SELLOUT is a real-time game for two players. It is designed around the concept and dynamics of the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Whether the players will cooperate with each other or sell the other one out is the core mechanic behind each round.
In an iterated fashion the game is played multiple rounds, allowing participants to speculate on how their competitor is thinking. It intends to bring out strategies surrounding decision making in non-cooperative, non-zero-sum games.
Taking Robert Axelrod and his Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma tournaments from the 1980s as a reference, the installation aims to provoke questions on how self interest, human cooperation and trust are intertwined.
Biography:
Onur Olgaç (TR) Interested in computer graphics and interactive media as an undergraduate, Onur Olgaç pursued his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Currently working on his MA degree, his work deals with human perception and decision making processes in interaction design. He has given various workshops in his field and his work has been included and exhibited in Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, 2017 & 2018), alongside Internet Yami-Ichi (Madrid, 2018), BEST OFF (Linz, 2018), Open Media Awards (Linz, 2018).
