The Orville — Diplomatic Incident: Interactive Comedy Game
When diplomacy goes hilariously wrong. Navigate awkward first contacts, crew squabbles, and the universal truth that aliens are just as weird as we are. Free comedy sci-fi game.
The Orville — Diplomatic Incident: Interactive Comedy Game
Sometimes saving the galaxy involves epic space battles. Sometimes it involves trying to explain to an alien ambassador why your helmsman just challenged their high priest to a drinking contest. The Orville — Diplomatic Incident leans into the show's comedic side — the awkward moments, the misunderstandings, and the universal truth that no matter how advanced a civilization becomes, someone will always end up in an embarrassing situation.
About This Experience
Diplomacy Is Hard — Especially when:
- Your universal translator picks the worst possible word at the worst possible time
- An alien culture's sacred ritual turns out to be... exactly what it sounds like, and no, you cannot politely decline
- Gordon Malloy has an opinion (Gordon always has an opinion)
- The ship's food synthesizer rebels and starts serving everything as blue gelatin
- You have to negotiate a trade agreement while hungover from the aforementioned drinking contest
Crew Comedy — The humor comes from these characters being stuck together on a spaceship:
- Ed and Kelly navigating their post-divorce working relationship while dealing with aliens who think marriage is a form of telepathic soul-bonding
- Gordon's complete inability to take anything seriously, even when the fate of the Union is at stake
- Bortus and Klyden's deadpan observations on human customs
- Isaac's literal interpretations of figurative language
Who It's For
- Comedy sci-fi fans — Red Dwarf, Hitchhiker's Guide, Galaxy Quest people
- The Orville fans — The show's humor-forward episodes in interactive form
- Anyone who needs a laugh — Sometimes you just want to giggle in space
Highlights
Heart Under the Humor Like the show, the comedy doesn't come at the expense of heart. These characters genuinely care about each other, and beneath every joke is a crew that's become a family. The laughter makes the emotional moments hit harder, not softer.