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Lost Crew

COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

ROLE
Narrative Designer / Systems Designer / Game Designer
FORMAT
Narrative / Systems Design Sci-Fi Project
Lost Crew mission briefing flowchart covering Earth’s collapse, Exodus Line, ODYSSEY-7, crew selection, and captain notes.
Lost Crew is a narrative- and systems-design-driven sci-fi project in which the player acts as a captain. Crew selection, mission context, interconnected stats, and branching decisions shape morale, operational conditions, crew state, and later consequences.REVIEW CONTEXT → READ CREW / SYSTEM STATE → MAKE A CHOICE → APPLY CONSEQUENCES → UPDATE CREW / SYSTEMS → FACE THE NEXT SITUATIONView full-size image ↗

OVERVIEW

The Project

Lost Crew centers on the design of a captain-led expedition rather than current visual polish. The project connects crew composition and relationships, general and detailed stats, mission information, and branching choices so decisions can alter morale, operational outcomes, system conditions, and later narrative situations. Ahmet’s contribution covers the project’s planning, narrative, character, system, interface, and documentation work—not programming.

SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS

Core Systems

Core design areas presented through prototype gameplay and the project’s planning documentation.

DESIGN PRESENTATION

Systems + Media

01 — Choice & Consequence DesignA prototype decision moment showing how a captain-facing choice can feed forward into later states, responses, and narrative or systemic consequences.

Choice & Consequence Design

Captain-facing choices are designed to feed forward into later outcomes, crew states, system conditions, and narrative consequences.

CONTRIBUTION
Designed the choice-and-consequence structure and documented how decisions propagate into later states and follow-up situations.

ARCHITECTURE

System Map

Captain decision and consequence loop

Information establishes the mission and crew context; the captain makes a choice, connected stats change, the crew responds, and a new situation creates the next decision.

MissionBriefingCrew / RoleContextControl PanelPlayer ChoiceGeneral StatsDetailed StatsState /ConsequenceCrew ResponseNew Situation/ Choice
  1. Mission Briefing
    • Flows to: Crew / Role Context
  2. Crew / Role Context
    • Flows to: Control Panel
  3. Control Panel
    • Flows to: Player Choice
  4. Player Choice
    • Flows to: General Stats
  5. General Stats
    • Flows to: Detailed Stats
  6. Detailed Stats
    • Flows to: State / Consequence
  7. State / Consequence
    • Flows to: Crew Response
  8. Crew Response
    • Flows to: New Situation / Choice
  9. New Situation / Choice
    • Flows to: Mission Briefing

SCOPE

Responsibilities

NARRATIVE & CHARACTER

  • Narrative and worldbuilding design
  • Character design and character-background planning
  • Crew structure and role planning

SYSTEMS & DECISIONS

  • Stat and system design
  • Choice-and-consequence structure planning
  • General game-design direction

DOCUMENTATION & INFORMATION

  • Flowcharting and project documentation
  • Control-panel and information-architecture planning
  • Mission, profile, log, and decision-flow planning

DEVELOPMENT NOTES

Development Process

  1. 01

    DESIGN FOUNDATION

    The project began by defining the mission context, captain role, crew structure, characters, and the broader narrative framework.

  2. 02

    SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

    Flowcharts connect general and detailed stats, crew responses, operational conditions, and branching choices into a repeatable consequence loop.

  3. 03

    DOCUMENTATION + PROTOTYPE

    Lost Crew is currently presented primarily through design documentation supported by prototype gameplay. Its strongest evidence is the depth of systemic and narrative planning.

  4. 04

    PRESENTATION STATUS

    The gameplay presentation remains prototype-stage, and some backgrounds and character visuals currently use temporary AI-generated placeholders. Programming is collaborative work and is not claimed as Ahmet’s contribution.

SELECTED MEDIA

Prototype Overview — Chapters & Captain’s ArchivePrototype footage showing chapter transitions, ship-status context, narrative passages, and the captain’s archive. This complements the focused choice-and-consequence clip.
Lost Crew system-design flowchart linking captain controls, general stats, detailed stats, crew roles, energy, morale, and durability.
02 — Stat & Resource ArchitectureThe design map connecting general and detailed stats with energy, morale, durability, system health, crew relationships, and captain-facing information.View full-size image ↗
Lost Crew mission briefing flowchart covering Earth’s collapse, Exodus Line, ODYSSEY-7, crew selection, and captain notes.
05 — Mission Briefing & WorldbuildingThe briefing structure establishes Earth’s collapse, the Exodus Line, ODYSSEY-7, the expedition purpose, and the captain’s crew-selection context.View full-size image ↗
Lost Crew crew-role documentation for the chief engineer, pilot, and doctor.
03 — Crew Role DesignRole profiles define distinct operational functions while linking expertise, temperament, personal history, and mission-facing responsibilities.View full-size image ↗
Lost Crew character-design flowchart connecting personality, strengths, weaknesses, history, conflict, and stat effects.
04 — Character Design DocumentationCharacter planning connects personality, strengths, weaknesses, history, conflict, and emotional hooks to potential stat and narrative effects.View full-size image ↗
Lost Crew scene flowchart connecting captain decisions, stat changes, crew responses, and a later narrative state.
Decision Flow DocumentationA scene-flow example connecting early captain decisions, stat changes, crew responses, and the next narrative state.View full-size image ↗
Lost Crew diagram defining ISAAC’s personality, responsibilities, and limits, alongside the CONTACT mission coordination team.
ISAAC & CONTACT — Operational GuidanceDocumentation defining the onboard assistant’s responsibilities and boundaries alongside mission coordination.View full-size image ↗