The Human Test / Restart
Jesse Aidyn · 2024 · Exploration, Puzzle, Walking Simulator, 3D, Adventure
PC
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About The Human Test / Restart
This application contains two different games.
The Human Test is a series of dungeon rooms leading to a wonderful and VERY exclusive treasure. However, no humans are allowed. Prove to the system that you are made of binary code by completing 9 absolutely impossible challenges, from rapidly seeking hidden light spheres to writing your own name, or give up like any lowly human being should.
Restart is a short exploration game developed around a poem I wrote previously. Navigate a few scenes inspired by the poem's verses, and use the latter to solve a few simple riddles, and progress through the whole poem.
Both games were made in the context of a PhD research on the integration of logical contradictions in video game fiction, along some of my past releases. The operations developed through the creation process will lead to the development of one much larger adventure game in the coming years.
This game is entirely free. If you would like to support the developer, please consider purchasing one of the DLCs. Doing so will provide a WAV file of the main soundtrack for The Human Test.
Summary:
The Human Test is a series of dungeon rooms leading to a wonderful and VERY exclusive treasure. However, no humans are allowed. Prove to the system that you are made of binary code by completing 9 absolutely impossible challenges, from rapidly seeking hidden light spheres to writing your own name, or give up like any lowly human being should.
Restart is a short exploration game developed around a poem I wrote previously. Navigate a few scenes inspired by the poem's verses, and use the latter to solve a few simple riddles, and progress through the whole poem.
Gameplay considerations
- The Human Test cannot be played with a controller (those are for humans only). Restart can be played with a controller, but the recommended setup is a mouse and keyboard.
- DLSS is available.
- Realtime raytracing is optionally available, but requires a GPU capable of raytraced acceleration.
Academic context:
Both games were made in the context of a PhD research on the integration of logical contradictions in video game fiction, along some of my past releases. The operations developed through the creation process will lead to the development of one much larger adventure game in the coming years.
This game is entirely free. If you would like to support the developer, please consider purchasing one of the DLCs. Doing so will provide a WAV file of the main soundtrack for The Human Test.
DLC & expansions
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
⠀11 found this helpful
the human test feels like genuine ragebait and restart is so freaky - yk what hell YEAH i had a good time.2 found this helpful
you got some problems dawg2 found this helpful
"The Human Test / Restart" is a rather mediocre tech demo of a game, basically you do first person stuff, interpret some poetry, and spend about 0.2 seconds wondering why this was never successful. Oh yeah, because it's just not very good. I guess thematically this game is trying to be a really badly done Captcha. So yeah, you know, not something the gaming industry was crying out for, but if you really like Captchas then this is a potentially awesome experience for you. This has some really mediocre looking graphics that will understandably be a turn off for a lot of gamers, and it's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract gamers despite having no up-front cost. Gaming is a primarly visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. You deserve better than compromises. The game isn't really free, either, it's donationware, the developer has their hands out for an eye watering $18 USD (I guess I should put that Nigerian Prince style, because that's how it comes across.. they want the sum of EIGHTEEN UNITED STATES DOLLARS for this tech demo). This is a lot like the homeless guys that splash dirty wat…1 found this helpful
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