History VideoGame / SpaceColony

* SnootySports: Charles from is an OfficerAndAGentleman with an upper-class background and is also an avid golfer.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Of the "visible beam, instant travel" type.

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** Zhang does ''not'' get along with Hoshi and Kita, reflecting Japan and China's [[Understatement difficult]] relationship.

* Venus Jones - [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]. The least dysfunctional person on the crew (relatively speaking), and the main character in the campaign.
* Tami La Belle - Alcoholic slacker.
* Dean Jefferson Brown - medical student, obsessed with cleanliness.
* Barbara Leechworth - Old, cantankerous CorruptCorporateExecutive.
* Daisy Willowreed - GranolaGirl.
* Billy-Bob Perkins - Friendly but dumb former chicken farmer.
* Greg Chesterton - [[CasanovaWannabe Egotistical sexist jerk]].
* Candy Simspons - DumbBlonde shopaholic.
* Stig Svensson - Norwegian biker.
* Babette Devereux - RichBitch. Utterly and hilariously useless.

* 'Nailer' [=McBride=] - ViolentGlaswegian [[FootballHooligans football fan]][=/=][[AxCrazy convicted murderer]].
* Capt. Charles Worthington - Stereotypical OfficerAndAGentleman type guy.
* Nikolai Volkov - Ukrainian scientist.
* Ashia Green - Former athlete obsessed with fitness.
* Vasilios Cosmos - [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Guy]], [[CloudCuckoolander keeps going on about the stars]].
* Bhoomi Sharma - Elderly lady from India.
* Mr Zhang - CoolOldGuy. The only cybernetics expert in the game; can build androids and such.
* 'Slim' - Spoiled 15-year-old skater punk who was [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned by his parents]] for being annoying.

* BadassBiker: Stig Svensson.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Barbara Leechworth, one of your colonists, and 'Mr. Waterhouse', the [[JerkAss generally unpleasant]] CEO of your company (although [[PetTheDog he has his moments]]).
** To the point that, in the Demo, you have to build an android to defuse a bomb that would destroy the entire colony. Why? Because it's cheaper than evacuating the colony.

* DumbBlonde: Like, Candy!

* EarthThatWas: In the game's backstory, humanity abandoned Earth due to resource depletion and severe overcrowding and now lives mostly in space, except for a subculture of so-called 'Landers' that colonize isolated planets. The Landers generally come from the absolute dregs of human society, and you play as the leader of a group of them.
** Humanity has only done this recently since everyone's background says they're from a country on Earth.
* EveryoneIsBi
* FutureFoodIsArtificial: Your colonists' main food is a green nutrient sludge processed from the local vegetation, which is then reconstituted into cheeseburgers and booze.
** However, if you are feeling really fancy you can have space chicken at the restaurant.

* NeatFreak: Dean.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: ''Hoo'' boy...

* ViolentGlaswegian: Nailer again.

Described by the developers as 'A sim with a real personality!', Space Colony is a simulation game developed by Firefly Studios that places you in charge of a small space colony ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fancy that]]) on an isolated planet, where you gather, process, and sell resources, complete missions, [[NintendoHard keep your colonists happy]], and deal with whatever crises pop up. Best described as [[JustForFun/XMeetsY a fusion of]] ''VideoGame/{{Stronghold}}'' and ''Franchise/TheSims''.

Described by the developers as 'A sim with a real personality!', Space Colony is a simulation game developed by Firefly Studios that places you in charge of a small space colony ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fancy that]]) on an isolated planet, where you gather, process, and sell resources, complete missions, [[NintendoHard keep your colonists happy]], and deal with whatever crises pop up. Best described as [[XMeetsY a fusion of]] ''VideoGame/{{Stronghold}}'' and ''Franchise/TheSims''.

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* TheShrink: You can buy a counseling robot to help restore a colonist's mental stability, but it does nothing for their long term problems. There is also a detention facility which serves the same purpose.

The game has a fansite [[http://www.spacecolonyfans.net/ here]] with a demo download and lots of game info. It's also available on GOG.Com for $9.99.

* Tami La Belle - Alcoholic slacker.
* Dean Jefferson Brown - medical student, obsessed with cleanliness.

* Candy Simspons - DumbBlonde shopaholic.

* Nikolai Volkov - Ukrainian scientist.

* Vasilios Cosmos - [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Guy]], [[CloudCuckoolander keeps going on about the stars]].

* ArtificialStupidity: Stop letting the air run out!

* BadassBiker: Stig Svensson
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Big ants that will you eat your food, among other things.
** One of the first enemies you face are giant bees.

** To the point in the Demo you have to build an android to defuse a bomb that would destroy the entire colony. Why? Because it's cheaper than evacuating the colony.
* DeathIsCheap: Well, expensive, anyway (as you boss keeps reminding you), but nevertheless it's possible to resurrect deceased colonists.
** And that's only on site. They come back for the main mission, provided a fail objective isn't that you have to keep everyone alive.

* DysfunctionJunction: With the possible exception of Venus, ''everyone'' has some kind of problem or quirk or flaw or dark secret.
* EarthThatWas: In the game's backstory, humanity abandoned Earth due to resource depletion and severe overcrowding and now lives mostly in space, except for a subculture of so-called 'Landers' that colonize isolated planets. The Landers generally come from the absolute dregs of human society, and you play as the leader of a group of them.

* FutureFoodIsArtificial: your colonists' main food is a green sludge prossessed from local vegetation, which is then reconstituted into cheeseburgers and booze.

* GRatedSex: A quickie under the covers.

* SettlingTheFrontier: the premise of the game.
* SurroundedByIdiots and slackers and egomanics and hypochondriacs and so on..
* TheShrink: You can buy a counselling robot to help restore a colonist mental stability, but it does nothing for their long term problems. There is also a detention facility which serves the same purpose.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Nailer again.

Described by the developers as 'A sim with a real personality!', SpaceColony is a simulation game developed by Firefly Studios that places you in charge of a small space colony ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fancy that]]) on an isolated planet, where you gather, process, and sell resources, complete missions, [[NintendoHard keep your colonists happy]], and deal with whatever crises pop up. Best described as [[XMeetsY a fusion of]] ''VideoGame/{{Stronghold}}'' and ''Franchise/TheSims''.