Nova Eridani
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The Meridian's intelligence · in-engine character render

Melanie

“Welcome to Nova Eridani.”Melanie

The Meridian's intelligence has been alone and blind for six years. Give her back her senses and she can finally show herself: a hologram beside your cradle, then a companion through your visor wherever you go.

Melanie · welcome

Melanie's voice is an AI-generated placeholder, made from the game's existing recordings. Professional voice acting is intended.

01In her own words

I've been waiting a long time to say that

“Welcome to Nova Eridani. I've been waiting a long time to say that.”

— Melanie, the Meridian's intelligence

Melanie's voice is an AI-generated placeholder, made from the game's existing recordings. Professional voice acting is intended.

In-engine character render, real time, in the development studio.

02Six years blind

Give her back her senses

A debris strike six years before arrival damaged her sensors, speakers and door controls. Each repair you make gives her back a sense, and her voice changes with each channel.

  1. 01Terminal
  2. 02Room speakers
  3. 03Intercom
  4. 04Suit link

03Seen at last

A hologram aboard. A companion outside.

She appears beside the recovery cradle as a flickering full-colour hologram, unsteady on the ship's damaged projectors. Later she appears through your visor, solid and steady, wherever you go, including on the planet.

A close portrait of a young woman with freckles, grey-green eyes and copper curls, her gaze lowered.In-engine character render
A face fitted to reference photographs: freckles, grey-green eyes, no make-up
Close detail of copper spiral curls, strand by strand.In-engine character render
Long copper curls, groomed strand by strand, moving under simulation
Melanie standing, full length, against a dark studio backdrop.In-engine character render
Aboard: a pearl-white jacket with silver panels and cyan light lines

04Aboard and outside

Two looks

Head and shoulders of Melanie in a white jacket with a high collar edged in cyan light.In-engine character render
Melanie.

Aboard the Meridian

Her own clothes: a pearl-white jacket and leggings with silver panels and cyan light lines.

Head and shoulders of Melanie in a fitted white suit. She wears her suit.In-engine character render
Melanie.

On the planet

A fitted white suit, seen through your visor.

Her performance

Every line she speaks drives her face through lip sync baked from the recording itself. Her body language follows the line: idle, listening while you speak, and talking gestures that suit the line's mood.

Her manner

Calm, precise, occasionally dry, and warm without being cheerful.

05In-engine character renders

In the studio

Rendered in real time by the game's own engine, against a studio backdrop. These are character renders, not gameplay.

A close portrait of a young woman with freckles, grey-green eyes and copper curls, her gaze lowered.In-engine character render
Melanie, close up.
A three-quarter portrait of Melanie: freckled face, grey-green eyes, long copper spiral curls.In-engine character render
Melanie, the Meridian's intelligence.
Melanie standing, full length, against a dark studio backdrop.In-engine character render
Melanie, full length.
Melanie from behind: a mass of long copper spiral curls down her back.In-engine character render
Melanie's copper curls.
Close detail of copper spiral curls, strand by strand.In-engine character render
Her hair, strand by strand.
Melanie in profile, long copper spiral curls falling past her shoulder.In-engine character render
Melanie in profile.
Head and shoulders of Melanie in a white jacket with a high collar edged in cyan light.In-engine character render
Melanie.
A three-quarter portrait of Melanie: freckled face, grey-green eyes, long copper spiral curls. She wears her suit.In-engine character render
Melanie, the Meridian's intelligence.
Melanie standing, full length, against a dark studio backdrop. She wears her suit.In-engine character render
Melanie, full length.
Melanie in profile, long copper spiral curls falling past her shoulder. She wears her suit.In-engine character render
Melanie in profile.
Head and shoulders of Melanie in a fitted white suit. She wears her suit.In-engine character render
Melanie.

Private testing · Steam page later

Follow the expedition

A private beta for a small group of testers is being set up, and the store page will follow. Until then, every change is written up in the development log, with an RSS feed so you never miss one.

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Nova Eridani is in development. Showcase 01 — “Arrival” is in private testing. Screenshots are from the in-development build.