Hello, everyone. It's KOU from Flyhigh Works (FHW). "The Captain", a sci-fi adventure game now available on Steam. We were able to interview Peter and Benny from the developer Sysiac Games. This is part 2. Please feel free to check it out if you're interested.

InterviewPart 2

FHW The Captain is an endearing character with a strong sense of humanity and love for his family, but why did you choose a "middle-aged good guy" as the main character instead of a young hero? We're curious to know since it's quite rare to have a middle-aged character as a game's protagonist in Japan. Sysiac Games For exactly that reason. It is not very common to have a balding older gentleman as your protagonist in a video game. And perhaps because both me and Benny can relate to his age and hair style.
Concept art of the main character, Captain. FHW How long was the development period? What was the most difficult part of the development process, and what was the most enjoyable? Sysiac Games We started working on this game at the end of 2015 and completed it in 2021. So 6 years development. It's just me and Benny on the team but it wouldn't have been possible without the great people over at Indie Fund who believed in us and helped us finance the game. I think the most difficult part might have been for just two people to complete such a big project. The most enjoyable part is the many laughs along the way.
Concept art showing the depth of the developers' passion for The Captain. FHW Depending on the player's choices, the story's ending can be quite jarring. I think this makes the game more oriented to mature players. Did you decide to develop such a complex story line from the beginning? Sysiac Games It was always our goal to make a game where the story was more oriented towards an older audience. And by giving the player the choice on where to go and how to solve certain situations we knew the game would be complex to put together. With the design direction of letting the player face moral dilemmas we had to write some horrific endings.
The ending changes depending on the choices you make. You can end up with hope, or with despair... FHW By supporting multiple languages, more players are enjoying the game around the world. Have you noticed any difference in the response from players in different countries? Sysiac Games Not that I am aware of. I have been watching a lot of streams of the game, including european, american as well as asian. Cant say I noticed any particular difference. Some people hate when they reach a bad ending and reload directly while others go with the flow and smile about it. FHW The amount of detail paid to each planet, the spaceships and the aliens is astounding. How did you proceed with the art design? Sysiac Games Well in our case we have an idea of what the planet should be and then I just overthink the environment. Even if something is not important for the game it should be there for the world to make sense. So a station or planet can have an entire back story in my head that the game never touches on.


The settings are very elaborate and well thought out. Each setting also has its own back story. FHW How was the music made? Sysiac Games It's just me and Benny on this project and none of us are equipped to write music. But we both know what we want. So we bought the music from composers online.
Background music sets the mood for various locations effectively. FHW Thank you for your time! Any final words for the readers? Sysiac Games We hope you will enjoy the game as much as we enjoyed making it.

Afterwords

That's it for now! What do you think about the interview questions that we asked Sysiac Games? More information on games from Flyhigh Works are available to read up on Flyhigh Times. Please feel free to check it out! http://flyhightimes.jp

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You are Captain Thomas Welmu, a Spacefleet science officer, lost on the other side of the galaxy. Dark forces are en route to Earth to destroy our planet - and you are carrying the only thing that can stop them.

Race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way? The decisions are all up to you.

You Are... the Captain!

Travel the Galaxy!

Time is ticking. Will you plot the shortest route home or take a detour to use an experimental new technology with a wormhole? Is a distant distress signal worth investigating or should you use your time to raise funds to upgrade your engine?

It's All Up to You, Captain.

Explore New Worlds!

Will you interfere with a pre-space civilization? Will you discover the terrible secret at a covert military base? Will you deliver a dying life-form's brain back to its people? Or use it to upgrade your ship?

What Could Go Wrong?

Engage in epic space battles! Or avoid them entirely?

The galaxy is a dangerous place. Will you shower aggressive encounters with a barrage of Type 2 Vacuum Rockets? Or let them taste the wrath of your freshly polished Plasma Gun? ...or will you choose to slip by and hope nobody notices?

Repair and Upgrade Your Ship!

Those pesky pirates have damaged your sweetheart. Should you go cheap and repair her yourself? Or spend the money and let the professionals do it right? Is it time to buy a brand new Shield Buster? Or perhaps a couple of convenient nuclear warheads?

Collect New Friends Or Make New Enemies!

Will you sacrifice a friend for the greater good? Will you rat out an undercover cop for a chance to get home quickly? Will you keep a life-changing truth from someone so they'll hang out and be your friend?

Social Engineer Your Way Home.

A Galaxy Full Of tough Choices!

Will you gain access to the vault with explosives or is there a less intrusive way? Will you figure out how to pull off an undercover heist using a new consciousness transmitter? Ever wanted to try escaping an automated maximum-security prison in space? Will you look fabulous in tight pink swimwear?