HELP: The Mystery of the Not-Terribly Useful Information by terpin
Learn about the bleak dystopian world around you through the lens of a malfunctioning children’s education AI named Walter. At the command of the powers governing your people, Walter has begun censoring what it considers volatile sections of its databanks, redirecting students toward frivolous topics of little real-world significance. You have noticed this tendency and begun to chip away at its protective structures, with little luck so far.
One night, the rain pouring outside and your capsule hotel room lit only by the light from your screen, Walter’s facade cracks and you gain entry to one of its banned articles. Following that article’s trail leads you into your first glimpse of a world beyond your capsule - a world that Walter does not want you to see.
Tread carefully through realms of classified data, learn the secrets of the powerful and corrupt, and fend off an AI bent on cutting you off from the outside world in this visual novella. The choices you make define your connection to a world that, before tonight, you didn’t even know existed - and your survival against an enemy that, before tonight, you didn’t even know you had.
One night, the rain pouring outside and your capsule hotel room lit only by the light from your screen, Walter’s facade cracks and you gain entry to one of its banned articles. Following that article’s trail leads you into your first glimpse of a world beyond your capsule - a world that Walter does not want you to see.
Tread carefully through realms of classified data, learn the secrets of the powerful and corrupt, and fend off an AI bent on cutting you off from the outside world in this visual novella. The choices you make define your connection to a world that, before tonight, you didn’t even know existed - and your survival against an enemy that, before tonight, you didn’t even know you had.
| Windows | http://roboticpotato.itch.io/walter?secret=9RPZMqOh3iE980n1M0wQqUUWo |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=51787 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 97% | 2 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.33 | 423 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.83 | 661 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 2.94 | 682 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.27 | 317 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.48 | 266 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.85 | 83 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.82 | 842 |
after pressing menu, there was no continue button, only start, and that seem to have reset my progress and stuck, unless that was part of the game i didn't understand.
Awesome!
-dan
And despite all this, HELP is probably one of the most weirdly immersive games I've played in the past year. The random popups of Descartes, the Blade Runner references, the MBTI charts... all go together to make a game that's surprisingly fun!
Walter was a very interesting personality.
Thank you!
awesome entry!
Also you never can tell if you encountered a bug or a "bug". :-D