aliveCAPTCHA

You Have Been Flagged as an AI. By 2030, an increasing number of online accounts are operated by AI. They post, argue, and spread rumors, yet no real person is ever held accountable. To keep them out, human verification has grown stricter than ever before. Then, an email arrives notifying you: the system believes you are one of them. It must just be a mistake. Complete the test, submit an appeal, and things will be back to normal soon—at least, that’s what you thought at first. The CAPTCHA Will Remember You The initial test questions seem familiar: spot the targets from a set of images, rotate shapes back to their correct orientation, slide the puzzle piece into the gap, and enter answers that only a human should know. But gradually...? What happened? Images you’ve seen before take on a different look, familiar rules drop a few words, and answers you were certain of in the previous round seem to carry different meanings when they appear again. The page remembers what you clicked, and it remembers which questions made you hesitate. You will gradually learn a dangerous truth: understanding a question doesn't mean knowing what it truly wants from you. Don't Forget to Check Other Windows Beyond the browser lie your emails, files, and "Canary"—a online friend who keeps sending you messages. She might mock you for getting "revoked of your human status" by the system, urge you to finish the verification so you can log on and play games, or sense your silence when things start going wrong. You can ask her for help, brush her off, or say nothing at all. The applications on your computer are not isolated. Any piece of information could become a new clue later on. Sometimes, a moment of silence is remembered sooner than an answer. Some Answers Aren't on the Screen At first, the desktop seems to be the entirety of the world you can reach. It is only when a detail on a webpage aligns with something in your room that you realize: what lies outside your computer is more than just irrelevant background. Step away from the screen, wake up in reality, search for anomalies, and solve the puzzles. Discoveries in your room may answer the questions asked on your computer, while changes inside the windows will leave their marks on reality. As for how you got here in the first place—it's best to find out for yourself. After the Screen Goes Dark At first, an anomaly is just a single frame of an image that shouldn't be there. Then, the mouse begins to defy your inputs, the message box speaks in your voice, and certain windows refuse to close no matter what you do. Later still, the screen goes dark. Yet the sounds in the room do not stop. A Single Verification Isn't Enough Some things are not wiped clean just because the verification ends. When you return to the familiar desktop once more, old questions may reappear under new disguises, and topics you couldn't select before might finally be open for discussion. Canary will bring up things you disclosed earlier, and subtle details in the room may finally hold meaning. With every fresh start, you use the traces left behind to draw closer to the truth. If proving you are human requires letting the system know everything about you—will you still answer? Game Features - A variety of observation, operation, and puzzle-solving mechanics centered around CAPTCHA tests. - Rich variations for similar question types, presenting new rules and appearances as the story unfolds. - A virtual desktop environment composed of a web browser, instant messenger, emails, and file managers. - Interconnected computer applications, environmental puzzles, and narrative clues. - Changes across playthroughs and multiple endings. Can you escape "its" clutches?