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{{Infobox video game
| title = 2000:1: A Space Felony
| image = A Space Felony cover.png
| alt = 
| caption = 
| developer = National Insecurities
| publisher = Humble Games
| designer = 
| programmer = 
| artist = 
| composer = 
| series = 
| engine = [[Unreal Engine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/20001-a-space-felony/unreal-engine-4|title=Making it in Unreal: how a tiny team pulled off ''2000:1: A Space Felony''|last=Peel|first=Jeremy|work=PCGamesN|date=2017-12-04|accessdate=2023-10-05}}</ref>
| platforms = [[Software:Windows|Windows]]
| released = {{vgrelease|WW|July 2017}}
| genre = [[Software:Adventure game|Adventure]]
| modes = Single-player
}}
'''''2000:1: A Space Felony''''' is a 2017 adventure video game developed by National Insecurities and published by Humble Games.  It is a parody of ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.

== Gameplay ==
Players control a detective sent to investigate a suspicious incident on board a spaceship.  The crime scene imitates that of ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.  The human crew are dead, and the ship's artificial intelligence, named MAL, is the only witness.  ''2000:1: A Space Felony'' is an [[Software:Adventure game|adventure game]].  Players photograph crime scene evidence, such as corpses found while exploring the ship, and question MAL about them.  Players must then find evidence that either proves MAL is lying or being truthful.<ref name=pcgamer>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/a-clumsy-detective-investigates-space-murders-in-20001-a-space-felony/|title=A clumsy detective investigates space murders in ''2000:1: A Space Felony''|last=Macgregor|first=Jody|work=PC Gamer|date=2017-12-05|accessdate=2023-10-05}}</ref>  It is played in first-person.<ref name=worlds>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-hidden-tricks-bringing-game-worlds-to-life/|title=The hidden tricks bringing game worlds to life|last=Nelson|first=Xalavier Jr.|work=PC Gamer|date=2018-05-28|accessdate=2023-10-05}}</ref>

== Development ==
This is British developer National Insecurities' first published game.  They had been unsuccessfully trying to publish a game that dated to when the team members were at university.  Although they had several promising leads, the deals fell through.  During the time it took to follow these leads, they began development on ''2000:1: A Space Felony''.  When [[Company:Humble Bundle|Humble Bundle]] agreed to fund ''2000:1: A Space Felony'', they refocused on that instead.<ref name=humble>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-humble-beginnings-of-national-insecurities|title=The Humble beginnings of National Insecurities|last=Batchelor|first=James|work=GamesIndustry.biz|date=2018-02-15|accessdate=2023-10-05}}</ref>  One of the biggest issues the team faced was replicating a famous scene in ''2001'' in which astronauts travel through artificial gravity generated by a centrifuge, which did not seem possible using the game's simpler physics. They eventually solved the problem by rotating the outside world around the centrifuge while players were inside it.<ref name=worlds/>  ''2000:1: A Space Felony'' was released in July 2017 a Humble Original.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/become-an-astro-detective-in-20001-a-space-felony|title= Become an astro-detective in ''2000:1 A Space Felony''|last=Caldwell|first=Brendan|work=Rock Paper Shotgun|date=2017-07-04|accessdate=2023-10-05}}</ref>  National Insecurities chose not to release the game on Steam directly after the period of exclusivity requested by Humble, as that would have put them near the Christmas season.  Instead, they sold it on itch.io.<ref name=humble/>

== Reception ==
''PC Gamer'' said ''2000:1: A Space Felony'' is "better at being a homage than a parody" and said exploring the ship recreated the feeling of watching a Kubrick film, though they found the gameplay itself less compelling.<ref name=pcgamer/>  ''Eurogamer'' said the ship is "a joy to explore" and praised the art direction.  They recommended it to fans of Kubrick and narrative games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/2000-to-one-a-space-felony-is-the-kubrickest-game-yet|title=''2000 to One: A Space Felony'' is the Kubrickest game yet|last=Donlan|first=Christian|work=Eurogamer|date=2017-07-31|accessdate=2023-10-05}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Detective video games]]
[[Category:First-person adventure games]]
[[Category:Parody video games]]

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