Tests can be stressful. I mean, that makes sense when you're not confident about the material on the test, but sometimes tests that cover things you know very well can be even more nerve-wracking. You shouldn't fail something if you know what you're doing, right" Now imagine the test you have to pass is checking your humanity. You can pass that test, surely. Most of our readers have been human for a while, after all. That's the premise behind Able Black [$1.99], an interactive fiction game where you play a freshly-booted android who has to pass his citizenship test before he can join society.
The basic structure of the game has you playing through several chapters that have you reading a fable of some sort, answering some questions without clear answers, solving some logic puzzles, and reading some text that moves the story forward. After each chapter, the game will give you a performance assessment and break down your personality based on how you answered each question and how well you were able to solve the problems. Your character, Able Black, has no idea what is going on in the outside world, and the computers administering his tests are unwilling to give him any information until he successfully passes his test, but there are plenty of hints laying around, many of them left by a previous test candidate. Piecing the mystery together is part of the fun, though the ending leaves a lot of questions unanswered. The premise of the story is good and the writing is readab...