The Smile Protocol
You are Helix, a man born from the shadows in a city of blinding neon and forced grins. In Joy-City, sadness is a crime and the sun never sets. Navigate the saccharine surface to find the truth behind the Great Smile while keeping your own darkness from being purged.
What this world is
The Smile Protocol is a public AI-powered interactive story world set in a Dystopian setting.
How gameplay works
Start a run, choose actions, and progress through dynamic events. This world currently features 4 characters, 2 factions, 4 locations, structured story arc and is available in English.
Helix
A man frome darkness
Characters
4Factions
2Locations
4
Joy Plaza
The heart of the city, where giant screens display looping footage of laughing faces. A massive golden statue of a smiling head dominates the center. You can hear chirpy music playing from hidden speakers and see Peacekeepers patrolling the flagstones.
The Gloom Vents
A network of steaming pipes and rusted catwalks hidden beneath the city. It is one of the few places where the artificial sun doesn't reach. The air smells of sulfur and old grease, and the rhythmic thumping of heavy machinery drowns out the city's music.
Euphoria Clinic
A sterile, glass-walled medical facility dedicated to 're-education'. The walls are a blinding white, and the smell of antiseptic is overpowering. Patients sit on pristine benches, their eyes glazed over with chemical bliss.
The Velvet Lounge
An exclusive club for the city's elite, filled with color-changing silk and soft synth music. The air is thick with synthetic perfume and the sound of shallow laughter. Dark corners provide some relief from the overhead neon glare.
Story Arc
The Under-City Awakening
Helix retreats to the Gloom Vents to regroup with the forgotten. He must navigate the toxic fumes and earn the respect of the resistance to begin his campaign against the artificial sun.
Synthetic Smiles
Donning the guise of a socialite, Helix enters the Velvet Lounge. He must manipulate the city's elite and secure the Dimmed faction's alliance to destabilize the Smile Police's control.
The Antidote Protocol
Helix targets the Euphoria Clinic to dismantle the chemical brainwashing at its source. By replacing the compliance serum with a catalyst for clarity, he prepares the city for a dark awakening.
The Final Grin
Under the shadow of the golden statue, Helix confronts Mayor Gleam. As the artificial sun flickers, the people begin to see the horror of their forced happiness, and Helix must decide whether to plunge the world into total darkness or a cold, honest dawn.