Tether Prototype 02

WARNING - This build is very temperamental due to use using an NVIDIA lighting engine within Unreal Engine 4 which hits the GPU pretty hard. You CAN run this on AMD GPU's (graphics card) but may experience some latency.  

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“Here’s something that looks both calmer than the ‘murder aliens for engine parts’ shtick, but also more unsettling.” - Rock Paper Shotgun 

“Taking a more contemplative approach, then, Tether appears to portray its horror through isolation and self-reflection. Admittedly I'm a fan of non-combat exploration games—walking sims if you prefer—but I'm nevertheless intrigued to learn more about Lesleigh's tale and decisions she faces.” - PC Gamer

"Making it in Unreal: how Tether takes from the best of immersive sims" - PCGamesN

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This is a very early vertical slice (prototype) version made in 2018 by a team of 9 developers from all over the world in 9 months. The project is currently under going a re-design after two failed pitching events to potential publishers. A team of dedicated developers worked really hard on this so it seems a shame not let this project see the light of day. Any funds raised will go straight back into development of the project.  

When extracting the project from the zip file please use 7-zip as other software tends to corrupt some of the files needed. This is NOT an .exe version of the game. Keyboard and Mouse inputs only.  

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Tether is a first-person psychological-thriller based in a science fiction world. 

Earth is dying after the collapse of several continents throughout the world following the destruction of the Moon - as natural disasters sweep the planet, the newly formed United Environmental Federation (UEF) accelerate plans to terraform the nearest possible habitable planet, Mars. You play as Lesleigh Hayes - a Biological Research Assistant for the UEF - on her first deep space voyage to Mars. Once aboard the Sonne, Lesleigh's thoughts turn to her children as she re-lives some of their final conversations before leaving. 

As catastrophic events unfold on the UEF Sonne, Lesleigh is forced to survive the psychological horrors of isolation in deep space.  Can she live with the consequences of her choices? How will these affect her children? Is this how motherhood should be?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Development Team:
Mark Gregory - Level & Narrative Design
Ian McCamant - Writer/Design
Nathan Winfield - Programming & Level Design
Callum Donaldson - Sound Design
Eddy Kassabian - Composer
Rachel Alderson - 2D Art 
Joseph Marin - Programming
Alison Summers - 3D Art
Danni Martin - 3D Art

Voice Over Team: 
Tamara Ryan - Lesleigh & Peter Hayes 
Lucas Shuneman - Sean Hayes 
Josh Musser - Maxwell Jones
Anna Chloe Moorey - Various
Simply Undrea - Kelsey Jones 

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Minumum Specs:
NVIDIA GTX 900 series 800 GPU
16 GB RAM
Intel i5 (or equivalent)
1GB Storage