Players are given a title-based construction kit to create their own personalised spaceship, featuring hundreds of various pieces of construction materials reference sci-fi movies and show from the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s. The twist is, your crew will ultimately defect and steal your spaceship. Leaving you in a position where you must factor in how powerful you want to make your original creation, because it will eventually become your opponent.
"Space games have come back in vogue in recent years, and one of the funnest parts of any spacefaring romp is customizing your ship. Australian indie game Defect ran a Kickstarter campaign earlier in the year and if the fan response to the campaign is any indication, people are excited about the ship customization on offer here. We caught up with Drew Morrow, the artist and designer on the game, at PAX Australia and had a chat to him about the game." -Fergus Halliday (Resident Entertainment)
Marcus Estrada writes: "Recently, Defect by Three Phase Interactive hit Kickstarter with a more unique pitch than most. In this game you create your ship, complete your assigned mission with it, then have the ship stolen from right under your nose by the crew! With that, your goal then becomes to make a new ship to defeat your traitorous crew… before the new crew uprises and takes the new ship. This endless cycle seems like a great mechanic, though I did have some reservations about it. As such, I went onto Steam and downloaded the Defect demo to see how the game plays out thus far."
Marcus Estrada writes: "You know, given how many games related to space ship construction and battle there are out there it really seems challenging to create something new. Yet, that's exactly what Three Phase Interactive have just done with Defect. At first blush it might look like just any other game in the genre -- but read on. First, players build their ship from over 100 different components. Then they enter into a mission and hopefully complete it with a sleekly-designed ship. But after this point your own crew mutinies and takes this awesome ship from you. Now you've got to build a new ship and defeat those folks housed inside your old vessel."
