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Australian Game Simulates Prison Escapes

Posted by simoniker on from the escape-to-neighbours dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Australian newspaper The Age is running a story about a computer game that simulates real detention centers, inviting players to find a way to escape. The game uses actual Australian detention center layouts, and simulates things like the exact time that meals occur and "episodic violence". The kicker is that the project is sponsored by an arts group that has just received $25,000 in Australian government funding to develop the game."

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  1. In the immortal words of Sean Connery by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 2, Funny

    'Welcome to the Rock.'

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  2. Easy to prevent in the US... by Danse · · Score: 4, Funny

    If this were in the US, then all the state would have to do is make the inmates wear uniforms with a copyrighted work printed on them. Then if you make a program that aids in circumventing access controls to the prisoners... :)

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  3. Escape? by Nick+Harkin · · Score: 2, Funny

    ` To open the console.
    Noclip /Clipping Mode Off/

    This game shouldn't take to long now.... ;)

  4. Re:Amusing by buffer-overflowed · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's probably a MOO or MUSH out there that does simulate/take place in a jail, with you as an inmate.

    [sarcasm] What's with you kids and your requirement for graphics? Back in the day we used to bugger people in prison in plain text, and we liked it! [/sarcasm]

    And, if you figure out how to turn on no-clipping mode in real life, please, please let us all know.

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  5. Re:Methinks they are missing the obvious by wowbagger · · Score: 2, Funny

    First answer: have you ever heard of a back up generator?

    Second answer: So?

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  6. Television did it first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wasn't this an episode of Whiz Kids, where Richie Adler was playing a game written by a prisoner who had modeled the real prison and worked out for him how to escape by evading guards and to "change color" by dying the prison clothes the color of the guards' uniforms?

    Of course back then the prisoners and guards were represented as big square colored pixels.

  7. Future conversation by Craig+Maloney · · Score: 3, Funny

    Guard: The prisoner escaped, sir
    Warden: How did he do it?
    Guard: A walk-through on gamefaqs.com, sir.