Homeostasis

super creepy game. I love the atmosphere

There is a VENT on the outside of the engine......

Awesome short atmospheric game! I'm glad the developer made some updates to add save slots.

good atmosphere good sounds i wish there were more to explore

Overall, fun game and great atmosphere. The driving and mechanics take a bit to get used to and I drove around lost a lot at first, but once you put it all together (fuel preservation, compass, map, overheating, etc.) it becomes much easier. The objectives and puzzles were challenging and fun to solve and the story helped to add to the mystery of where you were and what you were doing. A little buggy in certain areas, with some random clipping and loss of objects; I had to restart and hold the key card in my inventory as it got lost in a previous play (where I had set it down in the vehicle).

I like the premise. I think it's a neat environment and everything. But you can't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ see anything. And I don't mean the blizzard, that's understandable. I'm talking about the segments of the game where you're expected to roam around in the dark with a red light bulb that illuminates about as much space as the backside of the moon. What makes it worse is, these sections are also inside a damn labyrinth for whatever reason, where you're expected to roam around and find both an exit, door, objects like [spoiler]Solvent[/spoiler], etc. All while navigating around terrain that you keep bumping into walls, furniture and getting stuck trying to figure out where you're meant to go. And the thing is, YOU HAVE A FLASHLIGHT. IT JUST FOR SOME REASON STOPS WORKING THE MOMENT YOU ENTER A DARK AREA. AKA, THE ONE PLACE YOU'D SPECIFICALLY WANT TO USE A DAMN FLASHLIGHT. Again. The environments neat, I like the concept, hell I like the whole thing of slowly travelling around with the atmosphere of the game not knowing what's out there, whether you're hallucinating sounds or if there's actually something else in the blizzard too. Game does great on that front. But I just can't recommend it solely because of the above. Also no idea how you're meant to [spoiler]get past the tunnel. Obviously there's the little passage around the side meant for a tense traversal around close to a cliffs edge, but there's literally no path I could find to get the rover along it without falling into the abyss. Dunno if I'm just a bad gamer on that front but I also tried just legging it on foot with the keycard, made it to the bunker area. And that is where once again the issue comes up of, YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING WHILE ALSO FREEZING TO DEATH-[/spoiler]

Good game! Good job!

Well, while it has its weaknesses, I decided to give it a thumbs up. But it was close. What to expect: You are in an arctic-like cold dark environment. Completely alone, you and your vehicle. All thats between you and death by the harsh environment is your vehicle and the fuel in its tank. The tasks/quests themselves are straigthforward, you drive from point to point, navigating with your map, gathering stuff, repairing stuff, and so on. Pros: The atmosphere. I just like the atmosphere of being alone, in the dark. Trying to survive. And what I *really* appreciate is, that there is no strange "mystery-threat" or "monster from outer worlds" or silly cheap jumpscares, no, the danger is to freeze to death, the danger is to lose orientation, get lost, run out of fuel. So - for me - that feels so much more 'immersive' and 'real' than the 10th "super dangerous monster hunting you" oder "a higher supernatural power"-nonsense. A good atmosphere is all you need. I really like it. Cons: Bugs and Gameplay. I had several bugs which were quite annoying. I got stuck in an invisible whatever and couldnt move - had to reload. My vehicle got stuck and couldnt move but I also could not get outside to look why or what happened - had to reload. A door/cabinet was bugged so I couldnt open it - had to reload. And Gameplay has its... quirks. I understand that the fuel consumption is at such immense rates for gameplay reasons, but it just feels off and reduces the immersion. Same for the overheating-stuff. Get it, its for gameplay but it just feels unealistic or somewhat immersion-breaking. Why would someone build such a mess of a vehicle... I just think there could have been better ways of introducing shortage, pressure and so on than by introducing some strange (and somewhat nonsense)-limitation of your vehicle like a range of only several 100m... (like - just an naive thought - instead of a strange motor-overheating, having only limited electrical power, so you can use not all equipment at once or for a long time, because it will drain your battery or whatever.) So overall... I like the idea, I like the concept, I like the atmosphere. But the implementation (regarding technical state and gameplay) is not on the same level. Despite that, I give it a thumbs up - not least to avoid discouraging the developer. I want more games like this - next time with the same atmosphere and concept but even better game mechanics ;)