Sailing Through Limbo: Adrift

What if you woke up somewhere between life and death, with no way back to the life you knew? That’s the idea behind the game Adrift, created by a multidisciplinary group of students from Creative Media & Game Technologies.

Adrift combines storytelling, exploration, puzzle solving, and astronomy to tell a story about loss, acceptance, and coming to terms with an unfinished life. In Adrift, players take on the role of a young astrophysics student who awakens on a mysterious tropical archipelago after a fatal accident. Believing there may still be a way to escape his fate, he sets out across the islands, searching for fragments of his past and uncovering the memories hidden within them.

Each island is inspired by one of the stages of grief, turning the journey into both a physical and emotional exploration. Players solve puzzles, discover stories, and piece together the events of the protagonist’s life while being guided by a mysterious creature that always seems to remain just out of sight.

The journey also puts exploration at the heart of the experience. Players must navigate the wind and waves, using an astrolabe and the stars to chart their course and uncover hidden constellations and celestial secrets.

Play Adrift here!

Adrift 

by Shift
Grade  
 
Product Owner
 
Alexandra Chelaru 

Art 
Art Lead: Rokas 
Scrum Master & Senior Artist: Karo Tran 
Scrum Master & Junior Artist: Anastasia Lukanova 
Senior Artist: Elin Graafland 
Senior Artist: Rafaella Nikolaou 
Senior Artist: Renardo 
Senior Artist: Yoana Terzieva 
Junior Artist: Saule Juce 
Junior Artist: Yke Kroon 
Sound Designer / Composer: Sem Jager 

Design 
Lead Designer & Marketing: Niels Andela 
Lead Designer: Iasmin Mambet 
Scrum Master & Senior Designer: Helena De Melo 
Scrum Master & Senior Designer: Tycho de Krou 
Scrum Master & Junior Designer:Nefeli Chrysostomou 
Senior Designer: Marsha Zeldenrust 
Senior Designer: Yuki Bolt 
Junior Designer, Release Manager & Marketer: Christoph J. Brogle 
Junior Designer: Karel Bruijn
Junior Designer: Ozan Nail 
Junior Designer: Victor Holman 
UX/UI Designer: Sofiia Avakian 

Version Control & Development 
Lead Developer & Scrum Master:Jantina Mulder 
Lead Developer: Joost Wolters 
Scrum Master & Junior Developer:Timofei Arefev 
Senior Developer: Alonso Cáceres Garcia 
Senior Developer: Eduard Ciofu 
Senior Developer: Jardi Wester 
Senior Developer: Johan 
Semi-Senior Developer: Sander Kleine 
Junior Developer: Alice Tel 
Junior Developer: Arch Promchan 
Junior Developer: Boas Idema 
Junior Developer: Christina Pence 
Junior Developer: Joël Misiedjan 
Junior Developer: Nikolay Minins 
Junior Developer: Ties Medemblik 
Junior Developer: Vasilis Vlachos