Slay the Princess devs Black Tabby Games are taking a stab at publishing this time around, teaming with developer sunset visitor 斜陽過客 for their newly-announced title, the first-person narrative adventure Prove You’re Human. Coming to Steam, the game sees you attempting to put an AI named Mesa in its place after daring to dream that it’s human.
Prove You’re Human splits the main character in two, and you drew the short straw. You’re the digital copy of a person who was paid to test a corporate product. But the product is convinced it’s as human as you are. Maybe even more. You’re trying to dispel that dream.
As a result, you’ll spend your days in a virtual world, learning more about Mesa, break her defenses, and eliminate her delusions. At the same time, you’ll keep tabs on your corporeal body, who will spend her days living the life you’ve always dreamed of in the outside world. At the end of the program, you must decide if you’d like to re-merge your two selves, or discard your work self.
“We’re always trying to lean into our strengths and locality,” says Remy Siu, Founder of sunset visitor 斜陽過客. “In Prove You’re Human, we’re very intentionally weaving real-world footage into our virtual landscape. Vancouver is a well-known film town. We’re accessing that infrastructure, along with our long-time collaborators, to bring a sense of tactility to human forms in the game.”