BLIND'S PROFILE

Artwork looking very nice.

A data-harvesting startup is hired by Steve Bannon, Kushner etc to "weaponize user data" in 2014. The startup then uses various Facebook software loopholes to farm data from 50 million+ Americans. Afterward, they use those same algorithms to found an entire company, eventually giving the data to a bilingual professor - who finally distributed it to Russians. The Russian agencies use that Data to run (now empirically confirmed) extreme disinformation campaigns, intended to derail the US elections.

(..The professor had long studied processes by which digital data could be used for extreme psychological manipulation. Many of Trump's slogans and buzzwords were "tested" long before he even announced a campaign).

Tbh, sounds like a really bad/cliche dystopian novel, or a Mr. Robot episode, but sadly it's reality.

Looks great! One of your most ambient screenshots. I’m excited to see what the sound design/music will be in this area.

author=hedge1
One (ignorant) question:
I seem to remember you working on a prologue for a time (back in the Gaming World days). Is this a re-branding of that prologue, or the originally intended "Act 1" of the story arc?

Good question! I honestly don't even remember saying that, but it's completely possible, lol.

BR started as a "backstory" of the larger plot, but yeah, it turned into its own game. If I was releasing the full story I had in mind, it would likely take several more years. So that's why I made the decision to go episodic.

But yeah, up to two hours of Act 1 will be a lengthy (and hopefully entertaining) prologue!

author=Craze

Blind
The main pathway also seems a little sparse compared to the rest of it.

it's okay to let the player know where to walk

The player will get confused by any possible terrain detail. Noted.