HUNT: the case of the silent account
Radu, 16, captain of his school's e-sports club, has deleted every account he had. His best friend asks you to find out why. Go through twelve pieces of evidence from his phone, rebuild the timeline, name the tactics the "scout" used, decide what Radu should have done and protect the next target. At the end you get a detective score out of 100 and a case report.
- About 15 minutes
- 5 levels, 12 pieces of evidence
- Detective score out of 100
- No account, nothing sent online
Questions and answers
What is HUNT?
HUNT is the second module of TRUST // NO TRUST: a short investigation game where you examine a fictional case file and work out how a teenager was manipulated, step by step.
Is the case real?
No. Radu, his friends, the "scout", the apps and the school are invented. The tactics, however, are the ones real scammers use: fake profiles, secrecy, look-alike login pages and blackmail.
How is the score calculated?
The five levels are worth 30, 20, 20, 16 and 14 points. You earn points for every correct clue, every event in the right place and every tactic you name, plus points for the best responses. Everyone gets the same case file, so scores can be compared.
