A downloadable game for Windows and macOS

We built AI to save mankind from the horrors of war

That was the worst decision we ever made. For the first few days of testing them in the sim, we made remarkable progress. Our AI could walk, it took a form, it was even self-aware. However, a few hours ago something went wrong. The resulting artificial intelligence cut off all our communication to and from the sim. Your task is to find the testers we sent in and lead them to the blue portal, where they can leave the simulation from. From there, we can ask them what happened and try to come up with a step 2. We engineered the portal to prevent the hostiles from entering.

Once you enter the sim, you have two devices at your disposal - a time reverter, which allows you to go back in time a maximum of 60 seconds, and stasis generator which temporarily prevents nearby hostiles from moving. Use them wisely. We don't know what could happen to you if they attack you in the simulation.

The testers are hidden in cells, which you must unlock by clicking a red button beside them. Once freed, the testers will follow you until they are near the portal, which they will then enter. Once they have gone through the portal, you cannot time travel to bring them back. You must free all 3 testers and lead them to the portal before we will pull you out of the simulation.

Godspeed.

Controls

Move: WASD
Sprint: Left Shift
Travel back in time: Hold F
Place stasis generator: Left Click

Download

Download
protosim-win32-stable.zip 35 MB
Version 1.0.1 Nov 01, 2021
Download
protosim-win-stable.zip 38 MB
Version 1.0.1 Nov 01, 2021
Download
protosim-osx-stable.zip 50 MB
Version 1.0.1 Nov 01, 2021

Install instructions

If you previously installed the version for the game jam in the Itch app, click manage installations, delete all existing versions and then download 1.0.0

Comments

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poggers game imo

Thanks! Means a lot!