In Acolyte, issues are getting unusual at an organization working in client AI. Perhaps you’ll find out why by means of conversations together with your AI assistant.
Nanomax is a startup that’s seeking to do some ground-breaking work in client AI. They’ve developed the Acolyte utility to that finish, giving gamers an AI companion to speak and work with. You’re a QA tester with the corporate, so your job is to search out any bugs or quirks in this system and let the bosses know. SURELY they’ll repair these issues, proper? Not bury them and by no means communicate of them? Or let anybody else speak about them? Or make workers mysteriously disappear?
One thing is clearly mistaken at Nanomax, and also you and your AI appear to be on the coronary heart of the matter. You’ll want to talk together with your AI as a way to hunt down info and leads, conversing with it as a way to get the proof you want to work out what’s happening. This can require a little bit of fascinating puzzle-solving, as your solutions (and some different parts) can bleed out into actuality with some fascinating ARG parts. It’ll additionally ask you to do some compelling detective work as you pore over websites, logs, and the knowledge your AI possess to piece collectively what’s really happening right here. Fortunately your Acolyte will assist with all of this. And absolutely they are often trusted, proper? I imply, they appear so good once you discuss to them.
Acolyte is an fascinating thriller tied to the chatty, cheerful AIs many people use in our on a regular basis work. It simply occurs to make their fixed, ever-listening presence really feel a bit extra alarming at occasions (effectively, I suppose moreso than they USUALLY are). Or at the very least the sinister ends of among the individuals who program them.
Acolyte is accessible now on itch.io and Steam.
