Liar-for-hire

About the Game

#8 (prize) place in Ctl+Alt+Disinfo (United with Ukraine Game Jam) competition.

You are a simple guy who joined a dubious company for good money. You have friends, a life, a mother with sick knees, a student sister, and if you close your eyes to who exactly you are working for, the opportunity to build a good future. But will it make sense if the destructive influence of your own organization can lead to the ruination of your present? Our game offers to take the uncomfortable role of a "simple person" and to reconsider the morality of "simple money". Educational gameplay will teach you the tactics of propaganda, disinformation, and how to recognize them in the future.

Sometimes the best way to learn how to stop something is to understand how easy it can be done.

Gameplay

- A series of working days where the hero has to manage resources of a disinformation organization, and undermine people's reputations and trust in the authorities.

- The mechanics of online discussions, where you can both successfully persuade your audience of your point of view, or lose.

- A glossary explaining common disinformation practices, with illustrative examples of how successfully propaganda can affect ordinary life.

- The possibility of bad and good endings that will directly affect the life of the protagonist, and the potential to use your knowledge about disinformation practices for good.

This job is easy. Make news, spread lies and don't think about the consequences.