I will be running a 37C3-specific version of an ARG/CTF I created called Cyclops, which explores the 1960s-era world of mind-control and psyops. Prizes will be given to those who get the furthest along into the game during 37C3. It is possible to play remotely if you can't make 37C3 in person.
Info: CYCLOPS @ 37C3 begins Weds, Dec 27 at 16:00 You can preview the game here: CYCLOPS.SH Website about the game is here: https://paglen.studio/37C3/index.html Enrollment codes will be revealed at my talk "You've Just been Fucked by PSYOPS" on Weds at 16:00 https://events.ccc.de/congress/2023/hub/en/event/you_ve_just_been_fucked_by_psyops/
RELATED EVENTS: THURSDAY, 15:00, CYCLOPS MEETUP @ TEA HOUSE (for people to discuss and collaborate) SATURDAY, 15:00, AWARDS CEREMONY @ TEA HOUSE GAME ENDS SATURDAY, DEC 30 AT 14:00
3 GRAND PRIZES TO PEOPLE WHO GET FURTHEST 25 SMALLER PRIZES TO RUNNERS-UP
*COLLABORATION IS ENCOURAGED
About: CYCLOPS is a journey through a world of mind-control experiments, psychological operations, and unexplained historical anomalies.
Featuring historical documents, games, films, and other media produced between the 1950s and early 1970s, CYCLOPS requires active engagement and participation. Players are tasked with reconstructing events, deciphering codes, conducting open-source intelligence investigations, and analyzing music, literature, and poetry to move through a work that is part treasure hunt, part unfiction, and part cybersecurity challenge.
The entry point for CYCLOPS is an emulated server containing a series of audio recordings. Some recordings are musical compositions, others are filled with voices reading letters and counting numbers, and others resemble static noise. Each track contains hidden puzzles leading to the interactive narrative on the CYCLOPS mainframe.
Through interactions with the mainframe and recordings, users reconstruct some of the most bizarre and disturbing projects in Cold War history and compete for a collection of prizes.