This honestly was really neat. You're right we did similar takes on the theme but slightly different. We both also had a "not affiliated" symbol/symbolism. It took me a second to figure out how to actually turn the wheel. The visuals and audio were really nice! Good job!

I was very lost when I started the game, I feel like a quick tutorial or explanation within the game may help with this issue. I did see that there were rules on the web page, so I tried again after a proper read and it made more sense!

I started by going to fullscreen due to the small size. Clicking on Settings did not work. Then I pressed continue and that did load into the game, even though I had not played before. I restarted and then Settings worked while not in fullscreen. After exiting Settings, I clicked on it again and it was not working.

In game I similarly had issues clicking on things. I could rotate the wheel, but not click on any newspapers. I clicked around, but was not sure what you meant by clicking the arrow on the right up twice. The right side arrow is down, so how do you press it up? I rotated the wheel multiple times in both directions, and clicked on both arrows. Finally I clicked next and was able to proceed with playing and clicking on things.

The 2 big arrows stood out and made me want to click on them, not the wheel. I think the UI could be improved here to make it more clear how to turn the tool wheel.

The buzzer sound when selecting a paper sounds like you made a mistake.

I played through twice. The first time I experimented a few times with the tools, but largely selected the basic articles as my main one. The second time I only did the unedited articles, picking a different one as main each time when repeats showed up. Both times I got Game Over, "be more accurate with yout articles". "your" in misspelled in this text as "yout". I'm not in favor of spinning the news, so was not as inclined to mess around as much with altering things. I gained trust & money, but wasn't sure how much was a good amount. I think it needs a bit more guidance on what is expected to get a different result. Spinning the news does work well for the jam theme.

Cool idea. I love these news spinning games because its a fun touch on the genre

It took a while to figure out the game play, but it was good. Clicking on main menu buttons is a little buggy. I think there are similar clicking bugs like that within the game. I clicked on the cloud icon, after clicking on it multiple times in a row the game went back to the main menu.... lol. It would be good to have a small tutorial. Good game.

Love the art and style. I could totally see a full game like Papers, Please with this mechanic. I also like the way you implemented the game jam theme.

Unfortunately, I don’t know if it was because I didn’t understand the game correctly or because of a glitch, but I didn’t quite see the effect of the different spin options. I was expecting to see how the news changes or have some visual way to see the effect of each choice, but I only saw the money go down.

I think, as some people have already said, it would be very nice to have a little more time to debug and add a tutorial or some extra help. I would love to come back and try it again if there’s an update in the future.

Nice visuals and sound. 

I had trouble picking up exactly what I was meant to do, but that was mainly made worse because it took me a while to realize I needed to double click the menu to actually interact with the articles. 

I like the concept, spinning news stories is funny in a way and what these get turned into with some spin is a neat premise. 

Very unique and creative, I loved it. And the visuals are really cool as well, great work!

I loved the visuals, though admittedly I had some trouble understanding the mechanics, I feel like a tutorial or tooltips are necessary, but I understand if you ran out of time. Tutorials are often the first thing I cut. I was really interested how you took the idea of spinning the news in a different direction from me.

I really liked the visuals!

Oh I love the mechanics! Reminds me of one of my old game jam submissions, it's in my profile. I love this type of games! Sadly, is too bugged to be enjoyable, but nothing that some work can't fix. I like the audio and visuals tho I need a slider for that audio.

The audio and balancing really needs some work, a volume slider, etc. Very loud and difficult to listen to choice of sound effects.

Overall the game seems rather buggy, which is a shame because I think the concept is a pretty unique take on the jam theme. Either upon loading the page, or going into settings and backing out, I was able to start the game on day 7. Opening and closing the menu so that I could select newspapers led to me being backed out of the game.

Clicking and dragging to spin the wheel feels clunky and seems unnecessary. Tooltips for the tools in-game would be helpful to have.

I’m interested in the eye at the top of the screen, though I’m not sure what it’s for. I think this game would do better with a more cohesive tone and/or art style.

If you happen to iterate on it and polish it up beyond the game jam I’d be curious to give it another look.

I think this is a great use of the theme, and it reminds me of jam games ive made in the past (:

i do wish there was more visual feedback and information for the player to glean, and I bet a dose of lore could build this up Papers Please styled

The idea seemed interesting and I enjoyed it a lot! I might have missed it but a tutorial would be nice cuz it took me a while to figure out what to do. Great game!

Also maybe check out my submission :)

Interesting how your game and mine comes from similar ideas! One of my early concepts was similar to this, before I switched to switching words instead of the whole headline.

I like the phrasings, and the ideas of flipping vs. softening vs. removing altogether. The moving eye at the top was a cool addition.

It’s a creative concept, with thought provoking gameplay! There’s a couple bugs to sort out, but that’s just how game jams go sometimes!

Fun idea, a reminiscent of 1984 and Papers, Please. I had the same bugs as other people in the comments which is too bad, it has potential to be a full fledged game if a storyline was introduced about the who what why and depending on how you shape the news, the world around you would react differently. Very good idea, enjoyed it

I am so sad because I love your spin on the idea and it is so creative and i'd love to enjoy you game but I can't seem to understand how to play :'(. My money keeps dissapearing while nothing happens and I don't know whats going on :O.

On another note the artistic direction is also really interesting so I hope you will keep making other game because you got someinteresting ideas there ^^ 

I had a lot of fun with the main mechanic, but it is a bit buggy at times which hampered my experience (still a load of fun mind)!

• Clicks are unresponsive sometimes. 
• Sound is loud and turning off the SFX and Music in the settings still has the sound audible
• I had to tab out a few times to look up controls because it was not quite clear in game or from your descriptions! 

Aside from that, the changes in newspapers and the little references were cute. My favourite part is definitely the take on the mechanic.

A really interesting concept that makes good use of the theme, although I think the game really needs a tutorial.