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GAME MECHANIC

SOCIAL INVESTIGATION // PLAYER PROTOCOL

Day Room Protocol

Use the shared room as a living evidence space without turning every conversation into interrogation.

OBJECTIVELearn who changes behavior around whom, preserve dignity, and create voluntary opportunities for disclosure.
GAME MECHANIC

Operational sequence

  1. Establish the room baseline before asking operational questions.
  2. Offer concrete choices about seating, noise, audience, and exit.
  3. Track changes in stories by audience rather than treating one contradiction as proof.
  4. Validate emotion without confirming an unverified threat.
  5. Leave characters present and self-directed after they provide information.

Failure states

  • Publicly humiliating a character
  • Rewarding forced disclosure
  • Treating distress as guilt
  • Making the player an automatic therapist or savior