Project Cipher: status, maker and key facts on file
Project Cipher is a game by UTSA Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security. Status: Playable, checked November 2026.
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Project Cipher is played on its maker's website; this directory lists and checks it and does not host it.
Project Cipher in brief
Cryptography is the subject, taught by encoding and decoding secret messages, including transposition ciphers. Levels ask players to identify which kind of cipher is in use and then decode the message, in either a story mode or a free play mode with harder difficulty levels. A National Science Foundation grant funded the work to introduce middle school students to cybersecurity through game-based learning.
Project Cipher is a game by UTSA Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security. Project Cipher is filed under Cybersecurity, sector Education. Platform on file: Windows PC (CIAS Game Launcher). No cost is on file for Project Cipher. The maker's page offered Project Cipher in November 2026; this was verified by reading the page.
One article on this site names Project Cipher: UTSA cybersecurity games: Project Cipher and Pyramid of Knowledge. More entries are in the games directory.
Key facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Maker | UTSA Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security |
| Topic | Cybersecurity |
| Sector | Education |
| Platform | Windows PC (CIAS Game Launcher) |
| Cost | Not on file |
| Status | Playable |
| Checked | November 2026 |
| Official address | cias.utsa.edu |