Copy Paste Interrogate

>> SYSTEM ALERT: SECURITY BREACH DETECTED <<

Your iPad has been hacked. And worse, they've  gotten access to your plans for UI styling on Apple Devices, ‘Liquid Glass’. Alert your coworkers before they leak it to the public.
One little problem: you can only use words you’ve seen from other people. Good luck.

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A Communication Breakdown

In copy, paste, interrogate, you play as Andrea Apple, an employee working on a secret project set to be revealed at tomorrow's keynote. Your device has been compromised, and your vocabulary is now your prison. You cannot type words freely; you can only use words you have gathered from the very people you're trying to communicate with.

Words are your keys, and conversations are the dungeon. 

Gameplay

The entire game unfolds in a sleek, iMessage-inspired UI. Your goal is to gather the vocabulary you need to warn your company about the leak.

• Chat with multiple contacts, including a concerned coworker, an automated IT system, your dog walker, and your manager.
• Unlock new words by receiving messages. Every reply adds to your arsenal of usable vocabulary.
• Solve dialogue puzzles by discovering the right words and sequencing them into effective prompts to unlock new conversation branches.
• Uncover a parallel mystery as a subplot involving your dog walker provides an unexpectedly crucial word.

Make Your Own Story

Think you can write a better dialogue puzzle? Prove it. I  used a custom tool to create the game's narrative, and you can use it too.

Create your own chat files and upload them to the game from the main menu's dialogue editor.

Create your own stories here!

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This game was created for the Xogot Game Jam 2. The theme was "Liquid Glass".