https://unix2dos.itch.io/the-climbers-dilemma
I watched this Veritasium video about a year ago (linked below - really good watch trust me) where he talks about the Prisoner’s Dilemma, a game where two people choose to either cooperate or defect. Both cooperating is good for both, betraying someone who cooperates is great for you (and terrible for them), and both betraying is bad for everyone.
He also talks about different strategies like Tit for Tat, where you basically copy what the other person did last round.
So for the Brackeys 2026.2 Game Jam I made a game based on this!
You’re climbing a mountain and meet strangers along the way. You need supplies to keep climbing, and every time you meet someone you choose to trust or betray them. Every stranger has their own strategy, so their choices AREN’T random, if you pay attention you can figure out their patterns .
anyways enough rambling, this is only my second proper game and I had 4 days to make it before travelling overseas : _ )
Hope you enjoy :)