Synaptic Protocol

Content Warning: This game explores intense themes of body, mind, and identity. Some of its imagery and prompts may be unsettling or triggering for certain players, particularly those with lived experiences related to medical trauma, invasive procedures, or anxiety.

In Synaptic Protocol, you play the role of a pilot undergoing a neural procedure that bonds your consciousness with a war mech's ECP or Eidolon Core Persona.

When the procedure starts to fail, your mind floods with fragments of your past and invasive sensations. To survive and complete the protocol, you must reconstruct your memories while fighting the corruption that threatens to erase your identity.

> Draw a card to uncover a Memory Fragment from your past.
> You start reconstructing your memory in your Log Book.
> A second card adds Sensory Input.
> Run a Stability Routine to see if your memory holds or fractures.
> Fail, and your memory becomes corrupted by the ECP.
> Succeed, and your memory remains intact.
> Reach Synaptic Synchronicity before Neural Fragmentation to finish the protocol.

> Full color, 26 pages
> Table of Contents with hyperlinks
> Solo Journaling Experience
> Play using a deck of playing cards and a d10
> 52 Memory Fragments and Sensory Inputs
> Simple setup and game mechanics
> Tension mechanics
>  Optional Rules
> Replayable and Modular
> About 60 minutes

Every future add-on for Synaptic Protocol will be bundled directly into your download link. Buy the game once, and every extra module, tweak, or quirky expansion I release in the future will be yours to grab for free!  Here's what's planned for the future:

> New sets of Memory Fragments and/or Sensory Inputs
> Playbooks
> New Optional Rules
> New Game Modes

"At its core, this game is designed to evoke nostalgia, with all the joy, ache, and complexity that comes with it."

— Patrick Dubuc