The annual Steam awards are here once again, and we'd be thrilled if Silicon Dreams could be part of it! We honestly think that we've put together a little narrative gem here - even though it took a year and a half of blood, sweat, tears, and a lot of words - and we would be so grateful if you'd consider casting your vote for Story-Rich games on our little offering. It's scrappy, small, and certainly not the biggest fish in the pond, but we're proud of this little thing we've made. So are you, if you're one of the people who wrote us a lovely Steam review! (Thank you for those, by the way! We try to read every one.) So if you'd like to help out a little studio whose niche game you love, please vote for us. Interrogators everywhere will thank you.
[ 2021-11-25 21:34:43 CET ] [ Original post ]
- Silicon Dreams (linux) [3.47 G]
Silicon Dreams is a game of conversation and interrogation; trust and betrayal.
It’s the future. Everyone has an android: a realistic robot servant. But what happens when those servants disobey, or become a bit too independent?
It’s your job to interview those malfunctioning androids and decide what to do with them. You’ll gain their trust, learn their secrets and come to understand their lives - their struggles in a world that treats them as devices to be consumed. You’ll analyze and manipulate their emotions to get at the truth. For these androids, the stakes are huge: the report you file could be the difference between freedom and getting shut down.
But you’re at risk too: your employer does not tolerate mistakes. Will you sell out these free-thinking androids, or feed your bosses false information to try and save them?
Learn about your subjects
- Read your subject's file to learn about their life
- Plan which emotional tactics to use: encourage trust? Terrify them?
Interrogate Androids
- Choose your questions carefully
- Build trust and rapport with your subject
- Manipulate their emotions to uncover more information
Between a rock and a hard place
- Balance your own goals against the will of the corporation
- Submit accurate reports to climb the corporate ladder, or feed false information so the subjects go free
- Save the androids or survive yourself
- Wrestle with ethical dilemmas and moral gray areas
Multiple Endings
- Multiple methods of interrogation and information gathering
- Deeply branching dialogue
- Each android's fate is in your hands
- Android revolution?
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04+
- Processor: 2 GHz or betterMemory: 1 GB RAM
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
- Storage: 600 MB available space