The rebellion gets in contact again to claim that the editor's family is safe and send a reminder of their deadline. Your choice here can lead to two different, but likely equally, dismal endings. Whether you trust them or stay on the safe side and remain a loyal propagandist is up to you. You can choose to print articles that keep yourself and your family on the good side of Republia, or you can choose to help the rebellion that eventually contacts you and promises you and your family freedom and safety. Just like in Papers, Please, you have a family cared for by the nation. The protagonist is the editor-in-chief in a very watchful nation at war with Antegria in addition to internal conflicts with rebels, called terrorists by the government in news articles. The first, finished just a year before the release of Papers, Please is The Republia Times. Pope has two more games that play very similarly to Papers, Please, though they are less embellished and therefore have less story and choice involvement, which is fair, given both were created in just 48 hours. In fact, those are the ones I'm most excited to talk about.Ĭommon themes that appear to permeate all of the Lucas Pope's game worlds include dystopia, politics, war, sabotage, rebellion, and surveillance. Outside of the paper-oriented games, I was pleased to find that he also built games that involved strategy and puzzle-solving. The style, sound, and feel of each game are consistent with his two official titles - they are all set in pixelated worlds with the familiar sounds of shuffling papers and button clicks.

However, the concentration here will be his lesser known (and free!) projects he developed in a mere 48 hours each, either as practice or for game-making competitions. More recently in 2018, Return to the Obra Dinn was published and well-received.

I, like many others, first discovered Lucas Pope's games through Papers, Please which is still one of my favorite casual games to play.

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