History VideoGame / Rodina

This game is currently under active development, and is available [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/314230/ on Steam Early Access]] or at [[https://www.elliptic-games.com/store/ the developer's website]] on a pay-what-you-want basis. There is also a one-hour demo available. [[TheWikiRule A wiki now exists]], located [[http://www.rodina-wiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page here]].

* WideOpenSandbox: The game's developer has stated that the eventual goal of Rodina is to become [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]] [[RecycledInSpace in space]]. Even at this stage in its development, it is wide and open, allowing the player to fly anywhere in the solar system seamlessly, without loading screens. However, at the moment, there isn't much to do besides fighting respawning enemies, collecting datasticks, and flying around planets.

Rodina is a space exploration RPG developed by Brendon Anthony at [[https://elliptic-games.com/ Elliptic Games.]] It takes place in the [[ProceduralGeneration procedurally generated]], full-scale Zorica Solar System with four planets, asteroids, and Zorica, the central star. The game begins by placing the player character on an asteroid a stone's throw away from a small space ship. The player must search the asteroid for the part to allow their ship to fly to other asteroids in the belt. There they can find plot-related elements, news articles and other miscellaneous pieces of writing, ammunition for the ship's weapons, and the Limnal Drive, which allows them to fly to the four different planets in the system.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: The player finds themselves on an asteroid with no atmosphere and no idea how they got there. The player is able to survive unaided in outer space, and in the hazardous atmospheres of various planets, [[spoiler:since they're a robot]].

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: The player finds themselves on an asteroid with no atmosphere and no idea how they got there. The player is able to survive in outer space and in the various atmospheres on the different planets on their own.

->''Citizen! The mission is in danger. Our brave Vanguard has been attacked by ships of unknown origin. Your fellow colonists have been scattered and destroyed. [[SoleSurvivor It is by by Providence Alone that you have survived!]]''

You are told to go to each planet in order. The first planet you have to go to is Jarilo. It is the third planet from Zorica and is the most Earth-like of all the planets, with a radius slightly less than that of Venus. It has an peach-colored atmosphere, and the sun appears blue through it. It is also the least-heavily guarded one, with only the two weakest enemy types appearing. The next planet is Perun. It is the closest planet to Zorica and is also the Largest, with a radius almost twice that of Earth. It has a violet atmosphere, and the sun appears green through it. There the player is able to find the Heater Upgrade to their ship which allows them to visit the next planet, Morena. It is the farthest planet from Zorica, and is therefore covered completely in ice. It is also the smallest planet, with a radius just slightly larger than Mars'. The atmosphere is a teal color, and the sun appears red through it. Here, the player will find stronger opposition, with larger and tougher enemies. The player can also find the Acid Armor upgrade, which allows them to visit the last planet, Veles. It is the second planet from Zorica and has a thick, acidic atmosphere that the player's ship cannot penetrate until all the upgrades are found. The atmosphere is an opaque brown color and the sun is barely visible through it. This is also the most heavily-defended planet, containing a heavy concentration of enemies with the strongest ships.

This game is currently under active development, and is available [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/314230/ on Steam Early Access]] or at [[https://www.elliptic-games.com/store/ the developer's website]] on a pay-what-you-want basis. [[TheWikiRule There is also now a wiki for Rodina]], located [[http://www.rodina-wiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page here]].

This game is currently under active development, and is available [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/314230/ on Steam Early Access]] or on [[https://www.elliptic-games.com/store/ Elliptic Games]] on a pay-what-you-want format.

* SpaceMadness: One of the datastick sequences is a selection of logs from a soldier assigned to a monitoring station after being caught ''in flagrante delicto'' with a colonel's daughter. He is alone with a broken treadmill for exercise, nothing but sugary cereal to eat, and only "The Very Best of Lionel Ritchie" and a movie version of [[Literature/RobinsonCrusoe Robinson Crusoe]] for entertainment. Oh, and an alarm klaxon that goes off every four hours indicating the need for a sweep with the monitoring station. Naturally, the logs catalog his descent into Robinson Crusoe-themed sleep deprivation madness.

* CrapsackWorld: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. The various datasticks that you can collect do not paint a flattering picture of Earth. Though it has extremely advanced technology, it seems to be stuck in a kind of SpaceAgeStasis, with so little innovation that TV programs are basically the same ones shown year after year with only minor details changed. And this has been going on for centuries.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Most of human society doesn't think of bosonic intelligences as anything except machines. However, there are references to bosonic rights' groups.

* SpaceIsNoisy: Even though this game has mostly accurate physics, guns, engines, and ship destructions are all audible to the player.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman

* ThrownOutTheAirlock: You can actually do this to yourself and be completely fine. Good luck getting back to your ship, though.

* [[spoiler:WagonTrainToTheStars]]: [[spoiler:This is actually happening off-screen, [[SettlingTheFrontier with the Earth colony ship Rodina arriving at the Zorica system in about two years' time.]]]]

* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:The PC is an [[Literature/IsaacAsimov Asimov-model]] pilot automaton.]]

* ShoutOut:

This game is available [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/314230/ on Steam]] or on [[https://www.elliptic-games.com/store/ Elliptic Games]] on a pay-what-you-want format.

-->'''Urgent Message!''' - '''Rodina'''

->'''Urgent Message!''' - '''Rodina'''

You are told to go to each planet in order. The first planet you have to go to is Jarilo. It is the third planet from Zorica and is the most Earth-like of all the planets, with a radius slightly less than that of Venus. It has an peach-colored atmosphere, and the sun appears blue through it. It is also the least-heavily guarded one, with only the two weakest enemies appearing. The next planet is Perun. It is the closest planet to Zorica and is also the Largest, with a radius almost twice that of Earth. It has a violet atmosphere, and the sun appears green through it. There the player is able to find the Heater Upgrade to their ship which allows them to visit the next planet, Morena. It is the farthest planet from Zorica, and is therefore covered completely in ice. It is also the smallest planet, with a radius just slightly larger than Mars'. The atmosphere is a teal color, and the sun appears red through it. Here, the player will find stronger opposition, with larger and tougher enemies. The player can also find the Acid Armor upgrade, which allows them to visit the last planet, Veles. It is the second planet from Zorica and has a thick, acidic atmosphere that the player's ship cannot penetrate until all the upgrades are found. The atmosphere is an opaque brown color and the sun is barely visible through it. This is also the most heavily-defended planet, containing a heavy concentration of enemies with the strongest ships.