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A jam submission

BlackWireView game page

Fake it till you make it.
Submitted by Faithesky — 16 hours, 38 seconds before the deadline
Rated by 12 people so far
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Submitted

This is really cool! I would love to see it as a full game, do you think you'll develop it into one some day?

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

It's definitely possible. I got really excited when I thought of this idea for the jam, so developing this game into reality could be extremely rewarding for me. 

The main problem I can think of right now is the dialogue. Objectively, writing up dialogue for a bunch of prompts is really tedious, and this idea hasn't really been planned out. Like, will every different choice result in a new conversation? Or will it go off on a tangent before eventually rejoining to create the illusion of free will?

Those are all things I haven't really thought of yet, but I hope I can think of solutions to them :)

Submitted

This is such a cool concept! I could visualize these screenshots as small parts of an actual complete game. Great job!

Developer

Thanks so much! I had a really fun time thinking up ideas.

Submitted

I love games where the story is told obliquely through disparate bits and pieces. A visual component to complement the text could be really compelling. I'm curious if you have in mind a solid and complete story to tell?

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks for your feedback! A visual component could really help the game out cuz right now it's all just text and UI O_O.
My original intention with this game idea was to reveal that the hackable accounts that the CIA agent got into was already hacked into beforehand. This unknown (and much better) hacker had already managed to get into these accounts, first making sure that the friends of the hacked account were sufficiently capable of causing mass chaos. After sufficiently manipulating and ensuring that those people will do mass harm in some way, they would leave the account open with a backdoor, allowing them to reaccess the account if needed. In reality, the CIA agent is really just using the backdoor that the original hacker placed to get into these accounts. It's also why the CIA agent is constantly finding people who are about to cause mass chaos in some form.

My overarching story could definitely be developed more, but that's all I did for this game jam. Hope this helped!

Submitted

wait this is so awesome omg hello ?????

Developer

Thank you! I eventually settled on this idea because of that same thought process haha

Submitted

That's a really cool concept for a game, I would definitely play this.

Developer(+1)

❤️:)

Submitted

I love investigation games like this, and the premise seems like a fun twist.

Developer

Thank you! I had a really fun time thinking of this project, since I don't have to develop it :). It just meant I could think as big as I wanted.