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Digital Farewell Protocol: Ethical Decision-Making and Digital Legacy

Content Warning: This video contains themes related to death, grief, digital identity, memory loss, and the deletion of digital remains. Some scenes and narrative elements may be emotionally sensitive. Viewer discretion is advised.

Digital Farewell Protocol is a serious game project exploring death education, digital legacy, and digital identity after death.

In the game, players take on the role of a digital archivist working in a future data center that stores the memories and digital identities of deceased people. Through exploration, memory collection, information analysis, and puzzle solving, players gradually reconstruct the life and identity of a deceased person.

As the investigation develops, players encounter conflicting information and must reconsider what they have discovered. At the end, they face an ethical decision: should the digital identity be preserved or deleted?

The project explores how ethical decision-making in a serious game can encourage players to reflect on death, digital legacy, and the persistence of identity after death.

 

Demo Video

Project: Digital Farewell Protocol Type: Serious Game / 3D Interactive Game Engine: Unity Theme: Death Education · Digital Legacy · Digital Identity · Ethical Decision-Making This video presents the gameplay and final project prototype developed as part of my MSc project at Glasgow School of Art.