Directive 13

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.15

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.53

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.22

As an intelligence officer, you will decode intercepted transmissions and review recorded conversations to identify threats before they emerge. Your work protects citizens, preserves order, and ensures the continued strength of the state.

All information is provided for your clarity. All actions are taken for your protection.

Remain vigilant. Work efficiently. Trust the system.

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Your Duties
- Decode classified transmissions
- Review call records for suspicious activity
- Approve or detain individuals based on intelligence

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Every decision secures peace. Every report brings us closer to victory.

There is no cause for concern.

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Game by Nabil Mohammed Shelim (ClumsyWizard)

Background Music by:
- Ashot Danielyan from Pixabay
- Roman Dudchyk from Pixabay
- LemonMusicLab from Pixabay

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Tags: #ludum-dare-59, #meaningful choices, #storygame, #war

Genres: interactive fiction

Tools: Unity

Comments12

Tesseus21 Apr 2026, 18:21

Awesome game fitting the theme. Also superb and consistent style and quality. Well done!

Surfa21 Apr 2026, 18:43

Really liked the graphics and the idea. It felt a little repetitive and the sounds were a little loud for me initial. I also got stuck on Day 8. It seems like it only gave me the first two words and I could only get 'Protect Target' it wouldn't let me discard it either. Was a shame as I was hoping to experience the whole game. But overall was very well made, excluding the potential bug I had.

Only other complaint was it felt like the Guilty , Innocent decision should be the other way round to match the accept / discard buttons on the code screen.

Luumi21 Apr 2026, 19:19

Great art direction, and definitely on-theme. Almost made me want to play Papers, Please again after all these years. I found the background audio a bit distracting/stressful, both from the loudness and the mechanical noises. The stress kind of added to the game, though. It was hard to tell that the stamp was supposed to be draggable without some kind of cursor change, but I got there eventually. Good work!

CasualNothing21 Apr 2026, 19:29

Simple game that fits the theme. The juice has a lot of polish. Transitions, object slide-ins, etc. I got stuck on one of the ciphers where there's apparently 2 words for a 3 word decryption. Might be a bug or I might be missing something. Good work though.

Placeholders22 Apr 2026, 06:24

fantastic entry, the mood is on point and the art direction really hooks you in. loved it!

PokeyDem23 Apr 2026, 00:15

Wow, awesome game for such a short deadline! As a fan of Papers, Please, I enjoyed playing it a lot. The only downside I noticed - to apply a stamp, you must first drag the stamp to the desired position and then click on it. I feel like it's a bit unintuitive. But besides that, great work!

Hiretsu23 Apr 2026, 16:02

Amazing game, great work! Great idea, beautiful art and as a fan of Papers, PLease I would absolutely buy this game if you continue development!

WeirdBitGames25 Apr 2026, 20:53

Wowee this game has A LOT of polish. Are we sure this isn't a game already released on Steam? Hehe. Amazing!

SHAKIROVICH26 Apr 2026, 04:48

Really nice style and idea with encrypted messages

VenomousMouse27 Apr 2026, 10:54

Very nice feel to the game. Great consistent art. Cool game.

metalim27 Apr 2026, 17:46

nice art and mood, implementation quality is high. gameplay is questionable, though

YadEnergy28 Apr 2026, 12:52

OMG IS THAT "PAPERS PLEASE" REFERNCE???

Great mood and visual. Really fun to play, can't believe that it was done in such short time!
Outstanding work!

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