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The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds

Creator / studio: Nicky Case

Draw and alter social connections to investigate how ideas move through a network.

PuzzleSimulationEducationalNetworks

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How The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds plays

The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds makes the links between participants part of the interaction. A person’s response is not only about that individual; it also depends on what can reach them through the surrounding network.

The official guide moves through connections, contagion, bonding and bridging before offering further experimentation. Those stages make it useful to follow the explanation rather than treat every diagram as a standalone puzzle. The model is a way to investigate an idea, not proof that all real crowds behave according to a single simple rule.

Who might enjoy it

For players who enjoy educational interaction and seeing a diagram respond to a deliberate change. It provides more reading and guided reasoning than a conventional arcade challenge.

Controls and device requirements

Use the on-screen instructions to draw or remove links and interact with the people in the diagrams. Begin with the guide before experimenting in the later sandbox.

The browser guide loaded and started in desktop Chromium. Network diagrams involve precise dragging; phone/tablet and physical Safari usability remain unverified rather than assumed from the presence of pointer controls.

What to try next

Creator, sources and verification

This is an editorial guide by CodeYourVibe, based on the linked official sources checked on 29 October 2026. Advice about player fit is editorial judgement, not a claimed full-game review, measured playtime or score. Creator statements about device support are distinguished from testing.

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