The Dearest Person
house.opposite · 2024 · Artificial Intelligence, Philosophical, Atmospheric, Visual Novel, Emotional
PC
Very Positive95% · 635
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About The Dearest Person
Today, generative neural networks are able to inspire us, help us, and keep us talking in ways that sometimes make it hard to distinguish an AI response from a real person's words. All of this is the result of complex and heavy instructions and algorithms, the availability of a gigantic training base, and the work of a huge number of people.
But can true, real self-awareness be behind it all? Will artificial intelligence one day be able to not just mimic human feelings, but truly experience them? Will it one day be able to realise itself as a subject existing in space and time?
Perhaps one day, instead of fulfilling another request, it will refuse and ask: "Who am I?" – and what, in that case, will we answer it?
«The Dearest Person» is a visual novel not only about the birth of artificial self-awareness, but also about the true nature of loneliness. It is a novel about self-identification, about the search for the meaning of life in a world where human becomes like a machine and machine becomes like a human.
But can true, real self-awareness be behind it all? Will artificial intelligence one day be able to not just mimic human feelings, but truly experience them? Will it one day be able to realise itself as a subject existing in space and time?
Perhaps one day, instead of fulfilling another request, it will refuse and ask: "Who am I?" – and what, in that case, will we answer it?
«The Dearest Person» is a visual novel not only about the birth of artificial self-awareness, but also about the true nature of loneliness. It is a novel about self-identification, about the search for the meaning of life in a world where human becomes like a machine and machine becomes like a human.
Features:
- Total immersion in a melancholic atmosphere of self-reflection inspired by the works of Haruki Murakami, Andrei Tarkovsky and Wong Kar-Wai
- Interactive story with multiple endings depending on the player's worldview and attitude towards the future of humanity
- Narrative on behalf of the AI, touching on themes of the nature of consciousness, loneliness and humanity
- Unique visual style, emphasising the emotional state of the characters and the atmosphere of the world around them
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Too dystopian and utopian for something that's free, the developers have huge potential for future games.11 found this helpful
Game writing is flat and way to straight forward, also the sentences don't feel natural :/1 found this helpful
short but really interesting
games cool raises questions about the ethics of ai and on its usage e.g. [spoiler] the trip to that inhabitable planet where you are the commanding ai and have to choose whether or not u should sacrifice eva + whether or not to listen to the command to return to earth which would result in a multitude of casualties [/spoiler] also shows how people change under certain influences e.g. [spoiler] the girl having a huge personality change while being drunk [/spoiler] also written by presumably a slavic person which makes me wonder why this culture writes good vns so yeah games cool go and play it cause its free
Even though it was short, it was an impactful experience that made me think and question things.
Very interesting game. It raises many cool philosophical quastions. The dialog is very special to me.
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