11 Bit Studios has shared the second entry in the Expedition Logs on The Alters. Like the previous video, it showcases another behind-the-scenes look at the game's systems. This time, however, the focus is on keeping all the different versions of your character happy.
Finding Harmony Amidst Multiple Selves
The Alters is a sci-fi survival game in which players have to work with a unique crew. Your allies, which you can assign to tasks in your base, are actually "alters," alternate versions of the main character that derive from his past decisions. As such, there's a version of him that became a scientist or an engineer and those unique skills will come into play for survival.
Keeping every character happy, however, will prove to be a tough challenge. The second expedition log is all about the complications of trying to handle an ever-growing crew of Alters with different traits.
The game starts when an expedition to a hostile planet goes wrong and only Jan Dolski survives. In his shoes, players will find a place filled with many dangers and will find a substance called Rapidium, which allows them to create the titular individuals as crew members....
