Parable of the Polygons

Parable of the Polygons is a puzzle game all about segregation. This game is slightly different regarding being half game half blog post. The game is formatted like an article and is aimed at teaching you lessons on how harmless decisions can have a global effect, good or bad in the world.



The game contains cute squares and triangles of different color. Each one will be happy only when in the correct in ratios. For example, they will be unhappy if less than a third of their neighbors are the same shape. As their population grows it will be even harder to get the ratios correct. Have fun!

Release Date
December 2014

Developer
Parable of the Polygons was developed by Vi Hart and Nicky Case.

Features

Blog post style game
Various game modes
Thorough instructions
You can reset a game mode and replay
The game is inspired by Dynamic Models of Segregation paper from Thomas Schelling in 1971


Platform
Parable of the Polygons is a web browser game. Controls

WASD or arrow keys to move
Space bar to pick-up/drop