Tacoma
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088. Explore every detail of how the station's crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
What it feels like
The central appeal is piecing together secrets and uncovering truths from fragmentary clues and crew relationships. The experience invites reflection on themes of trust, fear, and disaster without urgent time pressure. The emotional beats—trust, fear, resolve—are played sincerely without irony or detachment.
What it's about
Set in 2088 aboard a high-tech space station, the core setting is explicitly and centrally science-fiction. Uncovering clues that piece together a gripping story of what happened aboard the station is the primary driver. The abandoned or damaged station and crew isolation in space underlies the thematic weight.
How it plays
Interaction centers on examining, clicking, and investigating detailed environmental hotspots to uncover story clues. Searching scenes and environments for clues, records, and details that piece together the mystery is core to play. Narrative unfolds through interaction with crew records, logs, and messages that function as dialogue-like exposition.
How it looks and sounds
Exploration is experienced from a first-person perspective, as evident from Steam tags and typical Fullbright design. Stark, functional space-station aesthetic with clean sci-fi design emphasizes the environment as a character.
How it's structured
A solo narrative adventure with no multiplayer component. A bounded, authored story arc aboard the station with a definite beginning and end. Steam tags note 'Short' and typical Fullbright narratives are completable in 2-4 hours.
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