Derelict

Derelict is a first person walking simulator. It lets you explore an open air museum that was built by sentient creatures who found the remains of humanity, long after its disappearance. How did they make sense of all the more or less meaningful things humans left behind? An audio guide accompanies you along in this eerie scenery.

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Featuring

• A cat. Addicted to tuna.
• A classic FPS controller. With sprint and crouch options!!
• Some weirdly written speech bubbles.
• UI you can click. With your mouse.
• Settings for graphics, sound, and controls (including key binding)
• A narrow set of colours to pretend I know how to make artistic decisions
• Flying fishes and dead horses
• A minimalist and peaceful soundscape

Languages

Sound and UI: English
Subtitles: English, French, German

Recommended hardware

	Minimum	Recommanded
CPU	Intel core i7-3820	Intel Core i5 7600k
RAM	8GB DDR3	8GB DDR4
GPU	Geforce GTX 650Ti	Geforce GTX 1660 Super
Drive	700MB free space	700 MB free space

It’s both a student project and my first video game. Any feedback is most welcome!

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Q&A

Right but… Why did you do that?
The starting point was the realisation that our civilization may not be as sustainable as we might think. I initially wanted to make an animated film showing what would be left of us humans, if we were to disappear. I wanted to depict a wasteland with ruins and old human artefacts, with nature slowly reclaiming space. But the more I tried to materialise that, the more the project shifted towards the interactive and the absurd.

Help! The game stutters and is super slow. What should I do?
I see three potential solutions. In order of ease of application:

1. In game you can press Escape and click Options > Graphics and reduce resolution and quality. Setting it to Medium or Low should improve things.
2. Check if your drivers for your graphics card are up to date.
3. You… Do have a graphics card right? If you don’t, it might be tricky for your PC to run this game, sorry! See if your system matches the listed hardware above. If it doesn’t, try to run the game on a different computer that does.

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