Human Orbit Trailer Release – First Look

A very interesting title, which I covered in July entitled Human Orbit has now received its debut trailer and some new info (for a brief recap, check out the original article here for more). The game is a sci-fi social simulator set on board a space station. You play as a sentient AI with the ability to control the ship’s maintenance droids – giving you the ability to explore the station, snoop around and even influence the lives of the crew.

It is now revealed that the game features an advanced procedural generation system, as well as NPC AI, which will supposedly give the characters a deal of variation in their behaviours and appearances. Additionally, a press release indicates that NPC actions are influenced by their various backgrounds and particular emotions at a certain time – ranging from “envy to self-doubt rather than classic happy, sad, angry combination of traditional simulation games”.

The trailer itself shows a bit of the snooping in action – the camera pans around revealing tidbits of personal info (some suggesting you had a part to play in their development) – as well as a sinister occurrence when the power goes down and, upon returning, reveals that an assault has taken place on the ship – possibly what occurs if you fail to maintain a healthy, efficient ship?

Some additional features were mentioned, including 100 unique and complex characters, a 3D world created by Dan Raihert (Dead Space 3, The Sims 3), SFX by Eli Hason (sound designer on Thief 2014), as well as modding tools.

Watch the trailer for yourself above, and have a look at some of the screenshots below. According to the trailer the game appears still to be pre-alpha, so we may have a bit of a wait on our hands. But colour me intrigued once again – this could turn out to be a very deep and interesting game.