Diaries Of A Spaceport Janitor Looks Delightful
Burn after reading
What is Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor [official site]? Not entirely sure. Don't really care. Some kind of wander-o-read-a-clean 'em in a bustling spaceport? Dunno. The point is, Sundae Month's game looks delightful! We may not get to play it until spring, but for now I'm enjoying a whole load of lovely moving pictures.
"You play as the Janitor," explain publishers tinyBuild, "an Alaensee woman with a municipally-subsidized trash incineration job, and dreams of leaving the planet of Xabran's Rock far behind her." So you roam around and read things and eat psychedelic eyeballs and incinerate trash and, look, what has me so excited is all these animated gifs (or gifs converted to video, whatever, can it pedants) Sundae Month have been tweeting (I'll not post them all, so hit them up for more):
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is still alive! Getting ready for a big announcement soon... #trashdiary #altgames pic.twitter.com/4zW3iJq725
— Sundae Month (@SundaeMonth) January 13, 2016
fog and neon \\ a medley of alien languages \\ an ancient secret calling you to the spaceport #trashdiary #gamedev pic.twitter.com/MXbFF3ilYZ
— Sundae Month (@SundaeMonth) January 13, 2016
late afternoon marketplace, thick with the smell of sizzling meats #trashdiary #altgames pic.twitter.com/4BUEUmnSwC
— Sundae Month (@SundaeMonth) January 14, 2016
a watering hole carved out of an ancient spaceship. Who will you find here? #trashdiary #gamedev #altgames pic.twitter.com/qyeLFjvW8b
— Sundae Month (@SundaeMonth) January 14, 2016
takeoff at moondown \\ a sharp ozone taste in the air\\ astromancers dream, feverish #trashdiary #gamedev #altgames pic.twitter.com/mcxXYnJJHC
— Sundae Month (@SundaeMonth) January 14, 2016
Hungry? You'll find something to savor in the spaceport stalls #trashdiary #indiegame #indiedev pic.twitter.com/Q85K4ULb0M
— Sundae Month (@SundaeMonth) January 15, 2016
there's more than just trash on the market streets. what will you find?#trashdiary#screenshotsaturday #gamedev pic.twitter.com/LKIFS06IuE
— Sundae Month (@SundaeMonth) January 16, 2016
Proper good, that. I do still enjoy the combination of a 3D world with 2D sprites for character and decoration, as seen in Bernband, Little Party, which lets small teams create bustling, animated worlds full of unique details. I look forward to poking around this spaceport, visiting pubs, making offers to a goddess, and delving into bins.
Oh, and if you missed it when it came out, Sundae Month's free game Petrichor is a pleasant forest adventure.
Diaries does also have a trailer, but it's not nearly as cool as those GIFs: