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Secret Identity

Message an incognito superhero, interrogate them for clues, and reveal who’s behind the mask.

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Gameplay overview

20 questions with an AI hero

Built for Game Off 2024’s "Secrets" theme, Secret Identity is a conversational deduction game. Each session pairs you with an AI-powered superhero persona. Ask open-ended questions, follow up on suspicious answers, and use context clues to guess their secret identity. The faster you solve it, the higher your score and the quicker you move to harder mysteries.

Powered by Cloudflare’s AI stack and packaged with Preact + Tailwind + Vite, the project offers a lightweight, mobile-friendly chat interface that’s easy to fork and reskin with your own superhero roster.

Controls

Chat-style interface

  • Type questions into the text box and press Enter to send.
  • Tap suggested prompts (if provided) to ask common queries quickly.
  • Use the guess button to submit your final identity choice when you’re confident.

Why play it?

Chat AI meets guessing game

  • AI-crafted responses ensure different clues each playthrough.
  • Short sessions make it perfect for break-time mysteries.
  • Open-source repo acts as a template for building your own themed chat deduction games.

Tips

Reveal the hero faster

  • Lead with broad questions about powers and origin before drilling into specifics.
  • Cross-reference responses—if the hero mentions allies or nemeses, use those to narrow suspects.
  • Keep an eye on the guess counter; you have limited chances to name the correct hero.

Our take

Why Secret Identity is intriguing

Secret Identity leans into social deduction rather than action, asking you to read people, cross-check stories, and decide who is hiding something. That slower, investigative pace makes correct deductions feel more like solving a mystery than just picking the most suspicious face.

Because conversations react to your choices, you get a sense of building a case over time instead of just guessing once at the end. That structure gives runs a nice narrative arc even when you do not expose every secret on your first try.

Who will enjoy it?

If you enjoy detective games, visual novels, or Werewolf-style deduction but want something you can play solo in a browser, Secret Identity is a good match. Players who want fast-paced action or constant spectacle might find it talk-heavy, but fans of character-driven puzzles will appreciate the focus on dialogue and inference.