J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars

J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game developed by two people.

The game has been released September 12th 2014

The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet. Her only companions are J.U.L.I.A., the space probe’s artificial intelligence and Mobot, a huge reconnaissance robot. Together, this unlikely trio will explore the mysteries of this solar system. But are they prepared for what they will find?

Gameplay J.U.L.I.A. is an interfaced based adventure game. Throughout the game you control various computer interfaces and a huge reconnaissance robot which will provide you with a pair of safe eyes, or to be more specific, cameras for planetary exploration. After all it’s the robot who risks his circuits down there while you are watching from the relative safety of your orbiting space probe.

How the game plays?

Living in a probe – inside the probe you can build or upgrade equipment, necessary for your quest. You can repair broken parts, scan planets, harvest necessary materials and travel to various planets of the solar system.

Explore the planets - this new mode is exclusive to the new game. You will now see a detailed version of the environment and through contextual menus, explore and interact with objects of interest. To prevent any kind of pixel hunting issues, Mobot has a built in scanning function which shows all active regions in the current scene.

Interact with devices - from hacking password protected datapads or reading private communication between crew members to analyzing found objects for biological, chemical, spectral or data-driven information, you’ll have a lot of fun with the gadgets in the game.

Solve puzzles - J.U.L.I.A. is a puzzle oriented game with challenges integrated into the story. You won’t be solving slider puzzle to open a piano cover this time.

Do some serious mind mapping – J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars features an inventive new way to think about the story. Through an original mind mapping interface you will uncover critical pieces of the story entirely by yourself.

To keep you on track, the game integrates a mission log which helps you: “clearly understand” your current goals; “track” what you’ve already solved; and if you run into any kind of critical mission data, stores it for you so you don’t have to look for a pen and paper, unless you really want to.

J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars features optional contents. While someone can always race through the game and ignore side-stories and complementary “quests”, gamers who are thorough will be rewarded with much more interesting stories and in general they will enjoy a more intricate game. It’s up to you! However you can track your thoroughness in the mission log, which also shows you how you are doing.