Hive

You play as Ben, a blue collared mercenary.

I kept using the word industrial to describe the direction I wanted to go.

I wanted this to feel like a world where you're always short on credits. A new power suit is more than a blue collared mercenary can afford so you have to resort to short term fixes and attachments.

I've never been crazy about a health pack immediately fixing lethal injuries. Instead of worrying about your health I thought it would be more interesting if you were constantly maintaining the structural integrity of your armour.

I also thought it would be fun if the player had to manage the charge of their battery pack instead of a health bar.

Diana is a corporate mercenary charged with hiring a ground crew to investigate the Hive.

I thought it would be fun to replace a synthetic with an AI. Deep beneath her sub routines is a secret corporate agenda.

I got a little carried away with the amount of characters. I thought it would be fun if the team of blue collared marines had a mermaid for a personal AI. Her innocence and wonder could bring a little levity to the 9 to 5 grind.

Apollo, the proverbial monkey shot into space, has been genetically engineered to man the teams heavy suit.

I had this idea in my head that the teams pilot was injured to the point he is only kept alive by a stasis pod and tech modifications that allow him to interface with the teams mech and ship.

Typical space zombies. That swollen belly would be to tempting not to shoot but I thought it would be fun if the larva begin spilling out of his abdomen. The player would then have to fight both larva and zombie. I still would like to work on these guys.

I was thinking what if the colonist becomes a stock that houses the parasites and it will reach out and attack you if you get to close.