We Become What We Behold - Online Casual, Point and Click, Simulation Game

A fun and engaging experience designed for players of all ages. As a leading web games title, it continues to attract dedicated players. Discover why players love We Become What We Behold.

We Become What We Behold is a casual point-and-click game all about news cycles, or rather, vicious cycles, and infinite cycles. Capture moments with your camera in this 5-minute game and see how the squares and circles react!

How to Play We Become What We Behold

The game features multiple characters randomly walking about on the screen. The only move you can make is to photograph these characters. When you aim and shoot, the photo you capture appears in the middle of the screen and is displayed on a small TV for all to see. So be careful what you decide to publicize, as this is the gist of the game.

"We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and then our tools shape us."

The game begins with this quote, which encapsulates the essence of the game.

Characters to Photograph

There are several characters in the game. Most of the characters at the beginning are comprised of "normal peeps" with square and round heads. You'll find a few stragglers in the group, like a couple in love, a man with a hat, an angry man, and a cricket.

Fancy Man With The Hat

One of the first characters to enter the "normal peeps" is the man with the hat. It's hard not to take a photo of him since all other photos of normal peeps are less than satisfying regarding what happens when their photos are on display. When you take a photo of the man with the hat, and all the other characters see that photo, every normal peep now wants to wear a hat.

Normal Peeps With A Hat

When you photograph a normal peep with a hat, you see the chain reaction in full effect. Suddenly, no one wants to wear a hat anymore. It's become too popular.

Couple In Love

When you photograph the couple in love, and they are on public display, they will soon be shamed. And you will likely not see many couples in love roam the streets much anymore. After all, "Who tunes in to watch people get along?"

Angry Person

This is where it gets interesting. When you photograph the angry person, if you don't catch them yelling at anyone, you will be urged to "catch 'em while they're doing something." The only thing they do is yell, so that is something you're looking for. Take a photo of them yelling, and the media frenzy begins, aka crazed square attacks.

Anger and Fear Multiply Faster Than Love In This Game

Once you capture anger in a photo, it's hard to return to normalcy. The regular peeps will become increasingly afraid of each other, snub each other, and then the squares and circles start turning against each other. When the normal peeps turn red, they begin to hate each other. When this happens, and you photograph it, violence and hatred begin spiraling toward a violent climax.

Peculiarity of We Become What We Behold

A small exercise in social critique, this game is unique in many ways.

It can be entirely played in five minutes.

The developer is an indie personality: Nicky Case, a Canadian game developer and web designer. Born in Singapore, her work often has an educational scope, as she's trying to "help people understand complex systems". She makes all of her work available on her personal website and provides users who are willing to with easy ways to support her work.

The game is freely usable by anyone on the web. Nicky Case decided to hold zero rights to it for herself, with the objective of helping the game spread as widely as possible across the web.

With "We Become What We Behold", she aims to expose the vicious circles often generated in society by the so-called "Yellow Journalism".

Tip

Crickets are just crickets. Nothing happens when you photograph them.

Features

• A small game about society and the media
• Playing the whole game literally takes five minutes
• Capture moments that affect the population
• Square and circle people with various stories
• Lovely artwork and sound effects
• A nice happy ending!

Release Date

Released in October 2016, it was updated in October 2018.

Developer

Nicky Case developed We Become What We Behold. Support the developer.

Platforms

Web browser (desktop and mobile)

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We Become What We Behold is in a league of its own, and if you've enjoyed playing it, browse our casual selection of games category for more. Another game you may enjoy is Geometry Dash Online, which tests how well you can keep up with the rhythm. You can also return to a classic with Bubble Shooter Classic to get your mind off societal cycles and onto good old classic fun.