By Jayde Callejas, Liang “Leon” Mei, Alexandra “Sasha” Tarassova, Erica Wellman
April 2024
Survey Drone 15 is a single-player exploration sim where players remotely operate a small robotic vehicle. Tasked with a rescue mission within a small cave system, they do not have reliable camera footage of their surroundings. Instead, they’ll have to learn to navigate with the sonar and other systems of the drone. The game is a technical experiment in conveying physical space to a player while deprioritizing visual information. Instead, Survey Drone 15 primarily conveys environmental information through audio.