A Serious Privacy Game:Exciting Updates in Our Creative Compliance Journey!

PQ Villagers worked hard throughout Summer'24 to bring you the first-ever serious compliance simulator—set in a world where corporate "Game of Thrones" meets the rise of AI!

Dear PQ Villagers,

It’s been a while since my last update, and after months of iterating on our platform—beyond just Duolingo-style puzzles for compliance—I'm excited to share some news:

🎁 Privacy Quest is now Compliance Detective!

🎲 We’re thrilled to launch our new compliance board game, designed to boost awareness around data protection and AI compliance through an engaging and interactive experience.

🎮 Early access to our new digital compliance simulator, where you'll manage the risks of running an AI startup while uncovering hidden secrets lurking within the AI lab! 👻

So what happened to Privacy Quest?

To better reflect our creative approach to improve awareness around data privacy, responsible AI, and ethical technology we felt that the Compliance Detective brand would more clearly communicate our mission.

Compliance Detective creates games and creative training solutions to empower individuals to navigate emerging challenges in responsible AI and data protection.

Customize your experience with different learning Paths

Rest assured, everything you love about our privacy engineering content is still available, but we've now expanded to offer three distinct learning paths. These paths address the growing need for AI literacy, Responsible AI and Data Protection.

You can choose from topics like the EU AI Act, OECD Risk Classification, or a foundational understanding of how data and models work in AI systems designed to help you grasp the AI Literacy requirements.

We've significantly lowered the difficulty levels and entry barriers by offering different lengths and difficulty options. Now, you can dive into an AI literacy quest in just 5 minutes, instead of committing to an hour-long De-identification challenge!

What’s up with the board game?

Since our early days with HGPE comic books, we’ve been constantly innovating in the creative privacy movement. The board game has long been a work in progress, and we’re thrilled to have finally brought our dream to life, blending creative privacy with fun and engaging gameplay!

The game is designed for 3-20 players and is played in 90-minute workshops, immersing participants in a business vs. compliance simulation. Each team manages a different company, balancing resources like customer trust, budget, and compliance risks.

Resource management and the question of why to invest in compliance are crucial, especially for leadership teams and executives. Our game includes strategic compliance investments, allowing players to explore and understand the long-term benefits these investments bring to the business.

I’d be happy to provide a demo of the game and discuss how it can be integrated into your awareness activities.

Feel free to reach out to schedule a session!

So,let’s talk about our first-ever serious game around compliance!

I appreciated the quest mechanics and privacy Capture the Flags designed for non-technical compliance experts.

However, while they offered gamification through puzzle-solving and a linear storyline, they lacked the deeper player engagement needed to qualify as a true serious game and be genuinely fun to play.

Our Approach to Serious Game Design

So committed to our vision of creating immersive games that enhance awareness, we set out to develop a single-player game experience for a broader audience on the Compliance Detective platform.

As mentioned in "The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses" by Jesse Schell, effective game design involves clear goals and conflict. Schell emphasizes that games should offer an interactive structure where players are active participants, not passive observers. This interactivity ensures that the player and the game engage with one another dynamically.

Similarly, the concept of “endogenous meaning” highlights that in-game elements hold value only within the context of the game itself. For instance, Monopoly money is meaningful only in the context of Monopoly, and its significance is derived from the game's rules and structure. This intrinsic value is crucial for immersing players in the game’s world which our previous quests mechanics lacked.

We’ve embraced these principles in designing our serious game. The interactive structure of our game ensures that your decisions directly impact the outcome, making you an active participant in the unfolding narrative. The story and dialogues evolve based on your choices, creating a rich, dynamic experience.

Our game incorporates the real-life complexities of behind-the-scenes compliance diplomacy and resource management challenges. Players must balance business and compliance considerations, navigating through intricate scenarios.

This approach immerses players in the complexities of compliance, introduces unexpected outcomes, and requires strategic decision-making, all of which enhance the overall gameplay experience.

By doing so, we transform compliance into an engaging problem-solving activity, approached with a playful attitude, while also providing valuable insights into real-world scenarios.

What’s the story?

Join a Hyper-Growth AI Startup and Navigate a Dark Compliance Thriller!

Immerse yourself in the role of a compliance officer at a rapidly expanding AI startup. Manage complex compliance challenges while unraveling a branching storyline filled with suspense and intrigue. Dive into a detective-like mystery where the unanticipated consequences of new technologies and reveal a chilling truth about your predecessor.

Experience the high-stakes drama of daily compliance duties, as you uncover dark secrets and navigate ethical dilemmas. Balance your resources carefully to avoid bankruptcy and prevent public outcry in this gripping, thought-provoking game.

There you have it, PQ Villagers! These are the big updates! We’re excited to hear your thoughts on the game and its mechanics.

We’ll soon be rolling out early access, so reach out to me or join our Discord server to get early access!