Help Is On The Way

Guide a coworker through a hostile mining facility using a malfunctioning security terminal. Finish the day’s jobs, avoid a deadly alien, and survive long enough for the escape pod to launch.

**A student team project designed to deliver a ~10 minute experience.

Help Is On The Way is a sci-fi security simulation where survival depends on what you can’t see directly. You play as Kassandra, a security officer stationed behind a malfunctioning terminal in a remote mining facility. When something goes terribly wrong, your coworker Conor is left navigating the facility’s corridors alone, while you guide him from afar using unreliable security systems.

Conor must finish the remaining work for the day before the escape pod can launch, but an alien presence now stalks the facility. If he dies both your lives are over.

From your terminal, you’ll monitor the facility by shuffling between security cameras, watching for hazards, locked-down areas, and signs of the creature lurking in the dark. You can open, close, and lock doors remotely to control Conor’s path, protect him from danger, or trap threats; if your system allows it.

Your terminal is unstable. Overheating systems will shut down your view, forcing you to cool them manually before you can regain control. On top of that, strict corporate protocols mean you’ll need to sign access papers to authorize certain actions, slowing you down when every second matters.

Balance limited information, failing hardware, and bureaucratic obstacles as you guide Conor through a deadly workday. Help is on the way; but only if you can keep the terminal working long enough!

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Help Is On The Way System Requirements

Minimum

Recommended

OS version

Windows 10 64 bit

OS version

Windows 11 64 bit

CPU

Intel® Core™ i5 3.0GHz or equivalent

CPU

Intel® Core™ i7 3.4GHz or equivalent

Memory

16 GB

Memory

32 GB

GPU

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TI or equivalent

GPU

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 or equivalent

DirectX

DirectX 11

DirectX

DirectX 12

Storage

5 GB

Storage

5 GB

Languages Supported

  • Audio: English

  • Text: English

This game was built and owned by students enrolled at Vancouver Film School in the Game Design program, in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

* The lowest price offered on The Epic Games Store in the last 30 days before discount