Description

Deep Space Noir is a dark, atmospheric tech-noir/cyberpunk space 3D adventure by solo developer, spanning over 4 episodes:

Episode 1: Shut up, Yuliya
Episode 2: Miss Targot, I presume
Episode 3: The most perfect hunter
Episode 4: A funeral for an old friend

Player gets in the shoes of Benedict Phoenix/Dean Russell, a rough privateer and wanted fugitive. He's a seasoned sarcastic no-bullshit space pioneer in a rowdy world and as such minds no one's feelings when speaking his mind.

Benedict is augmented with artificial intelligence helper called Yuliya—initially an early prototype for law enforcement and military use. Yuliya is the reason Benedict/Dean is an outlaw, as he stole the prototype during experiment in undercover research facility.

As a privateer, Benedict takes on variety of tasks ranging from investigation to enforcement and lives a recluse life on the furthest outpost in Ramsey. It's a mundane and monotonous form of life, until unexpected event lets loose an avalanche of murders, violence and events that lead to the uncovering of a dreadful conspiracy.

History

Deep Space Noir started as series of four black and white machinima fan fiction videos on YouTube in 2016, but reaching the technological limit of the games they were filmed in, it was eventually abandoned.

In April 2020, the idea of turning this concept into standalone adventure game, inspired by classic noir works of the 20^-th century and adventure games of 90's and early 00's was born. Two months later the initial proof of concept prototype was ready and looked promising enough. Development continued on a daily basis and on March 13^-th, 2021 the game has officially entered pre-alpha phase. With development continuing as planned, game should enter alpha in Q3/Q4 2024.

Developer

Pornstache Productions is the brainchild of Ivailo Borisov, talented and award-winning multidisciplinary creative with more than 25 years of experience in the design industry and 20+ years as an author with two books and hundreds of articles behind his back.

Ivailo has been playing games since the 80's and has taken part in numerous indie projects through the years. He approaches every project with sincere passion and determination for delivering pixel-perfect detail even at earliest stages, which is easily observable with the release of every Deep Space Noir build, video or screenshot.

Recent interview with Ivailo on the development of Deep Space Noir and his story as developer.

Recognitions

• #8 Best Upcoming Games, Indie of the Year 2022
• Indie of the Year 2021, 2022 and 2023 Top 100 finalist