1337: A Game Novel about Gaming

An elite group of ubernerd gamers (composed of the reader's Facebook friends) are beta-testing an MMORPG called 1337. As the game unfolds, it begins to redefine traditional game elements of risk, agency, collaboration, and reward.

To play
apps.facebook.com/leetnovel

Game Trailer
youtube.com/watch?v=NF8scNKsx9g

Notable Features

• Uses Facebook App functionality to integrate a player's personal information into the storyline and employs RSS feeds to dynamically incorporate current events.
• Players' statistics are based on Jungian archetypes and traditional RPG character attributes.
• The story gradually links backstory internet sites, including a game company website, scholarship on videogaming, and other online games, in the manner of an alternate reality game.