Systems Lab

Finished playable build

Complete

S.P.I.N: Duty of Care

A finished HTML5 bureaucracy satire about control, compliance, and the people trapped inside the paperwork machine.

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S.P.I.N Duty of Care capsule art

Process reports. Please your bosses. Rewrite reality.

S.P.I.N puts you behind the desk of the Strategic Policy and Intervention Network: a parody bureaucracy where moderation, public panic, institutional pressure, and bad directives collide.

  • Moderate reports, complaints, and suspicious posts
  • Balance public expectations against pressure from above
  • Survive shifting directives without becoming the problem
  • Wrapped in blunt parody UI and institutional panic

Build facts

  • Finished HTML5 build
  • Bureaucracy satire
  • Management sim
  • Mouse + touch
  • Public home: itch.io
  • Release date: 14 August 2025

Gameplay

A working desk, not a pitch mockup.

The finished build is intentionally sharp, procedural-feeling, and uncomfortable in the right places: a tiny management sim about how systems turn judgement into paperwork.

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