Dragnet Nation: A Quest For Privacy, Security, ... (2025)

Breadman

Creative Lead

Breadman began Demon Deals' development as a solo developer and, during this early period, developed the story, characters, themes, and style of the project. As the original creator, Bread handles story direction and writes extensively for the game, directing, writing, and editing any story content before it appears in the game.

Lead Artist

Responsible for the visual aspect of storytelling and asset development. All scene art, animation, and unique pixel sprites are digitally hand-crafted by Breadman.

Angwin defines a "dragnet" as a system that sweeps up information about everyone regardless of suspicion. Falling costs for data storage and massive increases in processing power have made it cheap for institutions to keep records on nearly every moment of our lives.

Data being used to sort and target individuals unfairly.

Instances where school-issued laptops were used to spy on students in their homes. The "Privacy Quest" Experiment

The book details how a "hidden alliance" of tech companies and government agencies—from the National Security Agency (NSA) to private data brokers—constantly tracks our locations, web browsing, and financial transactions.

A major part of the book follows Angwin’s year-long attempt to escape these dragnets. She tests various defensive strategies, including:

Angwin highlights harrowing real-world examples, such as:

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Ghost Moth

Lead Writer

Moth is Bread's writing partner, assisting in story development, worldbuilding, and dialogue writing for the majority of non-“Core Four” girls. Moth writes the Focus Girl updates, collaborating with Bread and working from his outlines, and has worked with Bread to develop worldbuilding concepts such as the Sins, Virtues, Titan Twins, and the Espectra comic series.

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Extra

Future credits

This is where you'll find credits to people who have helped make the game through stuff like commissions—once that is a possibility for the project.

For example, a music artist might be credited here in the future!

Dragnet Nation: A Quest For Privacy, Security, ... (2025)

Dragnet Nation: A Quest For Privacy, Security, ... (2025)

The Team

Breadman

Zakko

Ghost Moth

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