--- key: mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t034 type: mechanic id: stealth-infiltration--t034 lang: en title: Disguises and social infiltration summary: >- Social infiltration uses an expected role instead of invisibility: access depends on clothing, behavior and recognition. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t034/' jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t034.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t034.md aliases: [] tags: - 'Stealth, infiltration and escape' - Mechanics and variants sourceIds: - source-3817d420df0baa92 - source-73d2ea4aeb9c550f sources: - id: source-3817d420df0baa92 title: 'Robert Nystrom: State' url: >- https://github.com/munificent/game-programming-patterns/blob/master/book/state.markdown verifiedAt: null - id: source-73d2ea4aeb9c550f title: HITMAN World of Assassination url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659040/' verifiedAt: null relations: - type: uses direction: outgoing label: Sources in the selection key: resource/state-pattern title: 'State: Game Programming Patterns' url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/resources/#resource-state-pattern' jsonUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/resource/state-pattern.json' markdownUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/resource/state-pattern.md' placements: - catalogId: stealth-infiltration id: t034 title: 'Stealth, infiltration and escape' url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/stealth-infiltration/#t034' categoryIds: - mechanics supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Disguises and social infiltration description: >- Social infiltration uses an expected role instead of invisibility: access depends on clothing, behavior and recognition. image: src: images/mechanics/general-hitman-woa-04.webp width: 1440 height: 810 game: HITMAN World of Assassination sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659040/' originalUrl: >- https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1659040/ss_691a534e333e33a4d6b994c9d63be26c83a687d7.1920x1080.jpg?t=1792084177 credit: IO Interactive A/S / IO Interactive A/S rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: The agent acts while wearing a staff uniform alt: The agent acts while wearing a staff uniform markers: - x: 73 'y': 28 label: The uniform and cap change the agent’s social role tips: - Distinguish role-based access from behavior that can expose a disguise. examples: - title: HITMAN World of Assassination url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659040/' endsAt: null provenance: >- Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/stealth-infiltration --- # Disguises and social infiltration id: stealth-infiltration--t034 type: mechanic key: mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t034 lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t034/ Social infiltration uses an expected role instead of invisibility: access depends on clothing, behavior and recognition. ## At a glance ![The agent acts while wearing a staff uniform](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/general-hitman-woa-04.webp) [HITMAN World of Assassination](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659040/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. The uniform and cap change the agent’s social role - Distinguish role-based access from behavior that can expose a disguise. - [HITMAN World of Assassination](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659040/) ## How it works Social infiltration uses an expected role instead of invisibility: access depends on clothing, behavior and recognition. ## Variants ### Mechanic variants - A uniform opens areas for a specific profession. - An insider recognizes strangers within their group. - Forbidden actions undermine the assumed role. - Documents confirm access during an inspection. ## Design example A technician's uniform permits entry, but touching a safe attracts the attendant's suspicion. Prototype check: Test that access boundaries are visible before a violation and recognition has an identifiable observer. ## Context and limits Stealth manages what observers know through visibility, suspicion, traces, decoys and escape routes. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map. ## Connected materials - Sources in the selection: [State: Game Programming Patterns](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/resources/#resource-state-pattern) (key: resource/state-pattern) ## Sources and provenance Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant. - [Robert Nystrom: State](https://github.com/munificent/game-programming-patterns/blob/master/book/state.markdown) (id: source-3817d420df0baa92) - [HITMAN World of Assassination](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659040/) (id: source-73d2ea4aeb9c550f) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors