Lost is about waking up in the middle of nowhere, alone.
It's a short story. I intended it to take no more than ten or fifteen minutes for a full playthrough.
It really is a short story. I came up with the plot, more or less, in a day; the mod itself has been continouously touched up for the past few years.
Lost was part FRED exercise, part hobby, part relaxing pastime. I hope all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting it together.
[I can pack up the mod files into a folder (classic manual install style) on request; however I highly recommend using Knossos for simplicity and user-friendliness. .]CREDITS!I'd recommend not reading these over until you've finished playing. Credits are also located in 'credits.txt' in the mod files.
Voice:
HLP user Millbear (Simon) is the talent behind the superb voice clips used in the final mission. Many thanks for his endless patience and professionalism!
Ships:
AF Serio: FSF, Freespaceking.
Akrotiri: Bobbau, Esarai, FSF, Freespaceking.
Malia: Original model by the Inferno team, was upgraded by the ASW team.
Angel: Venom (Nico), with conversion help from Woomeister, HTL model by Vasudan Admiral.
Interface:
HUD and icons came from ASW. Custom HUD sounds are also from ASW. Loading animation is from ASW.
Other interface art was made for me by Spoon.
Weapons:
The Defender (Pharnec) and Intruder are from ASW. I don't know who is responsible for them, but thank you whoever you are.
Music:
The scary rise sound effect from the intro scene is from the game NaissanceE. Not a game I recommend playing, unless you crave brutalist architectural nightmares.
HomePlanet_Amb, AD_Battle3, AD_Victory: From the Ancient-Shivan War mod, these are uncredited so I'm not sure who made them.
The_White, Gentle, Gears, Not_Forgotten: From the Kairo Arranged Soundtrack (it's the indie game, not the movie), by Bartosz Szturgiewicz. Used under the Creative Commons license.
Beta Testers: Xenocartographer and Cazao.
Massive thanks to these two totally awesome dudes and their awesome feedback for bringing my mod from a very rough draft to a possibly-release-worthy state!
General thanks to everyone who answered my innumerable questions through the forums.
Even more thanks to anyone who worked on Ancient-Shivan War.
I'd like to give a shoutout: Most of the music in this mod is taken from the indie game
Kairo. It's a pretty awesome game, with a masterfully crafted ambient drone soundtrack by Bartosz Szturgiewicz (goes under the stage name Wounds). The tracks I included are clips, not full tracks, and there are many more to be found in the
full OST. If you liked the music, consider giving the album a buy!
On the Bandcamp page linked above, Bartosz specifically permits reuse with credit, under the Creative Commons License.