The Contrarian Press

Become the writer of the CONTRARIAN PRESS!

You will help shape glorious news stories for the people of Wyzkonzyn, no qualifications are needed!

Responsibilities:

Prevent the spread of misinformation from hostile foreign forces! Cross out up to 2 continuous pieces of text on each headline and pass them on to the illustrator!

Description:

Play as a news writer in the Contrarian Press, but instead of writing new articles, you are assigned to erase headlines to fit the narratives from your boss - or whoever you please, but not without consequences.

A dedicated illustrator will then provide a carefully curated image that goes along with your masterpiece.

There are multiple endings and over 20 collages for you to uncover!

Controls:

Click and drag to censor blocks of text.

Click again on censored content to uncover it.

Hints:

(All 3 Endings WALKTHROUGH: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-MIf6Sa7991N99oiaiapm25D6nP2ZAFtVYb0JiUWQ_0/...)

Hint: If the Submit button seems to be disabled, there might be a way for you to activate it 🤔

About

Developed in 48 hours for the GMTK Game Jam 2023 by Joyce Zhang, Audrey Renouf, Adrian Ma, Weiwen "Andy" Jiang, Will Ozeas, and Scott King. The theme is "Role Reversal".

Source available at: https://github.com/jsking2920/GMTK-Game-Jam-2023

Soundtrack available here: https://soundcloud.com/willowpet/maquina-habanera

Itch Background Credit: Image by Freepik

Source: itch.io description