the daughters of galatea

in the future, humans have invented interstellar travel. to help them through the long journeys, they have two tools. firstly, cryo sleep, allowing them to pass the long journeys without noticing the time. and secondly, androids, to watch over them during this time.

this is where we come in.

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the game

the daughters of galatea is an analog story game about a group of female androids who are ferrying a group of human women along a 100 year interstellar journey. in this game we will each be playing one of these androids, and we must try to negotiate a daily professional experience living with all of our companions as the century ticks slowly onwards. it tells stories about intense, sometimes erotic longing, about how our experiences shape our futures, and about what it looks like to give someone power over you.

it is a diceless, gmless game for 3-6 players, to be played in a single session of 3-5 hours.

the game is played through five acts, each one covering a different stage leading up to, during, or in the aftermath of the 100 year journey. during each act, we draw 4 cards from a 52-card deck, and choose 2 of them to play. each card corresponds to a different narrative prompt to help guide the story forward. this means there are over 250 bespoke narrative prompts written for the game, as well as over 100 more for character creation.

content warning

note that, as a game concerned with longing, loss, sexual feeling, power, and taboo, the game comes with a bevy of content warnings. it contains powerful consent mechanics to allow you to turn down doing specific scenes, but it can nevertheless be an intense experience. be aware going in that this game has the potential to contain, and in some cases unavoidably contains:

• explicit sexuality
• mind control
• memory erasure
• incest
• body modification
• jealousy
• disability
• death and grief
• animal death

additionally, the game has a strong gendered component, and all characters involved are women.

this game is recommended only for groups of players already comfortable with one another, ready for this type of an experience, and equipped with the safety tools and communication skills of their choice.

testimonials

"if i sent you every prompt that is driving me insane in act 3 I'd just be sending you the whole document" - Violet

"This is great, it feels so high stakes" - Vellichor

this space is spare right now because few people have yet read the game, but if you have something nice to say, let me know and i might put you here!