Bot Colony

Bot Colony Redux is a complete replacement of the original Bot Colony, with additional functionality in the form of the Garage and Riot episodes, a Mission 2 in Intruder , more content in Arrival, and conversational gameplay that actually works well (and better Speech-to-text, and emotive voices). It is also playable in 15 languages, while Bot Colony was only available in English. If you wishlisted Bot Colony, you may want to wishlist Bot Colony _Redux.
Bot Colony ( was unique in 2014 (and still is in 2026) by being  the ONLY game on the planet relying on AI-based conversation as the main game mechanic, including references to the 3d scene and commanding characters to manipulate scene objects. You use your own words  in order to advance in the game. Bot Colony will appeal to players interested in genre-defining games with novel mechanics.

You'll get to experience Artificial Intelligence that is currently in the realm of cinematic fantasy in Her, Ex Machina, iRobot, Blade Runner, 2001 A Space Odyssey. It's a challenging and entertaining experience that will make you realize how literally machines process language, and how much we take for granted when we speak with people.

KEY FEATURES

Type of speak freely and discover the story using your own words. The answers spoken by the robots is generated dynamically. Contrast with typical game storytelling, where canned voice acting is controlled by dialog trees.

Experience the eerie atmosphere of a South Pacific island featuring ultra modern architecture and robots amid a lush jungle setting. The techno-romantic mood is enhanced by the original music soundtrack of the game.

Play detective and piece together the events that took place in a house in a 48 hour period by exploring the robot's video observations.

Work with the robots to scuttle violent sabotage attempts by robot-hating organizations.

Game sessions are unique to each player: What you say controls how robots react and what they answer. Sessions of other players will have different dialog than your session. Every session is unique.

Make the game your own: Teach robots new knowledge and new commands.

Speak or type. The Microsoft Cognitive speech-to-text does an amazing job understanding what you say, irrespective of your accent. When speech-to-text makes mistakes, you can easily correct them. You can combine playing through speech or text according to your preference.

Inspired by Bot Colony sci-fi novel, a near future industrial espionage thriller by Eugene Joseph. The novel ( available on Amazon Kindle) explores the verbal abilities of future robots and introduces the 5th law of robotics 'do as people do'.