

The evolving friendship between Rachel, Julia, and Mobot feels right, carried along by their teasing, gentle reprimands and conversations. Players explore the six planets in the current solar system vicariously through Mobot, the planetary exploration robot, searching for clues to what might have happened. Astrobiologist Rachel Manners awakes from cryo-sleep in deep space, alone on a probe, the rest of her crew missing and only the titular artificial intelligence as company. Among the Stars, which further improves upon the positives of the first game while changing the aspects that didn’t work, making for an even more enjoyable experience. Far exceeding their initial goal, they then decided to go all in, completely revamping and expanding J.U.L.I.A., including new graphics, puzzles, and a more fleshed-out backstory. But CBE Software, the two-man Czech team behind the game, still weren’t satisfied, so they started a crowdfunding campaign to make an enhanced version. first came out in early 2012, earning itself a resounding recommendation for its unique presentation, creative gameplay, and unabashed indie sensibilities. Solve puzzles, gather clues, and communicate with the most temperamental artificial intelligence ever designed.J.U.L.I.A. Utilize an ingenious MOBOT – a mobile robot designed for planetary exploration to investigate remote solar systems. Travel to six unique planets and uncover their secrets. Not only is your own survival at stake, but you need to find out what happened to the crew and why you alone survived. To make matters worse, the probe is severely damaged by a disastrous impact with a passing meteoroid swarm. Once there you learn from the ship’s AI that not only have you been asleep for decades, but you are also the last surviving member of the probe’s crew.

Disoriented, you rush to the control room searching for answers. But why you are there is an elusive memory. As your surroundings come into focus, you realize you were deep in cryogenic sleep on a vast space probe. Now, imagine being jolted awake by an emergency alarm. Yet somehow, everything has gone terribly wrong… Everything was perfectly planned and success was certain. Only the most prominent scientists were selected and trained to ideally represent planet Earth. It was designed and equipped to be ideally suited for the ultimate challenge: to meet and study extraterrestrial sentient life-forms. No expense was spared in the construction of a massive space probe. Reaction was immediate and a mission plan was conceived. As all earthly observatories turned their attention towards this new discovery, a signal of artificial origin is detected from deep within the system. But are they prepared for what they will find?Īfter countless years of careful space observation, the enormous telescope Chandra 17 suddenly locates a solar system quite similar to our own. Together, this unlikely trio will explore the mysteries of this solar system. Her only companions are J.U.L.I.A., the space probe’s artificial intelligence and Mobot, a huge reconnaissance robot. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game which is being developed due to overwhelming support from a successful crowdfunding campaign.
