DATA AUTHORITY

by nobdspace

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.70

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.24

Welcome to the Data Authority Program. You are an Inspector — a guardian of the network, protecting it from harmful information. Your terminal intercepts signals passing through the system, and it is your duty to review them, allowing some through while blocking others.

*A Papers, Please–inspired simulation of a human router.*

Comments1

LDJam user 2781463 May 2026, 12:44

Great atmosphere and it started out really fun, getting into a groove. It was really clear what to do and whether I had made a mistake. I liked that rules were *removed* which messed with my head a bit (in a good way.)

I think I hit a couple bugs:

- A "deny all Cs" rule didn't seem to be getting checked properly.

- My score didn't reset between rounds which made it basically impossible to lose after a while

I think it would have made for a better jam game playing experience if the game had a definitive end after a while, instead of just piling on more and more "letter-suppression acts" but I understand if there wasn't enough time.