Let’s Talk About Red Dwarf XI: The Game

[Ian Symes]

The game is now out! Well, it’s out on the App Store at any rate – the Play Store will presumably follow soon. It’s going to be pretty tricky to discuss this on the front page, as the game contains spoilers for Twentica, and people are watching at different paces. Also, some people might want to play through without having any surprises spoiled.

So, for now at least, let’s confine any specific discussion of the game’s contents to this thread. ONLY READ AHEAD IF YOU’RE OK WITH GAME SPOILERS!

My very early impressions were as follows:

Ooh, Robert Llewellyn voiceover!
Haha, they spelled “welcome” wrong.
This is pretty good.
This is tricky.
Ooh, it’s a prequel! That’s clever.
ZOMG, I’m playing as Rimmer.
FUCKING SHOOT THE BAZOOKOID PROPERLY
HOW CAN I DIE, I’M A HARD LIGHT HOLOGRAM.

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[GameDigits]

Si, actually if you select Samsara from the episodes game menu so it’s highlighted in green. Then press ‘Play’ from the main ship screen, you will continue with the Samsara episode story.

You can swap between the episodes this way and progress through them as you like. So, select your episode from the menu, then select Play from the ship screen, then you’ll always progress where you left off on that episode.

Admittedly it’s not obvious, so we’ll aim to make this clearer in future updates and thank you for making this apparent.

In other news, we’ve just uploaded a new build of the game with a first pass response from the feedback on this very thread. It’ll be available this evening on Google Play, and 2-3 days on the App Store after it has passed Apple’s review process.

[si]

if you select Samsara from the episodes game menu so it’s highlighted in green. Then press ‘Play’ from the main ship screen, you will continue with the Samsara episode story.

Oooh, yeah. Ta. :)

[Pembers]

Enjoyed Samsara though its noticeable shorter than Twentica. I actually think the difficulty for the most part is about right, although that Karma hack was a doozy. I eventually did it without cheating though there was a bit more luck than judgement involved at the end.

My advice to anyone struggling with ‘Find Rachel’ is that fortune favours the brave, don’t be too slow and timid.

[Stephen R. Fletcher]

Those security questioned puzzled me for ages, i thought they were meant to be references from past episodes but i couldn’t remember any mention of a hover-car and first kiss,i managed to piece together the hover-car one but i am still puzzed about the first kiss one

Feeling frustrated – and a little embarrassed – about this but I still can’t get past the bloody hover-car one! And I’ve gone through the episode and the bunkroom scene where Rimmer mentions a hover fare just to see if I’ve missed a reference.

[International Debris]

I don’t remember it being a reference, I just worked it out from the letters.

[si]

Ditto.

[Chris Stokes]

Same. We’re all familiar with how Doug writes a joke. That’s how I got the hover car one.

[Dax101]

Yeah I figured out the hover-car one just by guessing the letters, I couldn’t remember any mention of a hover car in the show so it is a weird question.

[flanl3]

What if it’s an accidental XII spoiler? *X-Files theme plays*

[flanl3]

Also if would legitimately pay more money to have the actual music cue from the show play on the pod-launch scene in Samsara. Idk how hard it would be to get your hands on, but it’s a thought.

[NitroChrisUK]

just got the game yesterday as have only just upgraded to the phone which would allow me to play so this is my first mobile game !!

wow it’s really really good! went straight through Twentica without much frustration, i can tell from the videos i have watched before that the controls have really been tweaked with and fixed. found the walking/ stealth sections to be easy to control and the driving ones not to bad either.

Really hope there is a Level in the Give & Take Episode where you play as the Engineer using the stasis Booth to go back and warn himself only to be killed.. by himself. and of course Snacky! so many opportunities to be had.

really enjoying it at the moment and it’s sure going to help me on my 10 hour train journey next week.

[flanl3]

Well, the new update is nice, really enjoyed the change to meet Rachel, but I believe in ‘Kryten, figured it out’ at the end of the episode still has an unnecessary comma.
Also, I sincerely hope the Officer Rimmer game includes ‘Make a To-Do List’ as the final mini game from the perspective of the Rimmonster.

