Nothing to Hide – Game inspired by government surveillance • Hacker News Board

We'll move from causality( we noticed you are stocking up on baking powder, lets chat) to inference (according to our data there is 85% chance you are not compliant - w/o a cause).

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Stardust’s It Is Safe Law:

1> IIS1: To be unknown and invisible is to be safe.

2> IIS2: The Freedom Law:

     We enjoy the freedom of the press,

the freedom of speech, and the FREEDOM to use neither in our Total Information Awareness digital surveillence state.

3> IIS3: "Oops! I did we again!%$%^$!" Law:

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=puppetmaster3

Re: Nothing to Hide – Game inspired by government surveillance

#3

Post by ncasenmare » Sun, Mar 02, 2014, 9:05 PM UTC

The devs are also running a crowdfunding campaign for this, with 10% of the donations going to the EFF, Demand Progress, Mozilla, etc: https://back.nothingtohide.cc

Re: Nothing to Hide – Game inspired by government surveillance

#4

Post by GhotiFish » Sun, Mar 02, 2014, 9:40 PM UTC

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Anvilicious

clever puzzles though!

Re: Nothing to Hide – Game inspired by government surveillance

#5

Post by ninjin » Sun, Mar 02, 2014, 9:46 PM UTC

A noble effort and looks like a decent game. As-of-yet though, I think "Papers, Please" is possibly the best take on a dystopian game. The oppression in that game isn't just some puzzle mechanic but the whole monotonous process and being a cog in a gigantic bureaucratic machine. Could something similar be made for surveillance?

http://papersplea.se/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QP5X6fcukM

Re: Nothing to Hide – Game inspired by government surveillance

#6

Post by lukifer » Sun, Mar 02, 2014, 9:51 PM UTC

Not just a compelling political statement, actually a pretty clever puzzler. Reminds me a little of Portal.

Re: Nothing to Hide – Game inspired by government surveillance

#7

Post by krallja » Sun, Mar 02, 2014, 10:10 PM UTC

Holy crap.

I just finished the demo.

The mechanics feel like a Legend of Zelda puzzler level.

The ambiance and storyline are a mix between Orwell and a new Snowden file.

And it's open source. And crowdfunded. I'm in.

Re: Nothing to Hide – Game inspired by government surveillance

#8

Post by Kiyumars » Sun, Mar 02, 2014, 10:40 PM UTC

Really love the game. The puzzle mechanics are interesting, and I picked up the logics fairly intuitively. The ambiance and art sells it. The intro is cleverly set up, but the story about the father politician is a bit confusing.

Re: Nothing to Hide – Game inspired by government surveillance

#9

Post by sethillgard » Sun, Mar 02, 2014, 10:44 PM UTC

ncasenmare wrote: post #3

The devs are also running a crowdfunding campaign for this, with 10% of the donations going to the EFF, Demand Progress, Mozilla, etc: https://back.nothingtohide.cc

It's a single guy, except for the music.

Re: Nothing to Hide – Game inspired by government surveillance

#10

Post by jplarson » Sun, Mar 02, 2014, 10:53 PM UTC

krallja wrote: post #7

Holy crap. I just finished the demo. The mechanics feel like a Legend of Zelda puzzler level. The ambiance and storyline are a mix between Orwell and a new Snowden file. And it's open source. And crowdfunded. I'm in.

Cheers to that, that was a delightful way to pass 20 minutes. I'm in for $25--feels good to support a project like this, even in a small way.