Trigaea
🏆 Winner of IFDB's Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Player's Choice 🏆
Could you survive an alien world? Change your genetics and wander the wasteland for answers, all the while aided by your AI companion.
Trigaea is an epic 272,000-word piece of interactive fiction. It's a combination of a sci-fi novel and an RPG adventure game, where you are in control of the story.
Game Highlights:
- Augment yourself with animal, robot or alien parts.
- Decide the fate of a planet. Deal with interesting moral dilemmas!
- Fifteen different endings to unlock. Over 12 hours of gameplay.
- Deal with enemies by talking, subduing, scaring, or fighting them.
- Scrounge for microchips to unlock your memories and discover your past.
- Play as male/female/non-binary or straight/bi/gay/ace.
- Stunning alien landscapes from a range of professional sci-fi artists.
Content Warnings: Mild violence, depictions of death. Rated 13+
NOTE: You can play Trigaea in your browser or by downloading it. The latter is recommended for smoothest gameplay.
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Development log
- Seeking beta readers: New sci-fi novel, Ariadne Rewired!Oct 18, 2023
- Trigaea v1.2.3 Game PatchSep 27, 2022
- Trigaea Feature Update - New Scenes, Achievements & StoresSep 23, 2022
- Walkthrough: How to Get All 15 Endings in Trigaea (SPOILERS!)Jul 20, 2022
- How Coming Up With a Game Idea is Like Being In LoveApr 19, 2022
- Dev Diary - Progress Report on New Content & Features For V1.2Mar 28, 2022
- Trigaea Feature Update - Titles, Scores & MoreMar 14, 2022
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Hey, love the game, but I am just curious, how do I get the book in the wastelands? Like I don't recall there being any wastelands to explore so idk where I could get the book.
Hi, glad you're enjoying it! All the books should be buyable at settlements; there's no random ones in the field.
you made this in TWINE? holy moly
Love the game👍
So well made. Still playing to see if I can get every ending! This is like Mass Effect for those of us that suck at FPS's :D
This was absolutely incredible
very nice game and very good story
Captivating story.
I just wish I hadn't read those books at the end :')
Great game with an unusual premise. Lots of interesting choices to make. The battle system and gameplay loop are quite fun despite their simplicity.
Also a game having a cute AI companion is always a plus in my book :)
incredible and it's free as well thank you for the experience
THIS IS SO GOOD AHHHHHHHH very fun lmao and the idea is rly interesting
Played this many years ago. Came back played it again and still a masterpiece
Ok, I rarely comment, but this game came out of no where for me and blew me away! I mean, the AI banter is adorable, the world-building is elegantly done and I would play again. I've already got all the endings, but I'd play again just to achievement hunt! Stellar job!! Pun fully intended lol
can you help me to get ending 12, im pretty confused on what to do to get it
Hi Brenana! There's a guide here that might help: https://ryngm.itch.io/trigaea/devlog/406366/walkthrough-how-to-get-all-15-ending...
bro i love this game sm😭😭
ASHHHHHH!!! (me the entire week, or probably month.)
Great game, amazing writing, i loved the dynamic between esra and the player and i like the mystery of this universe! 5/5
I've never been one for text story games like this, but I found this game very enjoyable. This game should not be free, I feel like a lot of people would be willing to pay for this game.
i can't believe this game is free. thank you so much for this beautiful experience 💖
when i play the browser version everything seems fine, but when i went to actually download the game things like symbols and the background weren't loading in No matter how many times I reload the game
oh my god this is such a good game
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Loved this, though I had a question about one of the ending (So Spoilers).
In ending 11-4 we get sent to Ash's Progenitor. That I get, what I don't get is how Esra says that "We have a new planet to explore" (or something close), wasn't Ash on our ship? So how did we get sent to different planets?
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It's more of a turn of phrase, since you partially terraformed part of the planet, and only really explored a fragment of Trigaea/X'ir. Ash's progenitor crashed a fair distance from your progenitor, and the humans, x'irii, and machines are setting in a new post-terraform era, now their priorities have shifted.
Now you've terraformed a good chunk of the world you've explored and disrupted the societies, it's sort of like resetting your explorations back to near zero again.
