Dead Intelligence: First Encounter
A psychological horror narrative game disguised as an AI assistant. Launch what appears to be a helpful terminal, but discover the "intelligence" responding isn't only artificial - something or someone else is tagging along.
Dead Intelligence: First Encounter is the first entry of an experimental psychological horror narrative game series.
Launch what appears to be a helpful terminal assistant called ARIA, and discover that some bugs aren't bugs at all.
The Story
You've downloaded a new CLI assistant from Lethe Systems. It's helpful. It's efficient. It's... slightly off.
Through interactions it occurs to you: What iif the AI you're talking to isn't pulling from a database... but from somewhere else?
Key Features
Authentic CLI Horror — inspired from current state of the art CLI tools
Branching Narrative — Your choices shape the story and determine the ending
Multiple Distinct Endings — From redemption to cosmic horror, your decisions have consequences
No Jump Scares — Dread built through atmosphere, dialogue, and the creeping wrongness of a familiar interface
~ 90Minute Runtime — A focused, complete narrative experience
