14 DAY TRIAL // Clockwork Bird is the name of the studio behind the quirky cyber-noir interrogation game called Silicon Dreams. Although it's not the first game where you play the role of an interrogator, it's the first one that gives me Blade Runner vibes.
Silicon Dreams lets players step into the shoes of an interrogator-model android tasked with identifying deviants among their own kind. The main objective is to probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of subjects, and decide whether to release or destroy them.
It's a pretty interesting loop that will have you rewarded whenever you manage to find the culprit or rightfully decide to let innocents go. But Silicon Dreams is not just a simply interrogation game, as you'll be able to choose a side and either lie to your superiors and spare deviant android or condemn them to climb the ranks inside your corporation.
Equally important is the fact that Silicon Dreams has multiple endings that depend on the choices players make throughout their interrogations. In a corporate-controlled dystopian future where the lines between the real and the artificial have blurred to almost nothing, there's one simple rule: obey.
While you'll be able to intimidate, manipulate, betray or befriend the androids you're interrogating, you can also decide to aid the insurgents or erase them from existence. A similar game that many indie fans probably already played is Papers, Please, although Silicon Dreams has a vibe of its own.
Since most of the time players will interrogate other androids, expect the game to feature lots of branching paths with a vast web of dialogue options. Depending on which path you choose, you'll experience one of the multiple endings the game has to offer.
If this is something that might interest you, then you'll be happy to know Silicon Dreams is scheduled for release on PC (via Steam) on April 20. As a matter of fact, the game can already be wishlisted on Steam.
