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Re:Show HN: Uncracked City, detective game where you questio... by noufalibrahim on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @03:17AM (#50362706)
Interesting idea. I was toying with a similar concept of a investigative journalist in a noirish town who's tasked with uncovering the secret identity of a vigilante.

It always struck me as absurd how obvious the fact that Clark Kent is Superman was to the whole audience. The characters in the story never seemed to understand it.

Re:Show HN: Uncracked City, detective game where you questio... by passkey1510 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @06:34AM (#50364189)
Ha, interesting, the Clark Kent problem. And your journalist idea sounds fun, I'd try it. For long term vision, I've already prepared an MCP so that people can build their own stories and start a private game, for example.
Re:Show HN: Uncracked City, detective game where you questio... by fwip on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @09:42AM (#50366196)
I also used to think it was silly, but then I read another take - in-universe, Superman is known to be an alien, with a crystal fortress in Antartica or whatever - there's not much reason to believe that he has a secret identity at all. If you aren't already used to the premise of "superheroes have secret identities," it probably wouldn't occur to you that he'd have any reason to want to work in the reporter's office 8 hours a day and commute in traffic.
Re:Show HN: Uncracked City, detective game where you questio... by chuckadams on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @01:34PM (#50369669)
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Re:Show HN: Uncracked City, detective game where you questio... by noufalibrahim on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:27AM (#50376195)
Yeah. I suppose so but with heroes who wear masks, there is always the question who they are (Batman, Flash, Spider man etc.). Isn't there?