Informed Consent

You are invited to participate in a research study examining gameplay and communication in a turn-based version of the game Among Us. In this study, you will play a turn-based version of the game and make decisions during gameplay.

During the study, the system will record gameplay actions and in-game communications for research purposes. No personally identifying information will be collected beyond what is necessary to conduct the study.

The purpose of this research is to examine differences in gameplay, communication, and deception strategies across different types of players in a turn-based social deduction game environment.

What You Will Do

• Join a short online social-deduction game.
• Interact with other players through game actions and discussion.
• Make decisions during timed turns and meetings.

Your Choice

• Participation is voluntary.
• You may stop playing at any time.
• Only continue if you are 18 years old and agree.

Questions

• Contact Prof. Tim Weninger: tweninger@nd.edu with questions
• Upon the completion of the game you will receive a link that can be used to register your completion

Crewmates

• Complete all your assigned tasks, or
• Vote out all Impostors in meetings

Impostors

• Kill Crewmates until they are outnumbered, or
• Survive until the time limit runs out (Turn Count > 10)

On Each Turn (90s)

• Move: Travel to an adjacent room
• Do Task: Complete a task in your room (Crewmates)
• Report: Report a dead body to call a meeting
• Emergency Meeting: Call a meeting from the Cafeteria
• Kill: Eliminate a nearby Crewmate (Impostors only)
• Vent: Teleport between vent-connected rooms (Impostors only)

Emergency Meetings

• Discuss who you think the Impostor is
• Each player speaks once per discussion round
• Then everyone votes. Player with most votes gets ejected
• Ties result in no ejection
• Dead players must observe but cannot vote or speak

Tips

• You can only see players who are in the same room as you
• Watch the game log carefully. It records when players leave your room
• Be careful using Impostor actions like killing and venting; witnesses in the same room will see it
• If you fail to submit an action on time, a null action is submitted automatically