[si]

Okay, an hour or two ago, I was playing the final part of Samsara, having actually managed to almost complete the episode. Just gone back to try again, and all bar the first Escape pod bit is locked again. Hoping it’s just me doing something wrong. But don’t think it is.

[Jonathan Capps]

Meet Rachel is vastly improved. Probably the best balanced bit of the Samara episode now.

[si]

Well, despite all that time I spent getting through the Karma Drive stuff on Saturday night, I’m now currently attempting to Meet Rachel again. Extremely frustrating.

[Stephen R. Fletcher]

Managed to (FINALLY!) get past the second security question yesterday (Thanks for the hints, guys.) Now just stuck on ‘Meet Rachel’. Probably for the next few days, knowing me.

[GameDigits]

Si, sorry to hear there’s an issue with the game locking on Samsara and thank you for letting us know.

It seems it’s isolated issue in this case and we’ve managed to produce it here. We’re working on a fix now and we’ll have it sorted as soon as possible. Your progress is being saved, it’s just that the menu is showing the games are locked in this instance. We’re also going to put in a brute force backup to unlock games remotely if it happens again…

Could you let me know if you’re on iOS or Android?

Glad you guys are enjoying the update and the changes to Meet Rachel. We’ll continue to improve the game generally and we’re currently working on the next episode too.

If you have any more comments on the game, or would like to suggest anything for future episodes, we’re all ears – Thanks guys!

[si]

I’m on Android. But don’t worry about me, I’m just being a whiney little get. I’m sure I’ll work my 21st through again. ;)
But its great to know you’re looking out for us and updating and adapting the game.

[si]

“21st”? How the fuck does autocorrect change “way” to “21st”?

[si]

Oh, good. After an intense 20 minutes play, I’m now back through to Escape Samsara, which is where I’d got to before.
Which is nice.

[si]

Whoo. Samsara level complete.

[Maddie]

In the scenes in “Twentica” when Starbug goes through the wormhole that’s featured in the Time Surf game, there’s a line of those energy pick-up stars from the game. I wonder if that’s where the idea came from to have those in the game.

I was kind of hoping they’d be connected to an Easter Egg on the DVD, but no joy.

[NitroChrisUK]

Is it possible to replay through both episodes from the start with all the scenes in-between intact?? I go to start twentica again to the first scan mission then takes me straight to the start of samsara each time rather than let me progress through.

[flanl3]

If you tap Twentica in the episode select screen, then don’t select a stage but instead just return to the opening screen, then hit play, it should work.

[si]

In an exciting development, I finally completed Twentica yesterday afternoon.

[curtneedsaride]

Well, just downloaded and quickly finished the second episode. It’s disappointing that I still haven’t even been able to see the television episodes yet, but hopefully some decent links will surface for us US fans.

Anyway, the second episode was shorter, but pleasant. Guessing the passwords took a few minutes before the answers clicked, so I’d suggest hints there for people who aren’t into word games. Also, the memory section was a bit frustrating because I sometimes miscounted or got lost in a sequence. Fun to figure out in a way, but it would have been a more enjoyable experience if there was some visible highlight when it registered me tapping on a symbol. Also it would have been nice to have underscores in the number of symbols we needed to remember on the bottom of the scree. And as we tapped on each they would appear on top of the underscores to show the sequence we were inputting. Just a thought.

Also, there seems to be a couple missing words in one of the Kryton dialogues: “But there’s no cause for alarm. We’re under no danger as long … don’t do anything vindictive, selfish, or unethical.”

Overall, though, I enjoyed it as a fan of the series, and I look forward to the other episodes! The settings page has three dots on the lower left. The first is red, and I always expect the second to turn red instead when we switch to the next settings page and same for the third. Just a small observation about UI. Also, I wouldn’t be offended by a donate button in the settings if you could add one. ;)

[Ian Symes]

It’s disappointing that I still haven’t even been able to see the television episodes yet, but hopefully some decent links will surface for us US fans.

How about this link?

[flanl3]

Any news on how close Give & Take might be?

[GameDigits]

Excellent feedback guys, all very valid points and as always, we’ll be taking them onboard for future updates of the game.

As for when Give & Take will be released, we’re still currently hard at work on that and it’s looking great so far. We’re also making updates to the original game from the feedback we get too, so the workload is split between the two, but we hope to have update out over the next few weeks.

