Times and Galaxy

Congratulations NAME REF ERROR You ve landed an internship with the Times amp Galaxy the Dorp system s favorite regional holopaper and five-time winner of the Bort Jorbeller Award for Satisfactory Interplanetary Journalism
There s never been a robo reporter before so don t waste this unpaid opportunity All the greats started as interns and you ve only got seventeen cycles to prove that you belong in the newsroom
We re assigning you stories that put the hyper in hyper-local news On any given cycle choose to cover shuttle crashes intersolar cat shows even space ghost funerals It s up to you
Once you ve chosen your assignment head to the shuttle bay and blast off for intern adventures That means interviewing sources digging up clues and investigating the scene We hope your conversational circuits are well oiled as you earn or betray the trust of more than100 characters and ask a lot of questions
There s always more than meets the eye and the more information you can gather the more equipped you ll be
At the end of each assignment it s time to file your story
Use the Build-a-Story tool to construct your article using all that info you gathered Depending on who you interviewed the choices you made and how deep you dug you ll have different options to work with for your story you were a diligent reporterbot and managed to get ALL the info weren t you
Your choices impact the quality and tone of the story and how both your editors and readers will react to it Over time the choices in each story start to shape the reputation and popularity of a holopaper So hey no pressure
Designed and written by former journalists this is almost exactly how real journalism is done Except with aliens
The staff at Times amp Galaxy all live and work together on the Scanner a sprawling spacebound newsroom
Between assignments you ll have the chance to get to explore the Scanner and get to know a diverse and colorful crew of more than twenty crewmates including your fellow reporters the editorial staff pilots and ship s crew
The staff come from all over the system where you ll find Humans Augers Verge Xeel and of course Robos
Everyone has their own thing going on and they ve always got something to say They ll react to you in all sorts of expected and unexpected ways depending on your choices
The Scanner is more than just a newsroom It s where you sleep eat work and relax
After recharging your literal batteries in your bunk you might take a moment to recharge your emotional ones in the Garden home to many species of plants from all over the system Or at least it used to be Find seeds to restore the green space to its former glory
As well as selecting your chassis and paint job before you arrive at the Scanner you ll be able to requisition upgrades from the ship s Shuttlebots Just watch out for the mouth on some of them“ Beep” has never sounded so aggressive
Writers at Copychaser spent years working as journalists before entering the games industry and have a deep love of local journalism and the connections it creates in communities around the world
While working on the writing teams of games like Mass Effect3 and Dragon Age Inquisition they saw how players loved the relationships between characters as much as or even more than the combat and adventure
And so Times amp Galaxy was born We re excited to bring you this truly unique adventure game where you can step into the metal boots of the first-ever robo reporter Chase down leads break system-rocking news get quotes make friends or enemies eat a dirt pie It s your solar system to explore your story to tell and your job on the line intern
ABOUT THE DEVELOPER
Alberta-based indie studio Copychaser Games Inc was founded in2017 by Ben Gelinas a former newspaper reporter who has spent the past decade working in AAA and indie game development
Copychaser s specialty is unique inclusive games with branching narratives and memorable characters Every Copychaser game puts the player at the center of an eccentric and immersive story unlike any they ve ever played
In2018 Copychaser released the death-positive wholesome horror game Speed Dating for Ghosts SDFG to wide acclaim Since then they ve been working hard on Times amp Galaxy bringing together a bigger team of collaborators and gaining support from the Canadian Media Fund and indie label Fellow Traveller