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What is Spares?

Step into the boots of an engineer aboard a rust bucket of a spaceship, navigating the vast expanse of space. In Spares, whether playing single-player or multiplayer co-op, you and your partners will work together in a chaotic scramble to locate and scrap pieces of the spaceship in order to repair, upgrade, and innovate crucial systems as your ship journeys through alien space, black holes, wormholes, and pirate territories.

Narrative

As an engineer, you don't control the ship's navigation or interactions with alien species - that's the job of the irrational and incompetent crew on the Bridge. Your focus is keeping the ship in working condition, ensuring it can withstand the rigors of space travel and the dangers that lurk in the cosmos.

Visuals

Marvel at the beauty of the universe through the ship's windows as you work. From the swirling colours of nebulae and galaxies to the intense darkness of black holes, or witnessing your ship warping into the middle of an epic alien space battle - every moment will be a visual feast.

Objective

Your primary goal is to maintain and upgrade the spaceship, ensuring it reaches its destinations safely. Collaborate with your co-op partners to overcome engineering challenges, manage resources, and innovate new technologies.

Gameplay Elements (Planned)

First-Person POV: Experience the game from the immersive perspective of an engineer.

Co-op Multiplayer: Team up with friends to tackle engineering challenges together.

Restricted Movement: Players are confined to a few decks of the ship, focusing on their engineering duties.

Dynamic Environment: Witness epic space battles and breath taking cosmic phenomena from the "safety" of your engineering stations.

Space Walks: Occasionally venture outside the ship for thrilling spacewalks to perform critical repairs.

Time-Limited Actions: Race against the clock to synthesize materials and apply them to the ship's systems.

Innovation: Create new inventions to enhance the ship's capabilities and ensure its survival.

Unique Selling Points

Immersive Engineering Experience: A unique perspective on space travel, focusing on the often-overlooked role of the engineer.

Co-op Gameplay: Emphasizes teamwork and collaboration in a peer-to-peer setting.

Dynamic and Beautiful Universe: Stunning visuals and dynamic events that keep the gameplay fresh and exciting.

Dynamic Repairs: With each play through expect the unexpected with critical systems never having the same configuration as before.

What is currently available in the prototype?

Co-op Gameplay: Steam lobbies are implemented. You can play with your friends or others via Steam when searching for servers. Or you can play alone!

Scenarios: The ship will randomly travel to uncharted systems in space which depending on where the ship has travelled can cause adverse affects to the ship's systems and crew! When the red alert is sounding, that's when the ship has entered a chaotic system in space.

Core Mechanics: Salvage components from corridors and less priority systems from around the ship and use those components to repair critical systems.

Time as a Resource: Keeping the ship's critical systems maintained is the highest priority. If the ship health reaches zero, it's game over.

Rewards: Get rewarded with additional components in the Storage Room to help with repairs. Make sure the door is closed, or you could lose all your goodies!