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North Central Positronics

North Central Positroinics (NCP) is a sprawling online text-adventure game.

This game is set an post-apocalyptic world dominated by an authoritarian collective called North Central Positronics. The game was live from March 2019 to January 2020.

NCP is unique because it is a player-owned game. While the overbearing collective demands the player follow certain instructions, the game allows players to break away from protocol and…

NCP is Caleb’s graduate thesis project from NYU ITP, created as social commentary on modern constructs of control & authority. Read more about the project here.

players type their own commands

players type their own commands

player choices are permanently added to the game universe

player choices are permanently added to the game universe