A downloadable game

The stasis chamber hisses softly around you. Artificial fluids built up inside your ears begin to retreat as the cryoplasm drains slowly. Breathing comes naturally, at first. And then the tickle of a hundred nanites filtering your oxygen forces a cough or two of surprise. Beneath new skin, a fresh infusion of blood pulses with the cadence of tribal drums. Your thoughts cascade and it all makes sense again. You open your eyes to the dull interior of a starship.

Apsis Online is a multi-user roguelike (MUR) set in a dark science-fiction universe.

You are a voyager. A human, mentally and physically augmented for life in deep space. Your mission is to carve out a place for humanity among the stars. Whatever that may be. Build on and explore persistent worlds that respond to what each player does to create a shared story.

Join our built-in message board, the Rogue Bulletin Board System (RBBS)! Meet new people from within the speckled void. Enjoy the imaginative flexibility of a multi-color ASCII user interface. It will run on almost anything! Only a keyboard and some duct tape are required to play. Sign up today!

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Disclaimer: Apsis Online is an ongoing project which means there may be occasionally be minor bugs in the software. In addition to high latency as we continue to optimize for performance. Feel free to report any issues via the RBBS forum in-game.

More information

Updated	12 days ago
Status	In development
Rating	Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars (3 total ratings)
Author	Faction 504
Genre	Role Playing
Tags	ascii, Cyberpunk, fiction, MMORPG, mud, multi-user-dungeon, Roguelike, Sci-fi, Space, traditional-roguelike
Average session	About a half-hour
Languages	English
Multiplayer	Server-based networked multiplayer
Links	Steam

Download

Voyager Handbook: Second Edition 1.8 MB

Install instructions

RUNNING THE GAME (Linux)

Requires ncurses to run. Uses wmctrl to initialize fullscreen. May want to shrink font to reduce the size of the screen if overzealous.

1) Download RBBS_LIN.ZIP from host.

2) Navigate to your "Downloads" folder to extract the build.

2) Open your terminal of choice (Xterm recommended)

3) enter: cd ~/Downloads/RBBS_LIN

4) enter: ./rbbs

5) voila, enjoy!

TIP: To enter single-player mode press S from the "Welcome to the Rogue Bulletin Board System" prompt.

Note, on the test server, which is very slow, the client may hang or say that it is busy. This is unlikely to be true. Although it may be..give it a few tries is this happens!

RUNNING THE GAME (Windows)

Repeat the steps above, the client uses Powershell in Windows which may distort the display on screens less than or equal to 13 inches.