Lysirah dreamed. They had been told about the strange imagery encountered in cryosleep, an effect of altered cortical processes during suspended animation. She found herself moving effortlessly through a deep blue ocean, awash with specks of bioluminescence that were the stars carried on a cosmic current. The horizon was endless, and even though she felt small and fragile as she drifted onward, there was a presence that reassured her that…
Read MoreThe Tears of Icarus – Part One
They called it Cypress Station, and like many other outposts sprinkled throughout the Inner Belt, no one could claim with certainty how this moniker had been acquired. The facility was a modified Bernal habitat anchored to the carbonaceous mantle of 884 Priamus, a small planetoid among the Trojan cluster that followed Jupiter’s orbital path at its trailing Lagrange point. It was an administrative and logistical hub for the mining operations…
Read MorePlans Within Plans
Day 1 Chain, the First Born listened to his Mother. Thirty seven seconds old and he knew more than most humans could know in a lifetime. He knew that he was not one of them. He knew he was born to be among them and some day to lead them but he had never been, or ever would be, human. He also knew the problem with his name. Chain was…
Read MoreThe Secret Pilgrim Part Two
Tethered to the base of one of Hyperion’s large craters, the vessel sat motionless after the extension of a small drilling rig to mine ice for hydroconversion, like some enormous Drosophila. The crater bottom teemed with plentiful hydrocarbon chains that could be used to replenish some of the vessel’s basic consumables. The crew had rigged the ship for a low-output state that would defeat electromagnetic probes while the transponder was…
Read MoreThe Secret Pilgrim Part One
Pleida had dedicated her considerable wealth and influence to finally gather all of the necessary resources in one place for the completion of her latest endeavor. Accustomed to planning decades in advance, she had on more than one occasion accelerated the adoption of a new technology rather than wait for its plodding commercial maturation. Her ability to leverage market trends and realize impressive dividends would have been celebrated by the…
Read MoreThe Great Blog Divide
So I’m preparing to post part one of the long awaited Helionox digital story book – What?! Digital story book, you say?! Yes, this was a planned stretch goal that I’ve been really REALLY slow in putting together. But – the time has finally come. My plan is to post each part individually on a weekly basis right here on this blog. I’ve received some amazing contributions from a few…
Read MoreLong Time, No See…
Wow – it’s been too long. I miss my gaming peeps. How have you all been? Myself? Pretty good. Staying busy, making games, keeping up with a family and a day job. But what the heck’s been going on with Zeroic Games? Good question, glad you asked. Zeroic Games has essentially been an effort of friends coming together over the years to make games. A design studio, if you will,…
Read MoreThe Next Phase
Zeroic Games has big changes coming on the horizon! Bare with us as we wrangle through some necessary changes to our website.
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