I’m trying to track down this game I vaguely remember from years back. My memory is pretty hazy but I think it was some kind of demo version I played. The game had a bird’s eye view perspective and took place in this oppressive society where citizens were under constant surveillance. You controlled a young female character who had to navigate through different areas while avoiding detection by security cameras. There might have been mechanics where you needed to stay within camera view or avoid them completely. I believe the storyline involved escaping from the regime and the protagonist was possibly related to someone in power. The visual style reminded me of Flash games with dark and gritty artwork that really captured that Big Brother atmosphere. I have this nagging feeling it could have been from the Xbox 360 indie marketplace but I’m not certain about that detail since it’s been so long. This has been stuck in my mind for days and I really want to figure out what this game was called.
That Xbox 360 indie marketplace detail reminds me of Unmechanical or maybe something from Community Games.
Could be Republic: The Revolution or maybe one of those Papers Please-style games from earlier. The female protagonist dodging cameras in an authoritarian setting sounds familiar, but I can’t pinpoint it. Did it have a stealth meter or patrolling guards? That’d help narrow it down - tons of indie games back then used similar themes.
That reminds me of the vibe in some indie games. Maybe it’s a lesser-known title but it does sound like something from the Flash games era. Hope you track it down!
Could be Orwell or maybe DYSTOPIA? The surveillance aspect sounds familiar.
This screams mid-2000s Flash game - that surveillance theme was everywhere back then. The female character avoiding cameras rings a bell, but I can’t place it exactly. Did the cameras have color coding? Most of those games used red/green overlays to show safe zones. That art style was huge for browser games at the time.
The top-down camera evasion reminds me of those experimental browser games that flew under the radar. Had that dystopian indie feel that was big back then.