Can your booty beat the system? OnlyBans is a game about sex workers and erotic content creators battling censorship, shadowbanning, and other threats to their digital freedom.
As prophetic as it was satirical.
– Rolling Stone
Visibility for sex workers is certainly dangerous … OnlyBans places you right in the middle of this tension
– Bunker Review
A first-person account of FOSTA-SESTA’s effects.
– The Ithacan
REAL STORIES
Our community open call gathered real stories and censored images from nine sex worker contributors of intersecting identities.
BASED ON RESEARCH
The game cites research from Hacking//Hustling, a collective of sex workers, survivors, and accomplices working at the intersection of tech and social justice.
BY SEX WORKERS
Our team brings unique insight on digital discrimination by drawing from our lived experiences in the sex industry and in sex workers’ rights advocacy.
FEATURED IN
CODE UPDATES
Version 3 – June 2023: V3 launches with added accessibility features and a new ending.
Version 2 – September 2021: Bug fixes. Added sound, settings and save options, better mobile support, new media, and design changes.
Version 1 – February 2021: Our first playable public release with support from Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Freshworks residency.
Code Repo: We plan to eventually open our code for public contributions.
ACCESSIBILITY
OnlyBans is a mostly text-based game with some images and videos. Most images, audio, and video do not contain information that is essential for game play. In December 2021, we did an accessibility audit with the Disability and Sexuality Access Network. Improved access features will be released with the next version of the game.
For access questions and requests, please email us.