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Galaxy Challenge

Galaxy Challenge

Mission
PLANET5 is a popular new K-Pop group, and the five members have toured the world, singing to millions and charming everyone along the way. You’ve just become a new fan – a member of their fan community, known as the GALAXY! You’re excited to join Twitter and meet other Galaxy members, and you’re lucky enough to have already made a fellow fan friend, who’s excited to share news with you.
PLANET5 member WooJoo, called WJ by fans, is definitely your bias, and you follow lots of accounts dedicated to them and some even follow you back, which is super exciting for a new fan – all these new friends! But there have been rumblings in the fandom for a while, and disturbing news of how PLANET5’s company PYRE has been treating WJ, including reports of abuse and mismanagement, cutting him out of songs and stopping him from pursuing his dreams. Your new friend is passing along lots of news and evidence of this abuse, but you have your suspicions, and with a new fan campaign to send a truck to PYRE to protest their treatment of WJ launching in less than an hour, you have to track down whatever information you can to uncover the truth, and spread the word!
Background
Galaxy Challenge was designed to explore how persuasive messaging, online communities, and human biases shape how people interpret information in digital spaces. Set within the story of a fictional K-Pop band, the game shows how rumors and misleading information can travel inside fandom communities. In the game, players encounter compelling claims, selective data visualizations, and even a deepfake video. Each element illustrates how information can feel credible, especially when it aligns with emotions, time pressure, or group dynamics.
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Game Specs
Target audience: Adults (ages 16-99); Can also work for younger teens 13+
Number of players: 4-6 players per team
Length: Game play 45-60 minutes; Debrief 30+ minutes
Contributors
Arpita Bhattacharya
Candace Epps-Robertson
Lidia Morris
Michelle Situ
Rachel Stephenson
Desy Wahyuni

Loki’s Loop: Lindsay Morse, Jinha Lee, Chris Coward
Released: October 2023
Copyright © 2023 –  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 
This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International.