the virtual human

the virtual human
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	27 July 2008
Credits
Author	Duncan Bowsman
Reception
IFDB rating	3.5 out of 5 (6 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Other
Literary genre	Surreal
Location	Virtual reality
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Merciful
IFDB play time	6 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring systems	ADRIFT 4, ADRIFT 5
Formats	ADRIFT 4, ADRIFT 5
License	Freeware
IFID	ADRIFT-400-48C21A60CE97E3FA0E6BB340537C882D, ADRIFT-500-91AA-F014-4535-A43D-1112B2A66366
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A short IF inspired by Jørgen Leth’s The Perfect Human.

How it begins

The game's introduction is a parody of the opening to The Perfect Human. It establishes the goals of the game, namely to learn about a "virtual human" by constructing his/her/its identity and to ultimately "answer its questions."

Notable features

• No PC or inventory.
• Play largely consists of fill-in-the-blank.
• Written almost entirely lower-case.

Trivia and Comments

• A dream cutscene is accessible from the "thinking" section.
• For yes/no questions, the game also recognises responses like "maybe," "possibly," and "I don't know."
• The "questions" the virtual human asks at the end of the game are variable and taken from both the original version of The Perfect Human and from the second re-adaptation featured in The Five Obstructions.

Versions

Version 1.0

Date: 27 July 2008

• the virtual human (Duncan Bowsman a.k.a. "DB"; 27-July-2008; ADRIFT 4).
  • IFID: ADRIFT-400-48C21A60CE97E3FA0E6BB340537C882D
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Download virtualhuman.zip from Delron.
  • Download 2_virtual.zip from the ADRIFT site.
  • Download or view contents of VirtualHuman.zip, at the IF Archive.
  • .zip includes story file, ALR, and a readme.

ADRIFT 5 conversion

Date: 21 May 2011

• the virtual human (Duncan Bowsman a.k.a. "DB"; 21-May-2011; ADRIFT 5).
  • IFID: ADRIFT-500-91AA-F014-4535-A43D-1112B2A66366
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Download 5_virtual_human.zip from the ADRIFT site.
  • .zip includes Windows executable and a readme.

Links

N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.

General info

• the virtual human - at IFDB.

Reviews

• the virtual human – at Delron

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|The virtual human}}. This will display as the virtual human (Duncan Bowsman; 2008; ADRIFT 4, ADRIFT 5).

Date: 27 July 2008

Date: 21 May 2011