Lonely Astronaut

Factsheet

Developer:
Greyson Richey and Nicholas Lives

Release Date:
Q1 2018

Platforms:
PC / Mac / Linux
Steam

Website:
http://lonelyastronaut.space/

Regular Price

Description

Lonely Astronaut is a one-button arcade game in which you pilot the corpse of a long-abandoned astronaut floating in a cosmic graveyard. In the process, you might find out something about the human condition. But probably not.

History

Lonely Astronaut started life as a simple Ludum Dare project made by developer Greyson Richey, with the theme "A Small World." The original project featured a small perpetually spinning astronaut, a jetpack, and asteroids to avoid, along with a simple score timer. Greyson later teamed up with artist/animator Nick Lives to turn it into a full-fledged product in the late summer of 2017. The game was retooled and rethemed to evoke a bleaker, Space Odyssey-like aesthetic and a darker sense of humor, with more in-depth arcade progression and stylings to go with it.

Features

• "Pilot a Corpse with a Single Button: With only the ability to thrust the Astronaut's body around with its malfunctioning jetpack, Lonely Astronaut is accessible but brutal."
• "Discover Cosmic Truths: The wonders of space will reveal themselves to you as you play. If only you were alive to see these truths unfold."
• "Unlock Cosmetics: Play dress-up with your corpse because that's healthy."
• "Feel Existential Dread: A friendly reminder that you and I are all going to die someday, probably sooner than we'd like to think."

Credits

Greyson Richey
Programmer

Nick Lives
Artist, Marketing

Contact

Email
loneliestspaceman@gmail.com

Nick's Twitter
https://twitter.com/SlickNickLives

Greyson's Twitter
https://twitter.com/Bloodyaugust

Web
http://lonelyastronaut.space/