PAX East is a cyclical event dedicated to gaming and gaming culture. A massive expo hall is filled with the publishers and studios, new game demos, musical performances and tournaments. Its first edition took place in 2004. Since then, each subsequent edition has enjoyed growing interest.
This year's edition of the event was held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on 21—24 April. PAX East provides an opportunity to showcase games in front of a wider audience. This year the Institute of National Remembrance will be one of the exhibitors in the space dedicated to Polish games sector. The IPN's stand was visited by over 2.000 guests.
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The international premiere of the IPN’s "Cyphers Game" took place during the first day of this year's PAX East.
The game consists of three missions that describe the course of the Polish-Bolshevik war and the impact of Polish cryptology on the war’s victorious end. Each player can break Bolshevik codes and destroy a Soviet armored train.
The features of the game were created on the basis of source materials and were accurately reproduced from historical exhibits. The players' missions reflect historical events, and each of the characters has a different task to accomplish.
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Telling the history through computer games is an opportunity and a challenge for the Institute of National Remembrance. In an accessible way and in line with the latest technological trends, we want to reach the biggest possible number of people around the world to show both the well-known and the forgotten episodes from our history. The greatest events that change history did not necessarily take place at the battlefield, but also in dark and locked rooms, where founding a secret note or breaking a code could decide about the fate of the entire war. The "Cyphers Game" recalls a little-known episode of the Polish-Bolshevik war. Now players around the world have the opportunity to decipher secret Soviet codes.
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The game is available for free download from Steam, App Store and Play Store. The project will also be available for VR goggles and as a web-based mini game accessible via browsers.