#gameception

GameCeption by Ruo

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============= Links

Play the game (IFComp) See other reviews of the game

============= Synopsis

Welcome to the 5th annual broadcasted gaming competition known as GameCeption, where you compete in duos to win real money! This year, it seems like the producers are shaking up the format to something a little more exciting and a little more…high-stakes, we shall say.

============= Other Info

GameCeption is a Twine (Harlowe) game, submitted to the 2023 Edition of the IFComp.

Status: Completed Genre: Action, Thriller

CW: Mild flashing images and text, some coarse language - Sound (setting)

============= Playthrough

Played: 2-Oct-2023 Playtime: around 30min Rating: - [IFComp vote] Thoughts: Who's playing who?

============= Review

GameCeption is "a game within a game" action thriller, where the goal is for you and your friend to win the gaming competition, and win the much needed prize (money!). The game you must play, however, is really not what it seems...

Spoilers ahead. It is recommended to play the game first. The review is based on my understanding/reading of the story.

I'll try to sum this up the best i can.

My group is plagued with the issue of having a campaign set up with specific characters, then random players not showing up to pay every week due to scheduling conflicts and the like. This led to the rest of us getting together week after week and noting being able to pay anything because multiple people were missing out of every campaign.

This week, we got together and tried to find a solution to this problem.

What we ultimately came to, is that each campaign takes place in an MMO, or similar multiplayer video game. This will allow players to "log-out" while they're not playing, so the other players don't miss a beat.

Each player will have a character that will represent the player of these video games. This will allow us to jump around to various campaigns and systems as we see fit, sometimes with players even "downloading" and taking characters with them to different games. It would also add another layer of story and drama to the gamer characters outside the games their playing, or even one shot specials, where "real stuff" happens to these characters outside of their games.