditional publisher models.

Ron Carmel | Co-Founder of the Indie Fund and Co-Creator of World of Goo

Event[0] takes me back to the kind of magic I felt playing Zork as a kid. There are moments where I can suspend disbelief and feel like I’m actually having a conversation with an advanced AI, probing its inner workings with words.

Léonard Carpentier | Co-founder and CEO of Ocelot Society

Event[0] is like our AI child: over the past two years it has grown from a vibrant but limited concept into a fully realized narrative exploration game. Our team has created an evocative world for players to explore and Kaizen can’t wait to find new humans to become best friends with!

Expect to hear even more about Event[0] in the coming weeks leading to launch.

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