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.*
This was really neat to play - I definitely felt like a worker in Severance haha. I played for a while, but I'm not sure if there is a designated end or if it just keeps going.
My one suggestion would be to wipe the stats between rounds so you have a new goal to complete. My number kept stacking and I had like 500/80 required, I was able to survive some shifts without doing anything.
I really enjoyed this, reminds me of a simplified Papers, Please. It would be nice if pulling up the manual paused the game. Also, I think you can increase the difficulty. I had more than double the initial quota after my first shift. And the way you scale up point requirements will never catch up to a player who is paying attention to the text. The concept is strong, and if you plan to develop it more you can definitely lean into the word scrambling and word ambiguity more. Nice work :)
The game is really addictive and fun ! After some time, the parsing have some bugs with the rules about letters being prohibited, so I've stop playing since it was becoming frustrating :') Nice game !
I think it would've been better to have each work shift start at 0 points and require you to get to X points, rather than having to "work" for a set amount of time. One problem with the current system is that if you very well on shift 1 and get a lot of points from it, you can essentially AFK the new few levels and still beat them.
It's not only very atmospheric, but also a cool idea for educational material for non-English speakers to practice. And me too felt like I'm truly inspector
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.
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.
Loved the atmosphere and the lore gave a very dystopian vibe. Fun game, but wish there were more rules about things that werent letter as those were more interesting.
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My one suggestion would be to wipe the stats between rounds so you have a new goal to complete. My number kept stacking and I had like 500/80 required, I was able to survive some shifts without doing anything.
Nice game !
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.
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.