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title: Files and storage
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  Files and folders become game objects that can be opened, searched, moved or
  deleted to solve a task.
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  - Data
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  - id: source-5a63d97fb2331307
    title: 'Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You'
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/'
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Files and storage
    description: >-
      Files and folders become game objects that can be opened, searched, moved
      or deleted to solve a task.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/interface-orwell-05.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: 'Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You'
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      credit: Osmotic Studios / Daedalic Entertainment
      rights: >-
        © Osmotic Studios / Daedalic Entertainment. All rights reserved.
        Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: 'Orwell: a target computer’s desktop with Private and Sys folders'
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          label: Folders appear inside the computer interface
    tips:
      - Make it clear which file actions can be reversed.
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      - title: 'Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You'
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/'
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  Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
  2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
  classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
  editorial review.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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# Files and storage

id: electronic-devices--family-g08
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g08
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g08/

Files and folders become game objects that can be opened, searched, moved or deleted to solve a task.

## At a glance

![Orwell: a target computer’s desktop with Private and Sys folders](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/interface-orwell-05.webp)

[Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You](https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/) · © Osmotic Studios / Daedalic Entertainment. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Folders appear inside the computer interface

- Make it clear which file actions can be reversed.

- [Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You](https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/)

## How it works

Devices: Computer; Smartphone; Terminal.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g08-variants"></a>

- Copy or move. Rule: Take the data or put it somewhere where another system will use it. <a id="variant-g08-01"></a>
- Rename and organize. Rule: Specify the name or folder structure on which data recognition depends. <a id="variant-g08-02"></a>
- Delete. Rule: Destroy evidence, free up space, or remove an obstacle to the operation of the system. <a id="variant-g08-03"></a>
- Recover deleted items. Rule: Return information from the recycle bin, backup copy, or leftover data. <a id="variant-g08-04"></a>
- Repair a damaged file. Rule: Restore the structure and make the content readable. <a id="variant-g08-05"></a>
- Unpack or collect the archive. Rule: Gain access to packaged data or collect scattered parts. <a id="variant-g08-06"></a>
- Encrypt or decrypt. Rule: Protect the content or open it with a game key. <a id="variant-g08-07"></a>
- Manage the place. Rule: Decide which pictures, recordings and programs to save with limited space... <a id="variant-g08-08"></a>
- Create a backup. Rule: Save the state of the data before a risky operation. <a id="variant-g08-09"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You](https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/) (id: source-5a63d97fb2331307)

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