Speculative interactive fiction written for The Defence Science Technology Laboratory's Future Threat Understanding and Disruption (FTUD) programme, which aims to ensure that UK Defence and Security decision makers “understand the potential impact of emerging technologies to reduce the likelihood of future technological ‘shocks’ and enable MOD to be better prepared to make timely decisions to respond to and counter future threats”.

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Written in conjunction with data scientists Aleph Insights.

The Data Drought asks you to make decisions on behalf of both a British diplomat stationed in Oslo and a Russian commander just over the northern border. 

 

Read it here: https://datadrought.com/