Palinurus
A drifting traveler boards a one-man space shuttle destined for Alpha Centauri. This shuttle is piloted by Budapest, an artificial intelligence program designed to serve humanity. When disaster unexpectedly…
Palinurus is a visual novel developed by Watercress Studios, released 9 December 2016 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Palinurus is
Palinurus is a visual novel game developed by Watercress Studios and released in 2016. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A drifting traveler boards a one-man space shuttle destined for Alpha Centauri. This shuttle is piloted by Budapest, an artificial intelligence program designed to serve humanity. When disaster unexpectedly befalls their ship, the two of them are sent careening through uncharted space.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, romance and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Palinurus launched on 9 December 2016, within three weeks of Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Pokémon Moon and Pokémon Sun.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Pokémon Moon, Pokémon Sun.
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