No Known Survivors (lost Dead Space Flash game; 2008)

Status: Partially Found

Dead Space: No Known Survivors was a nine-part episodic Point & Click Flash game, released alongside the Dead Space comics in order to promote the first game. It was part of a contest where players would answer questions about the lore of No Known Survivors and also solve cartographic puzzles. The winner would receive a free copy of Dead Space, the Dead Space comics, a Dead Space art book, a replica of Isaac's helmet, a copy of the film Dead Space Downfall, and a few other Dead Space-themed items. The game featured a combination of 3D models and 2D models, with differing art styles to tell its stories. You would access different episodes by clicking one of the nine limbs on the menu, with each of the limbs being from a Necromorph. The Flash game was created by Deep Focus, and episodes were released from August 25th, 2008, to October 21st, 2008. The website that hosted the flash game, noknownsurvivors.com was shut down around 2012 when it was sold to a Japanese company.

Plot

No Known Survivors went through the story of two different people prior to the events of Dead Space, with their stories being separated into four chapters each, with the fifth chapter as an "intermission" of sorts. The game had you stuck in one room for both of the main stories, with many interactable objects to click on to learn about the story. The first episode had you go through the story of George Greggs, a man trapped in a room, with Necromorphs right outside. He started dating one of his patients who lost their fingers in an accident, Jane Gauthier, who broke up with him on the day of the Necromorph outbreak on Aegis 7. Greggs caresses Jane's fingers, while Necromorphs break in and kill him. Jane's fingers then turn into Necromorphs themselves. An artificial intelligence, CECL-RC then comments on Jane Gauthier's and George Greggs's fates in the intermission. The second episode had the player control Stephan right after an attack by Gavin. Before this, Stephan, Dennis, and Gavin had discovered that the USG Ishimura was in restricted airspace. Gavin Becker's boss had ordered him to kill his co-workers to cover up the incident at Aegis 7. Gavin then killed Dennis and was attempting to get into the room Stephan resided in to kill him too. After killing Stephan, his boss tells him to await pick up. However, Gavin cannot live with the guilt and kills himself instead.

Gallery

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  Screenshot of the game.

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  Picture of a medical paper from the game.

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  Ditto

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  Picture of Jane Gauthier's medical paper.

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  Another picture of a medical paper from the first episode.

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  Picture of the back of Jane's and George Greggs's heads.

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  Gavin Becker communicating to his boss in the second episode.

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  Necromorph limbs from title screen.

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  Ditto.

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  Stephan looking at Gavin, who is about to kill him.

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  George and Jane.

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  Room from the first episode, with George's body laying on the ground.

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  George Greggs.

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  Stephan holding a picture of Gavin's family.

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  Room from the first episode.

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  George caressing Jane's detached fingers.

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  Ditto.

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  Jane's fingers turning into a Necromorph.

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  Jane Gauthier.

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  George Greggs.

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  Glitched menu from website's data.

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  Jane looking at Necromorphs breaking in.

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  Man from the third chapter of episode two.

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  Room from episode two.

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  Ditto, Dennis's body on the chair.

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  Three Happy Spacemen.

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  Ishimura Aptitude Test

Audio

R. Billings Treatment Interview.

Jane Gauthier Treatment Interview.

Videos

Interview showcasing footage of the game.

Three Happy Spacemen

Video trying to piece together the story of No Known Survivors, by TheBritishRunner.

External Links

• Interview with developers.
• Dread Central article on the game, might include a way to play it without the website, however it doesn't seem to function.
• Wired article about the ninth episode's release.
• CBR article on the game.
• Gizmodo article about the Flash game.
• Description of No Known Survivors.
• No Known Survivors article.
• GameFAQs forum about the Flash game.
• Fandom page detailing the story.
• Article, containing the animated comic, mentions game.
• Chud article.
• Article about interview with Deep Focus.
• Giantbomb article mentioning No Known Survivors.

References

• No Known Survivors article by Engadget.
• News article about No Known Survivors.
• Red Ring Circus article about the game.
• IGN article about the game.
• ARGNet article about the game.

• Archived home page from the website.
• Archived page with rules.
• The game itself.