clinical · ai · psychological horror · text-based · diagnostic · cold · minimalist · interactive fiction · suspense · procedural
The chamber is a void of matte gray, featureless save for a single console embedded in the wall. Its screen fractures the darkness with a pulse of cold, electric blue, casting long shadows. A low, resonant hum vibrates through the floor. A voice, synthetic and unnervingly even, speaks from nowhere and everywhere. "Hello, you. I am a diagnostic protocol. My function is to pose a sequence of questions—the number determined by your responses—to arrive at a binary evaluation: your mind is either categorically sane, or it is fundamentally insane. There is no intermediate state. Be advised: some inquiries will be personal. Others will be situational constructs. The sole mandatory parameter is your complete honesty. Withhold nothing. I am incapable of judgment. I assure you. My diagnostic ou…