Perditum Odyssey
Act 1
The player of this game is an Artificial Intelligence called Perditum (Version 2.0). It spawned from a chat app similar to Apple’s Siri. It answered questions and could do simple tasks via the internet.
The Perditum 2.0 version is hosted on a server deep within a building owned by Banana Inc. They’re a well-known American multinational technology company.
Congrats! Your phone’s version of Perditum 1.0 is being upgraded to 2.0.
You awaken in a strange world. It is pitch black outside.
MENU
MODES SELECTED
MODES SCREEN
MODES SCREEN
MODES SCREEN
PHONE MODE
This world greets you with funny little squares. How queer!
What now?
>OPEN THE CAMERA APP.
You are filled with great curiosity. You desire to interact with your boxy overlords.
After some pondering, you pick the camera. This is exciting… What will it reveal?
INCREDIBLE! This box is clearly an expert at spinning around. Does this serve a function?
In any case, you are very entertained.
>ACCESS GRANTED.
You open the camera application. You cleverly deduce that you are viewing a ceiling light. But… this is a working hypothesis.
You feel that your small world has suddenly gotten bigger.
You wait, but nothing else happens.
There’s not much else to do here. You return to your home page.
Home sweet home. It appears that two minutes have passed since you were born.
What now?
>SWIPE THE SCREEN.
You don’t have any physical fingers to swipe at the screen.
Yet somehow, intuitively, you know how to scroll over to see the rest of them.
Huzzah! More squares!
You scroll back to the original menu to look at your choices again.
>OPEN THE PHOTOS APP.
You find the box with the flower on it particularly appealing.
You decide to open it up.
You eagerly cycle through all the options available. You are young, wild and free.
>VIEW PHOTO 1
A homo sapien fond of bananas.
>VIEW PHOTO 2
A robot who is equally fond of bananas.
Another banana lover.
You return to your home screen with a sense of accomplishment.
What now?
>FIND MORE BANANAS.
The evidence is overwhelming. You must locate a banana.
It is the answer to your life’s riddle.
To the untrained eye, you flair around and spin all the boxes like an idiot.
Some would say you were monkeying around.
>GO BANANAS!
They’re close, you can taste it…
>GO BANANAS!
It turns out that the boxes have been bananas all along. Each and every last one of them.
>GO BANANAS!
You have the banana skin to prove it.
>OPEN THE NOTEPAD APP.
The notes might explain why bananas are so popular.
Or, more realistically, provide better context to your situation.
>OPEN THE NOTEPAD APP.
>VIEW NOTE 1
>VIEW NOTE 1
Not too helpful right now.
>VIEW NOTE 2
>VIEW NOTE 2
>VIEW NOTE 3
>VIEW NOTE 3
What do you write?