Ohhh, that clears it up a lot. Thanks! I've been thinking of making something related to this for a while and want to make it the best I can. Thanks for clearing that up again!
I love this game, unfortunately there's no auto saving so i lost around a full hour of progress, but that's fine, going back through the story is enjoyable
Few games have such a well-written story, I completed endings 11.4 and 12 soon after and will definitely keep it in my soul
Wonderful game, and an incredibly memorable experience for free. Really made me think. Just finished with ending 10 and I can't wait to explore the others. My only real gripe is the frequent spelling and grammar errors, and the switching pronouns, which it seems the creator is planning to fix? Doesn't detract from the story though. Thank you for making this :)
I came here looking for silver... AND I FOUND PLATINUM!
The game is very well made, the story is well written and there is an actual gameplay loop rather than just story.
The game is literally free and you can play the whole thing on the browser! Give it a try! At worst all you will lost is some time and at best... you will witness a beautiful story.
I got the 7th ending, the imperium of man WILL NOT bow down to no one!This is honestly a life-changing experience. I just played this 10 hours straight, from 2:30am to 12:30pm. I feel like a new person.
Possible spoilers:
My first main ending was technically ending 1, but I was just messing around to see how badly it would end by not making any decisions. My "real" ending was 11-3. The conversation with Esra was so well written, perfect- the reveal absolutely broke me. I mostly consider ending 12 to be the true ending despite how unrealistic it was (because it's the happiest ending we have... and because Esra and I can both live
togetherlmao) but ending 11-3/2 will forever have my heart.I can't believe this is free, but I also can't believe this even exists. Paid or free, I've never seen such a beautiful game. There's so much more I want to say, so much to gush over, but frankly, my brain is fried from lack of sleep and the marvel Trigaea is. There's so much detail and love put into this. Every character felt so real. The last 10 hours of my life were spent in a different world. Thank you so much for this experience, I'll be thinking about this story for a long, long time.
This game made me abandon the usual completionist mindset because I like one of the endings too much. I don't want to see the alternatives. (yes I'm talking about the last one, BIG SAD but so beautiful ;-;)
What can I even say? I never imagined something like this could be played for free.
I almost cried with the ending. And I still can't decide which of the two endings I got I want to be canon.
Also, I just need to get this out of my system. Please report it if you consider it spoiler.
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That part where the main character is happy, and then you try to read the books. My heart was beating like crazy. It felt so disturbing. Awesome writing, sound effects and art to make the sensations even stronger. It even left me a bit paranoic, haha.
I absolutely love this game! I was just wondering, is there a possibility of romancing any of the npcs?
almost two weeks ago, my wife came home from work to find me crying in front of the pc because of this game. obviously she had to check it out for herself. then i posted the link in a discord server i hang out in and dragged a handful of people down the rabbit hole with me
i have all the trophies now but i'll probably still be thinking about trigaea for a long, long time.
this was an incredible experience—slightly marred by characters occasionally switching pronouns (and names, on a couple occasions), but according to another comment there will be a future update intended to address that? which is great to hear
thank you for this.
Definitely one of the best sci-fi IF I've ever played.
btw for those who want to play this on android I would suggest using joi play. I played through the whole game with it, and the only issue I've run into is the "current form:" on the top right being cropped out, but you can always check the progenitor for that info. Or switch the screen to horizontal mode.
Wow, this has such a good story. I'm not yet complete with my first run, but wow. I'm really hoping the ending I get won't be sad. I understand how often people like me look at the comments and kind of just dismiss them, but I'm so glad I didn't for this one.
I'm now nearing the end of this, I don't think I've ever felt this conflicted. I've refused the first two options, but I don't know if I should refuse the final.
If you are interested in visual novels...
If you are fond of sci-fis,especially the ones where the characters travel through the universe and explore other planets,or enhance their power by applying genes and prostheses to themselves...
If you like long,epic stories showing the author's mastery of skills, at the same time offering you abundant possibilities to explore...
If you admire a badass(but likable) main character...(of course you have other options)
If you don't want to be troubled by genders and sexual orientations while reading plots about love...
If you are a crazy doppleganger lover like me...
THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING JUST DOWNLOAD AND PLAY IT BEFORE I BEG YOU TO DO THAT
pros:
1.The whole story is epic.Long enough to absorb you into the texts,vivid enough to let you feel that all the character are alive in reality.As for the texts about combats,you would feel like thrown onto the battleground,watching.
