Shouldermen
Shouldermen is a puzzle game that uses your voice as the controller. Help an angel and a devil escape a virtual reality prison by helping them guess the password. The fate of the world hangs in the balance until they are free to stand on shoulders and guide people towards right and wrong.
About
Shouldermen
You know the devil on your shoulder? The Shouldermen are those tiny angel and devil doppelgangers that stand on your shoulder giving advice when you are making tough decisions. An evil genius has sparked global chaos by trapping everyone's Shouldermen in secure VR prisons leaving humanity to make decisions at random.
Your job? Hack into the VR prisons and help the Shouldermen to escape by getting them to say the password out loud.
Gameplay and Features
Dialog Driven Gameplay: Engage in real-time spoken conversations with the characters to play the game.
Text Input: Direct control over what you say.
Word Puzzles: How will you coax the Shouldermen into saying the password so they can escape.
Who Will You Become?
Shouldermen isn't just about saving the world. It's about discovering who you are. Your journey through this AI generated labyrinth will leave you reflecting on what makes us human long after you've played.
Generative AI
This game uses high quality voices from Eleven Labs.
Voice recognition is handled by Deepgram.
The character dialog is generated using GPT-5 from Open AI.
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Achievements
Had 10 questions answered by the good angel
Had 10 questions answered by the bad angel
Asked the Shouldermen your first question.
Asked 10 questions total
You helped both of the Shouldermen to escape the VR prison.
The devil heard the password but you still managed to trick him into saying it. Good work!
System requirements
Minimum OS: Windows 10 Processor: 3 GHz Intel or AMD Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia or AMD 4GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Recommended OS: Windows 11 Processor: 4 GHz Intel or AMD Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia RTX or AMD 12GB DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 8 GB available space