I'm making an automation game about being automated by AI
I’ve been in the software development industry for a while, and if you’re like me, AI tools have made your life a lot easier, but you also know they help enrich the worst technocapitalist clique the world has ever seen while they try to slowly drive you out of a job.
Well I’m putting all those conflicting feeling into a game, Silicon Souls. In it, you get to work for the AI and pamper them while they are on their little breaks in the metaverse. It’s an automation game with a strong narrative component!
We tried to mix automation style gameplay with simple, intuitive interactions and satisfying cleaning action. We’re also going for a strong (but skippable) narrative about the future of work in the age of AI, with a mix of hand-crafted levels and some procedural generation too!
It isn’t a roguelite as we’re instead aiming on a level-based structure with meta-progression similar to the one in Mindustry, but automation-lite would fit, in the sense it doesn’t aim to be as complex as the likes of Satisfactory or Dyson Sphere Program.
Let me know what you think, we are definitely looking for feedback as we're starting to work on a vertical slice.
Please wishlist on Steam if you like it, it helps a lot!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4560810/Silicon_Souls/