Neurocracy

Neurocracy
Blue globe
Logo of Omnipedia
Developer(s)Playthroughline
Designer(s)Matei Stanca
Artist(s)Alice Duke
Writer(s)Joannes Truyens
Platform(s)Web browser
Release
  • First episode
  • 14 July 2021
  • Final episode
  • 16 September 2021
Genre(s)
Mode(s)Single-player

Neurocracy is a browser-based video game developed by Joannes Truyens, Matei Stanca and Younès Rabii under the label Playthroughline, released in ten weekly episodes from July to September 2021. Players explore Omnipedia, a fictional Wikipedia successor launched in 2049, and uncover information about the assassination of its major investor, Xu Shaoyong, by perusing its articles, hyperlinks and revision histories. It has been described as "wiki-based metafiction".[1][2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Griffin, Sarah Maria (16 September 2021). "Neurocracy: futuristic murder-mystery fiction as told through Wikipedia". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ Price, Renata (3 September 2021). "Dive Into A Murder Mystery On This Creepy, Cyberpunk Wikipedia". Kotaku. G/O Media. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. ^ Ong, Alexis (14 July 2021). "Neurocracy is future fiction in the form of Wikipedia". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. ^ Ong, Alexis (13 December 2019). "Hypertext Transfer: How Wikipedia and its Forerunners Inspired a New Kind of Game". EGM. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. ^ Gordon, Lewis (31 July 2021). "'Neurocracy' Is a Murder Mystery That Plays Like a Wikipedia Binge". Waypoint. Vice Media. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  6. ^ Clayton, Natalie (19 July 2021). "Solve a murder by flicking through a fake future Wikipedia". PC Gamer. Retrieved 21 September 2021.