A new essay is live on the Dystopia Patreon, where writer Jackwraith reflects on the origins and meaning of the ShadowNet, tracing its roots back to early online communities and the lived experience of existing simultaneously in physical and digital spaces. The piece explores how Dystopia treats the digital world not as an abstraction, but as a lived environment with its own rules, relationships, and consequences.
Jackwraith examines how different characters interface with the ShadowNet at varying levels, and how those differences shape power, agency, and identity within the city.
Readers interested in deeper worldbuilding, thematic foundations, and the philosophical backbone of Dystopia can read the full essay on Patreon.
→ Read “Interfacing in more ways than one” on Patreon
