
I AM THE MACHINE
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
As the last human working inside the Humanity For All Group factory, the board wants to challenge you and determine whether it would be better to replace you with an AI‑controlled robot to improve productivity. As such, you need to follow the Main Robot’s instructions to control all the factory robots.
Perform well, and you will keep your job for now. Fail, and you will be fired immediately.
CONTROLS
| Input | Actions |
|---|---|
| Mouse | Move on Main Menu, Game Over and Win screens |
| Mouse left click | Click button on Main Menu, Game Over and Win screens |
| Left, Up, Right, Down | Choose direction while in game |
PRESENTATION
This project is a prototype made in 4 days for the Portfolio Builders Jam - Week #74. The theme was Enwebbed. My interpretation was the following: the player is forced to do something, he has no choice, as if he were stuck in a gang/dealing network. But to counterbalance this approach, which felt a bit too dramatic for my taste, I chose to use robots instead! So the player is forced to repeat what the robot is doing, and his actions have an impact on all the robots in the factory.
My objective was to get my hands on Unreal Engine again after several years and to get familiar with basic stuff like character creation, controls, widget blueprints, level transitions, animations and so on. No AI content or prompts were used during the whole creation, and here it is...
I ended up with a fully playable prototype with a basic game loop, which I consider to be a pretty good re‑introduction to game development.
Of course, I had several ideas in mind that I didn’t have time to implement, such as adding audio (music, audio feedback), VFX (visual feedback), and real props for level building. However, I’m pretty happy because I managed to scope the project correctly considering my 4‑day availability.
If you have any constructive comments (ideas, improvements for this prototype) I would be glad to read them!
DOWNLOAD
| Published | 2 days ago |
| Status | Prototype |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Release date | 3 days ago |
| Author | AurePixel |
| Genre | Rhythm |
| Made with | Unreal Engine |
| Tags | 3D, First-Person, No AI, Non violent, Prototype, Robots, Simple, Singleplayer, Unreal Engine |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
Install instructions
Windows
- Download Windows version file.
- Unzip IAmTheMachine_WINDOWS.zip file.
- Double-click to execute I AM THE MACHINE.exe file.
- Enjoy!
Linux
- Download LINUX version file.
- Unzip IAmTheMachine_LINUX.tar.gz file.
- Double-click to execute I AM THE MACHINE.sh file.
- Enjoy!



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