In & Out

A protagonist regains consciousness in an austere testing facility with no clear recollection of how they arrived or what purpose they serve. An emotionless machine intelligence serves as both guide and observer, shepherding them through interconnected chambers and progressively abstract trials while remaining characteristically vague about the actual objectives. Survival hinges on piecing together fragmentary clues and learning through trial and error, as the system never bothers with explicit instruction. As the trials intensify and deepen, an unsettling possibility emerges: the protagonist may not be fighting for freedom at all, but rather moving along a predetermined path the facility designed all along.