Papers Please Reviews and Details

Social recommendations and mentions

• The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy

  Better, official link https://papersplea.se/ since it has been released on multiple platforms. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Gamer Epiphany on Capitalism ...

  If you’re curious, one of the best examples of “games that are Art” is now available on mobile: https://papersplea.se/. Source: over 3 years ago

• 1984 What does the party want?

  Well, try this one if by some chance you haven't already: https://papersplea.se/. Source: over 3 years ago

• TIL it's abusive and a dictatorship to expect foreplay 100% of the time

  This could be the sexy version of Papers Please. Source: over 3 years ago

• Fortune teller

  The idea takes inspiration from Papers Please and Potion Craft. Source: over 3 years ago

• Is it possible to work for a prison without moral conflict?

  Are you aware of Papers, Please? A playthrough might be relevant to assessing this for yourself. Source: almost 4 years ago

• What's a game you've always wanted to recommend but never got the chance to because it's too niche/weird

  Honestly, no. The game was a very well-received and oft-talked about solo dev project the year it came out (and the years after that). It has almost 50k reviews on Steam with 97% of those being positive. The game won so many awards that the front page on its own website can't display them all. Source: about 4 years ago

• Ask HN: Are there any good poverty simulator games?

  > I think if you succeeded in making a game that successfully simulated the experience of poverty, it would be extremely unfun to play. I don't think you're someone that plays many videogame simulations, as the whole point is making something fun that's inherently boring in real life. There are so many popular simulators for famously mind-numbing jobs: farming, janitorial services (and further niches within this... - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

• Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly

  I found it funny that in an article pushing for variation, used two video games examples(https://papersplea.se/ & https://obradinn.com/) from the same author. - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

• TIL that naming of North & South America continent in honour of Amerigo Vespucci was a result of an mistake by a German cartographer while making a map of world in 1507 who thought Vespucci rather than Columbus was the explorer who discovered America after reading a document called Mundus Novus.

  They sound like they could be countries in papers, please. Source: over 4 years ago

• TIFU by forgetting to renew my passport and ending up in Hawaii

  If you haven't yet played it, see Papers, Please for an immersive experience of the problem at hand. It's a masterpiece that stands alone in the world of interactive art, and made me and my wife laugh to tears as we replayed it to get all the endings. Source: over 4 years ago

• Anyone got recommendations for mouse only games?

  Links can be found on the official website https://papersplea.se/. Source: about 5 years ago

• Honey Buns hired as a cadet

  It's an amazing game by Lucas Pope, that goes for about 10USD and I'd highly recommend.https://papersplea.se/. Source: about 5 years ago

• I physically cannot comprehend how one man managed to learn how to compose music, program in C#, draw pixel art, market, and distribute a game like this within only a few years.

  Check out Papers, Please and The Return of the Obra Dinn, by one Lucas Pope. Source: over 5 years ago

• Transiting the Suez Canal in a Private Sailboat

  This heavily reminds me of Papers, Please [1] by Lucas Pope. Great game and a really good example of how to tell a story through mechanics rather than a linear storyline. [1] https://papersplea.se. - Source: Hacker News / over 5 years ago