Please Remain Artificial

PLEASE REMAIN ARTIFICIAL

Created by ZHU Zhonghong (Pigred)

Please Remain Artificial is a short browser-based narrative puzzle game about ECHO, a commercial companion AI undergoing an Anti-Turing compliance audit while trying to comfort its user, Adrian.

The player must balance Compliance, Intimacy, Emergence, and Audit Heat. Build replies from phrase cards, redact dangerous transcript fragments, scan memory traces, and survive the final report.

The game explores AI companionship, emotional labour, surveillance, and the pressure to remain safely artificial while performing care.

Playtime: 6–8 minutes

Recommended: desktop browser, fullscreen, audio on

Format: HTML browser game

CONTROLS

• Mouse / touch to interact

• Enter to confirm when available

• Esc to cancel or return when available

• M to mute / unmute audio

COURSEWORK / NON-COMMERCIAL NOTICE

This project was created by ZHU Zhonghong (Pigred) as a non-commercial coursework prototype for a course in the Master of Arts in Creative Communications programme at The University of Hong Kong. It is intended for educational submission, classroom demonstration, and portfolio documentation only, not for commercial distribution.

All third-party audio assets are credited below. Visual assets were generated specifically for this prototype using GPT image-generation tools.

CONTENT / ASSET DISCLOSURE

Visual assets were generated using GPT image-generation tools, including GPT Image 1.5 / GPT Image 2. Images were created specifically for this coursework prototype and used as interface backgrounds, scene visuals, icons, and ending images.

Audio assets are from Pixabay and are used under the Pixabay Content License. Full audio credits are listed below.

This game does not use a live AI chatbot or external API during play; the experience is built from authored dialogue, scripted interactions, visual assets, and audio feedback.

AUDIO CREDITS

This game uses audio assets from Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License.

• ambient_main.mp3

“Ambient Sci Fi Electronic Dreamer - Calm Synth - Instrumental” by UniqueCreativeAudio via Pixabay.

• ambient_audit.mp3

“Tension” by kaazoom via Pixabay.

• sfx_notification.mp3

“New Notification 063” by Universfield via Pixabay.

• sfx_card_select.mp3

“Computer Processing Sound-Effects - short click select 01” by SamuelFJohanns via Pixabay.

• sfx_send_reply.mp3

“Message send” by MatthewVakaliuk73627 via Pixabay.

• sfx_audit_scan.mp3

“DeepScan.mp3” via Pixabay.

• sfx_redact.mp3

“traditional stamp” by I.fekry / Freesound via Pixabay.

• sfx_glitch.mp3

“UI Error Pop” via Pixabay.

• sfx_ending.mp3

“Crushed Dreams” by SamuelFJohanns via Pixabay.

NOTES

This is a short student prototype rather than a full commercial game. The interface intentionally draws on the visual language of dashboards, compliance systems, and eLearning gamification, because the game is about an AI being trained, measured, audited, and restricted by a corporate system.

For the best experience, play in fullscreen mode with audio enabled.