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Cognizant Protocol

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Cognizant Protocol

gameAppID 664440Released
Release dateJul 22, 2017

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DeveloperNilem Studio
PublisherNilem Studio
FreeNo
Required ageNone

Cognizant Protocol, a text based adventure game that brings player into the struggle of Aldis Farrell, an AI scientist who is unable to free himself from his emergency pod buried under crash landed space station.

No one is going to help you in this unknown planet. Could you save yourself? What are the odds for installing your mind into cold steel robots? Those answers are somewhere in Cognizant Protocol. Cognizant Protocol puts you into the struggle of Aldis Farrell, an AI scientist who is unable to free himself. Trapped inside an emergency pod, he is buried under crash landed space station. Breaking out of the pod is impossible unless he can install his mind wirelessly into the robots somewhere in this new planet then retrieve his body. Discover your mind inside the hard steel and explore the unknown planet. Meet bizarre life forms; survive through hostile environments and merciless creatures. Avoid the danger with Espy’s swift movement and fight for your survival with Excav’s laser. Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds – Franklin D. Roosevelt • Overview Cognizant Protocol, a text based adventure and exploration of an unknown planet. Unveil the story and make decisions throughout the game with the Command Line Interface style gameplay. There are times when player must control the robots traversing lands of unknown. • Features - Sleek and retro style Command Line Interface. - Exploration Guide the robot manually throughout the hostile environments. - Multiple endings Multiple endings are waiting to be unlocked. Pay attention to your decisions, a simple thing could lead to something big.

Genres and categories

AdventureIndieSimulationSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Platforms and requirements

windows: yesmac: nolinux: no
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