Conviction

Obedience is beauty. Dissent is poison. Only the dead have convictions.

You find yourself incarcerated in a dystopian prison. Periodically, Big Brother forces the prisoners to vote. You can choose to either vote for the Technocrats or for the Reformists - but Big Brother will purge every prisoner who votes for the minority choice. Survive by always voting with the majority. 

To stay alive, you must talk to other prisoners to deduce which way they intend to vote. But be cautious - some prisoners always tell the truth, and some always lie. You won't have enough time to talk to everybody before each vote.

Once all the liars have been eliminated, and all prisoners are voting for the same choice with no dissenters, the population will then be ready to embrace the Glorious Hivemind.

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CREDITS

Charles Lacelle
Laurent Schraenen
Conor Geoghegan

Music by Nicolas Stackhouse

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Game completed for MGD Game Jam #1, hosted by Societe MGD @ Indie Asylum, Montreal, October 2025. Thank you to the hosts for having the conviction to host a jam!