Don’t Get Blacklisted

A gentle roast of the games industry.

Mountains of menus. Twisty, turny, brain busting puzzles. Mini-games! And one unforgettable, incorrigible, foul-mouthed “ally.” These are just some of the things you’ll find here as you embody the role of the “Player.”

You, as the “Player” have just purchased a brand new video game (so exciting)! Loading it up however, you’ll find there’s a lot of work to do before you can even think of hitting “Start Game”. From setting up V-Sync, signing your rights away, calibrating your controls, partaking in the wonders of DLC, visiting the online marketplace, and opening up a loot box or two (or two hundred), and much more! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wonder if the narrator will ever shut up and let you think clearly about what’s happening for even one minute… and then you’ll laugh some more!

Envisioned as “A gentle roast of the video game industry,” “Don’t Get Blacklisted” (DGB) began as a college graduate project, an attempt to let loose, have a good time, and poke fun at the industry everyone wanted in on with the goal of not getting blacklisted by companies when all was said and done. The first project for now Indie company, “Steep Curve Studios,” DGB challenges players in a series of varied, satirical puzzles, all meant to point out grievances against the larger games industry while reminding everyone of the potential of video games, outside of making money through the propagation of flawed industry practices. The team behind DGB believe video games to be tools to bring about a sense of joyful escapism, they are engines of camaraderie (for players and developers alike), and they are a canvas for whatever the mind can imagine.

Experience the best and the worst of video games, and have fun while doing it, with “Don’t Get Blacklisted!”

Platform(s) - Windows

Genre(s) - Puzzle, Interactive Satire