AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Quality Education
KEYWORDS
games, privacy, awareness
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESIGNED BY
Game Designer and Project Manager : Marion Blatter
Character Designer and Animator : Aurélien Boisson
Sound Designer : Loâzo
Game Developer : Dr.Koboi
WEBSITE
http://ghoststhegame.tumblr.com/
Ghosts
Ghosts is a web-app game where trackers appear as little ghosts which users can chase and defeat.
Privacy is the claim of individuals, groups, or institutions, to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent information about them should be communicated to others
— Alan Westin
Ghosts is a simple game with an important message.
It allows web-users to see how their personal information and online activity is being collected and used by trackers on any webpage. In Ghosts, trackers appear as little ghosts which users can chase and defeat, while exploring the hidden depth of the web.
Trackers are all the elements in a webpage that load from third-party websites, like ads, analytics tools for website publishers and beacons, which track user behavior.
Ghosts not only highlights trackers that are otherwise invisible to the less tech-savvy, but it also tells the user what kind of information each is collecting, and why with a simple colour code.