Get
to
Ganymede
You are the security officer aboard a starship heading to Ganymede - Jupiter’s biggest moon. You must check the details of approaching vessels and verify them for safe pass-by. Be vigilant. There are smugglers, corporate competitors, and more in the space lanes…
Contact Protocol is the premiere title of Cold Zephyr Games.
Inspired directly by Papers, Please, ConPro aims to stretch and innovate on the investigation genre. It will discover just how well human morality performs in high-stakes scenarios with limited time. Watch the trailer here.
GAMEPLAY
Contact Protocol is a corporate job-sim. You will check data, fill out
paperwork, and (if you’re a good employee) follow company procedure.
DATA CHECK
Use everything at your disposal to verify the data of approaching vessels.
Cross-reference with company records, your personal notebook, and official schematics.
paperwork
A good, loyal GalCo employee keeps accurate paperwork.
Tick, circle, and sign on the dotted line properly, or you’ll have the Quartermaster breathing down your neck.
investigate
You must use your social deduction skills to determine the intentions of other ships. All while they’re doing the same for you.
Use your best judgement. Be vigilant.
Torpedo combat
As a last resort, you may have to fire a torpedo to stop ships from passing you, and heading back toward Earth.
Torpedo combat is not flashy and glorious. It may look like just a few pixels blinking off a screen, but there are human lives at stake.
ms jones
FRED
This is the crew of PALE-HORSE. Between ship encounters, you’ll be speaking to them.
Your actions will decide if they help or hinder you on your journey to Ganymede.
Try to be nice.
nigel
dieter
harriet
kim
the crew
Planned additional features
Procedural Generation: Some encounters will be different in each playthrough to keep you guessing
Multiple endings: Your choices will have knock-on effects throughout the solar system (and your crew)
Choices matter: Your decisions will affect your relationship with the crew, and how their stories go
Customisable workspace: Change the colour of your console UI and swap out desk ornaments
and more!
“It scratches an itch in my brain I didn’t know i had”
“…makes you want to bust out your own notebook just to make yourself understand all the little bits better”
“I like the crew: they’re all their own flavour of unpleasant”
“The worldbuilding is immaculate”
