# ncase/wbwwb

We Become What We Behold – a minigame about the news!

Repository: https://github.com/ncase/wbwwb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wbwwb
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-04-08T02:35:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 39/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 15, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3604, "days_push": 513, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1448, forks 329 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.489950+00:00)

## What it is
We Become What We Behold is a browser-based minigame by Nicky Case about news cycles and how media shapes public behavior. It is built with JavaScript using PIXI.js for rendering and Howler.js for sound, released into the public domain under CC0.

## Use cases
- play a short game about media sensationalism
- use an interactive game in a classroom to discuss news cycles
- remix a CC0 game to build your own meta-game
- study how a small browser game is built with PIXI.js
- translate an open-culture game into another language
- show students how media amplifies conflict

## When to choose
- you want a free, public-domain educational game about media dynamics
- you need a remixable codebase for a browser game built on PIXI.js
- you want a short interactive piece for teaching or presentations

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose game engine or framework
- you want a long-form or commercial-grade game
- you need a project with an OSI license or active maintenance guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: game-engine, animation, audio-processing
- domain: entertainment, media, education
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: browser-game, minigame, serious-game, news-media, satire, pixijs, public-domain, cc0, itch-io, game-development, web-server

## Member repositories
- ncase/wbwwb (main) score 39

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.489950+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:04.442304+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ncase/wbwwb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.489950+00:00, sha 782851e69c8d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.