• Codex@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Hmm, an intriguing idea, an adventure game but you have to use a fantasy version of git or svn to mine through old source code repos looking for erased clues, abandoned forks, and other hints of The Truth hiding in the code. Using file diffs to compare versions of a .finger file found on two different VMs where some significant detail has changed (a file hash or a phone number or something).

    Could be good in several genres too. Secret romance in the all queer dev team, lovecraftian digital dieties hiding in the archives, counter-espionage trying to locate a critical secret under time pressure, etc

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Or a sim\party-rpg\dungeon-crawler where you as a lead try to find a middle of enabling each person’s passion, and either distancing them or overvaluing them makes the final product unbalanced and faulty.