SpyParty

Spy Party for PC, X360 and PS3 is an indie multiplayer spy game for two players. It is concerned with the psychological aspect of being a spy, subtlety of human behaviour, character, personality and social mores rather than car chases or a hail of bullets. The inspiration for the game has been drawn from the controversial Turing test, which evaluates a machine’s capability of communicating in a natural language so as to prove – indirectly – that it can master the ability of reasoning like a human being.

Gameplay

You assume the role of either a spy or a sniper, whose objective is to distinguish an agent blended into the crowd and to terminate him. As a sniper you have to diligently observe the guests during a party and try to notice any suspicious behaviours of the potential target. The sniper wins if he can indicate the spy among NPCs and take him out with a single shot. If you shoot the wrong character or the agent manages to accomplish his missions without getting detected – you lose. As a spy you have to finish a number of missions within a given time limit in a way that will not give out your true identity. To survive you need to step into an NPC’s shoes, then think and act like a computer. Do not show any signs of human behaviour or else you will be the centre of attention, which would make the job for the sniper very easy.