Strategy / Varies

The Evolution of Trust

Play through the prisoner's dilemma, cooperation strategies and evolutionary tournaments in an illustrated game-theory guide about trust. It runs on an external host; gameplay and terms follow that page.

Opens on: The Evolution of Trust by Nicky Case. New tab; host requirements apply.

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The Evolution of Trust — Original Denny Games title-card artwork for The Evolution of Trust; not an official game screenshot.

How to play

  1. Try cooperate-or-cheat choices, compare strategies over repeated rounds and experiment with the optional tournament sandbox.
  2. A roughly 30-minute single-player interactive guide with short rounds, illustrated explanations and an optional strategy sandbox. Core project licensing is CC0; some credited sound files have separate restrictions.
  3. Use the external host's game menu for detailed rules and any restart or save options.

Make your move

  • Mouse: click the illustrated choices and use the sliders in the optional sandbox. The mobile-sized Chromium check opened the first scene, but the complete experience was not tested.
  • Check the host's Help or Controls guide for every key and touch action.
  • Denny Games has not verified a complete external game session or device compatibility.

A small head start

  • Use the sandbox after the guided rounds to compare how forgiving, retaliatory and consistently cooperative strategies behave.
  • Read the host's controls and rules before starting a longer run.

Compatibility notes

The author links this interactive game-theory guide from the source repository; its public page showed no upfront payment gate. Chromium opened the start screen and first interactive scene at 390×844. The canvas is authored at a wider layout, so some content may appear small or cropped on phones. No full chapter, save flow or physical-device behavior was tested.

Denny Games has not verified this external build's gameplay, browser compatibility, controls or save behavior. Check the host's current requirements.

Play style: Check host controls. This game runs on an independent host or browser build. Denny Games does not manage its account, session or saves; see the notes above for how this build handles them.

Compatibility

Credits & source

Nicky Case · Nicky Case dedicates the core project to CC0. Its README separately credits sound files under CC BY-NC and CC Sampling+ terms. Denny Games links to the author's browser page and copies no game code, sound, music or artwork; no single license is claimed for every component.. · Author's license and sound credits · Author's source repository and asset credits · External browser host: The Evolution of Trust by Nicky Case

Updated: 2026-10-16. Free to play. Pages may contain disclosed affiliate links; Google ads are inactive.

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