Something Ate My Alien

Overview

The AI of a mining ship is looking for resources in the Bitiax solar system.

The ship is peacefully travelling when a rogue pirate suddenly commandeers the ship and demands all of it's cargo and issues a list of items it needs.

Luckily the mining ship's cargo hold is full of Aliens which are used by the AI to mine the planets in the system and retrieve items.

The Aliens need to explore the subterranean worlds of the different planets to find anything they can to bring back to the ship.

It's a dangerous system, and there are many enemies, traps and puzzles between them and the goods needed.

Any loot left over from the pirate can be used to build upgrades for the Alien, including new weapons.

Levels

There are 4 different worlds in the game that the player progresses through. The player needs to solve puzzles to progress to the next planet, but can backtrack at any time.

Metis

Caves: Metal rich ores, clay & alkaline water. Mostly bedrock with a small amount of gas.

Civilization: Parpiuns - Early life forms, now extinct.

Items: Fossils, Misty, Inkium

Advisory outfit: Standard suit and standard laser.

Tartarus

Caves: Porous rock, lava flows, high temperature. Gases are common.

Civilization: Oris - advanced life form, emigrated into space.

Items: Rosium, Wunderbat, Hellium

Advisory outfit: High performance, thermal suit and standard laser.

Lelantos

Caves: Hard rock, gas pockets, corrosive liquids. Lots of gases.

Civilization: Mitania -colonization of life forms, abandoned planet.

Items: Rare artifacts, Eggium, Lightium, Whyium

Advisory outfit: High pressure performance suit and advanced laser.

Aura

Caves: Hard rock, permafrost, super-cool liquids.

Civilization: Junits - advanced life forms, now extinct.

Items: Rare fossils, Pale, Lemoni, Firmium

Advisory outfit: High performance, thermal suit and advanced laser.

Puzzles

One of the main elements of the game is puzzle solving.

All puzzles on each planet needs to be solved to unlock access to the next world.

The puzzles are based around blocks that need pushing into specific locations, much like the classic Sokoban game.