The Silent Age

The Silent Age
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Developer(s)	House on Fire
Producer(s)	Uni Dahl
Designer(s)	Thomas Ryder
Programmer(s)	Linda Randazzo
Writer(s)	Anders Petersen
Composer(s)	Nevin Eronde
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, PC, Mac
Release	Episode 1: December 6, 2012 Episode 2: October 16, 2014
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player

The Silent Age is a point-and-click puzzle video game developed by Danish indie game studio House on Fire. The story is set in 1972, and follows the protagonist Joe on a quest to save mankind by using time travel.

The game begins with images of Joe's past: his brief time in the United States Military, the odd jobs he's worked over the years, and his present janitor job at Archon, a luxurious company focusing on scientific research and development. When he arrives to work, Joe is called up to management and is informed by CEO Mr. Hill that his coworker and janitorial superior Frank has left Archon to pursue other opportunities, leaving Joe to perform Frank's duties in the form of a promotion (without a raise or change in job title). While initially troubled by Frank's departure, Joe accepts the promotion and gains clearance to the lower labs where Frank used to work. On his way down to the labs, Joe discovers small amounts of blood and a tin foil hat inside the elevator, but dismisses it as the result of an accidental injury or escaped lab animal. When he exits the elevator, Joe discovers a blood trail that leads to one of the sealed testing chambers.

Frightened by his discovery, Joe runs back up to management to inform Mr. Hill of what he found using a blood soaked handkerchief as proof. However, when he gets there, Mr. Hill's secretary turns Joe away, and, thinking that Joe injured himself, she provides him with a band-aid. Seeing no other option, Joe returns to the lower labs to help whoever is behind the sealed test chamber. Using the bandage to apply pressure to locking mechanism, Joe is able to open the chamber and discovers a wounded old man.

Initially believing him to be dead, Joe attempts to call security to his discovery, but is shocked when the man pleads with him to keep his voice down. The man claims that he is a time traveler who comes from a horrible future where mankind is on the brink of extinction. In his attempt to save humanity, he was fatally shot. Before falling unconscious, the time traveler gives Joe a small, handheld device which he claims is a solar powered time machine. The time traveler then tells Joe to find his present counterpart and inform him of the doomed future which lies ahead. Confused by the time traveler's words, Joe is confronted by Archon security when they discover him by the time traveler's body and hands him over to the police for questioning.