Education of an Android Demo

Robots are still a long way from being similar to humans in many regards, but there are certain aspects where they overwhelm us by a lot, even if it’s only a particular task. General intelligence is currently being research, and it would appear that it’s not that far away now. Granted, there’s a lot of debate over whether it’s wise to provide it with human feelings or not.

Education of an Android is a 2D adventure game with point & click gameplay mechanics that allows you to solve puzzles and explore the world from the perspective of a newly awakened android. However, it’s not a regular robot, since it has the ability to display a wide variety of emotions, depending on what it sees and does as it explores the world.

Your task is to make use of a handful of commands in order to interact with objects, although you also do a lot of walking. Sometimes you can stop and read notes that provide you with insight and unlock a couple of new commands, while other times you just have to stop and admire the view in order to help the android understand his surroundings a bit better.

The puzzles are not particularly difficult, but some may require a bit of thinking and tinkering before you are able to figure them out. Not everything is very intuitive, which may cause a few problems along the way. On the other hand, that’s the fun with a puzzle game, because you are always challenged and forced to think outside the box in order to find a solution.

As for the controls, the mouse is all you need in order to move and interact with the environment, which is handy and quite simple. On the other hand, you have to watch out for bugs, because the game stops responding to your input every now and again for some reason. Thankfully, the graphics are quite nice and colorful, even if they play area is pretty small.

When it’s all said and done, Education of an Android is different from the rest of the adventure games out there, and that’s reason enough to keep an eye on it during its development. However, even this demo can help you have a bit of fun.