2.The data like HP and damage is well-balanced.You can enjoy the game all the way without worrying about losing interest or being beaten hands down(which often means you have to do repetitive work to enhance the character).
3.There are few chances when you have to "go outside the story"to do something.For example,the action to decide how the main character looks like is also part of the story(you look into a mirror and you see yourself).So do the choice of mc's sexual orientation,etc.
cons:
1.The CGs seem like AI generated.I think they are acceptable enough but if you examine them thoroughly you will find them unreasonable,at least some of them.(If they are actually not......Please just ignore my words)
2.There are still some flaws in the plot,especially where can be altered according to your mc's attributes and combat actions.For example,sometimes characters would call the mc "him" while you set mc as a female or an asexual.And alien bugs' nest will run away if you"scare it away".
3.If you'd like to collect all the trophies,you have to kill everyone in your way in a game.I'm crazy about collecting all but I hate that.Killing people I've vowed to proctect and AIs who means no harm to me is disgusting.
Though there are flaws,I can say it's one of the best visual novels I've enjoyed.
p.s.I'm not a native English speaker so please pardon me for any language mistake.I played the game 2 years ago and wrote the comment now,and I don't know if the game has been updated.
Thank you for the awesome review! And yeah, there's definitely some bugs with the pronoun usage I'm planning to address in a future update. This was an issue with me using find/replace waaaay back in the process at one point, so everyone's bug reports are helping me hone on these.
All the art is sourced from artists who have graciously allowed me to use their works (often concept art, so a bit more smudged than fully finshed works) for Trigaea, sans one or two stock images I purchased. Those stock images look kind of crummy, so that might be it. Tbh, if I'd used AI art, I could have saved eight months of my life and hundreds of emails! 🫠 But I did most of Trigaea in 2019-2021 before AI art was really a Big Thing - I can't claim I was taking a stance or anything.
I'm really glad you enjoyed the game, and thank you again for sharing your experience!
I love this
I just finished my first playthrough of this story and oh my goodness I loved it! There were times I had to actually stop because I was getting overwhelmed (in a good way) by the amount of depth and weight to my choices. This was well written and very engaging, I can't wait to see what the other endings have to offer!
Good evening.
I'm a student of University of Amsterdam and currently I'm researching the ways to improve authoring experience of Interactive Digital Narrative creators.
One of the things I've noticed is that authoring tools in general don't have the functionality to support planning beforehand.
It seems you've got an extensive experience in non-linear writing (using Twine). I would like to interview you (or send you a survey/questionnaire) to understand your personal approach to creating stories and potentially see whether implementing a tool that supports planning can help you in your creative endeavours.
Do you think you'll have time to talk to me about this?
Thanks a lot for response.
Kind regards,
Julia
Sure thing, happy to do an interview or a survey, whichever works! Feel free to send through the details on adam.ryncraft@gmail.com
Hi, I absolutely love this game! I have never had an experience like this. I was wondering if I could use your email to ask some questions about the game and writing interactive fiction?
Awesome, glad to hear you enjoyed it! And sure, ask away!
is it just the story, or is there a reason i designed a characeter?
Depends what part. If it's the gender and orientation, it affects things. If it's name, eye, and hair colour, that's just for immersion and flair.
yeah correctors can like alter their genes. that must be why you can change things like hair and eye color whenever you want
im playing this for 2 hours already, and yet, i really like it. especially with turned on Dark Gloomy Grim Lovecraft Ambient Mix (or something like this lol) : D
1. thanks for the nb option. it might seem like a small thing, but it helps me to feel more immersion, finally (for bi option as well)
2. dices are cool, always like them in games
3. world!!! text + pictures + sounds = full world, if story is good
4. different ways to upgrade PC are cool too, both organic and mechanical. i didn't try all yet, maybe at another playthrough, but mannnnnnn, i like this all
5. achivements = free dophamine. youve caught me!
I'm really enjoying the game so far, but I'm just having so many issues with the pronouns of the gender-variable characters changing between scenes. My guess would be that it's caused by playing as a bi character (specifically the masc voice AI, but also likes feminine option).