Also, congrats Si on completing Samsara!

[si]

Thank you vwey much. :D

[NitroChrisUK]

Still can’t play any level from twentica and go straight into the next level, it always takes me to the start of samsara. I have tried what was suggested and clicking on twentica then going back and that does not work, play one level then back to start off samsara. Looking forward to g&t update!!!!

[Karnie]

Trying to update the Encyclopedia and I noticed a few lines of dialog was changed between updates…. You guys are killing me! =)

[GameDigits]

Just thought I’d pop in and give you guys an update on how things are going regarding the Give & Take update of the game.

We’re still hard at work putting together this next instalment and we aim to release it this month. I understand this is quite a large window, but I just want to let you know that we’re making good progress on it and it’s looking great so far.

As usual, alongside this we’re re-evaluating the current episodes and making improvements given the feedback we receive and our own internal play tests. So Karnie, there’s bound to be some more dialog changes involved in that – sorry! ;) Still, it’s really cool to see the game evolving into something more beautiful, and as we’ve always said, we want to make a great game for this license and we’ll continue to pursue this (no matter how long it takes!). I hope you’re with us for the ride!

As for the issue with switching and playing different episodes as NitroChrisUK pointed out – we have fixed this issue now and it will be available in the next update. It also tells you which episode you’re currently playing in the main ship screen and you can jump & progress through different episodes at your leisure.

We’ve also implemented other requests from this very forum and Richard’s most excellent playthrough videos too. We hope you’ll be pleased with how it’s progressing and we’re looking forward to getting the next episode update out there for you.

Incidentally, I have a question for you all:

What folders and files would you expect to see in Kryten’s internal filing system?

I’ll leave it up to you to decide if this is game related or not ;)

[(deleted)]

“HOW RED DWARF WAS SAVED FROM THE HIGHLY CORROSIVE MICRO-ORGANISM”

Cause everyone loves a running gag.

[(deleted)]

“KRYTIE TV: FROM A-Z”

[flanl3]

“SPACE CORPS DIRECTIVES”

[flanl3]

“SILICON BIBLE”

Oh, and since he’s got an oddly named Rimmer folder, might as well see if you can’t come up with sassy names for the others, including himself.

[International Debris]

Mr. Lister’s Jockstrap Gusset Stains: A Compendium

[Karnie]

As per the episode “Legion”:

A folder for off-world eating techniques, with files in it for Mamosian anti-matter chopsticks, Jovian Boogle Hoops, and Mercurian Boomerang Spoons

[Smeg4Brains]

Comforting A Crying Woman using the Heimlich maneuve
Nega Drive
Moose Facts
Star Trek Crap *don’t access till after noon* (I know you probably can’t really get away with that one)

[Dave]

Folder: Bay City Rollers
Contents: “Bye Bye Baby”

[Chris Stokes]

A folder marked ‘Best Guesses’

[flanl3]

A folder ‘Guesses’ with subfolders ‘Best’, ‘Good’, ‘Alright’, ‘Bad’, ‘Worst’ etc.

[Smeg4Brains]

I wonder if he’d have any robo-smut. Maybe blueprints for a triple-bag, easy-glide vac, with turbo-suction and a self-emptying dusting.

[Smeg4Brains]

Fucking dustbag!

[flanl3]

“Episode titles listed on the Red Dwarf IX case we encountered in the elation squid hallucination”

[Dave]

“Cloche”

[GameDigits]

Great suggestions guys!

I’m pleased to say that *some* of these suggestions have made it into the game and it’s fantastic we’re able to do this – but you’ll just have to wait and see which ones.

We’re still hard at work finishing up the Give & Take episode and we aim to submit the game soon prior to Apple’s Christmas closure period.

Here’s a sneak peak – http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/news/2016/12/16/level-up/

More suggestions for Kryten’s folders & files are always welcome as there’s still some time before submission, and of course they could possibly make it into future updates too.

[Smeg4Brains]

That’s great to hear, can’t wait to play. Thanks for taking the time to engage and communicate with the fans.

[bloodteller]

played through the Twentica and Samsara portions of the game today, eagerly looking forward to the Give And Take levels. only issue i really had with it was that the game felt far too quiet at times. it’d have been lovely to see some music or something in some of the levels.

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