The Journeyman Project is a trilogy of adventure games published by Presto Studios. The setting is in the future, where after horrific nuclear wars humanity united to create a peaceful global society. Due to the establishment of a utopian society, humanity has been invited to join an alien organization known as the Symbiotry of Peaceful Beings.
Meanwhile, time travel has been invented and is controlled by a secret government organization known as the Temporal Security Agency. It exists to prevent temporal rips in the space/time continuum, by which changes in the past can alter the present. The player controls a character named Gage Blackwood, Agent 5 of the TSA. The games revolve around Agent 5's exploits throughout time whilst saving Earth in the present.
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The story begins with an alien ambassador arriving to finalize Earth's admission into the Symbiotry. However, when Agent 5 is on duty a temoral rip is detected, and Earth's history is changed. The result of the new timestream is that humanity is passed over for admission.
As it turns out, Elliot Sinclair, the inventor of time travel, has sent back three androids to alter history. He fears that the aliens want to conquer Earth. Agent 5 manages to restore the timeline and stops Sinclair from assasinating the Symbiotry delegate.
As the story begins, Gage is visited by himself from nine years in the future. Someone has framed Gage for tampering with historical artifacts and it is up to you to visit the past and find evidence to clear your name. Meanwhile, the Symbiotry are deliberating on Earth's monopoly on time travel technology and this latest trial threatens to close down the TSA. After joining up with an interesting artificial intelligence being named Arthur, you visit locations such as the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci and the Mayan temple of Chichen Itza and find the culprit.
Despite Agent 5's success in the previous game, time travel technology is deemed unsafe and the TSA is forced to close down. However, the rogue Agent from Buried in Time causes a temporal rip and Gage must travel back in time to find her. After doing so, you learn that a myserious alien fleet has appeared in Symbiotry space and is heading towards Earth, looking for an ancient alien relic known as the Legacy of Time. Joining once again with your AI buddy Arthur, you must track down the pieces of the Legacy in the mythical cities of Atlantis, Shangri La, and El Dorado.
Unfortunately, with the demise of Presto Studios in November, 2002 it is unlikely that more Journeyman Project games will be produced.Release History
The Journeyman Project
Published in 1992 by Sanctuary Woods, The Journeyman Project was one of the first games to use high quality rendered graphics. However, it suffered from performance problems and slow animations. These problems were fixed in the release of The Journeyman Project Turbo! in 1993.The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
Published in 1995 by Sanctuary Woods, Buried in Time was a radical change from the original. It is noted for establishing the character of the player which, in the original, lacked basic personality features and even a name. It also featured high quality rendered graphics and animations as well as many live-action sequences. It was programmed entirely from C++.The Journeyman Project 3: The Legacy of Time
Published in 1998 by Red Orb Entertainment, the final installment uses a unique 360 degree interaction system without resorting to 3D effects. It featured impressive production values with the actors and costumes.
