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Beach Surgery video games
This article covers video game adaptations of the Beach Surgery franchise. For tabletop games, see The Reconstruction Protocol (tabletop game). For ARG fragments, see Convergence Protocol.
Video game and interactive digital adaptations of Beach Surgery emerged early in the franchise's life, driven by the narrative's structural impossibility: the glitch between the two halves demands that each adaptation resolve it differently. Game designers interpreted this constraint as permission to create **branching narratives, cyclical gameplay**, and deliberately **irresolvable choice architectures**. Unlike film or literature, games permit genuine alternative endings, making them natural vessels for the franchise's contradictory multiplicity.
Documented works
- Cardiac Pulse (video game) (2015 ) — A rhythm-action game in which the player sustains Leif's failing heart through timed input; each cycle introduces variant enemy patterns, designed to loop indefinitely without victory condition. [citation needed]
- The Parallel Wires (video game) (Berlin, 2017 ) — A twin-path platformer where symmetry inverts at the story's midpoint; players discover the second half's geometry contradicts the first, rendering memorised routes impossible.
- Convergence Protocol — An early-discovered ARG (2013, origin disputed) consisting of encrypted files, fragmented dialogue, and real-world coordinates in Newcastle, Australia. Partially solved; core puzzle remains open.
- The Wings Protocol — A live-play ruleset exploring flight mechanics through LARP structure; designed for multiple simultaneous, conflicting resolutions.