Brackeys Game Jam 2026.2

How does the game fit the theme?
You have been tasked with censoring the mail of a country under the rule of a fierce dictator. Can you really trust the orders given to you by them? Can you trust the rebellion to protect you? Can you trust this little child writting a poem to his grandmother to not be a terrorist asking for weapons in code?

Everyone is out to get you, so trust no one to survive.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
None

How many people worked on the game?
1

Comments

UmbohrSubmitted1 hour ago(+1)

Strong choice of inverting red and green, perfectly fits both the setting and theme in their own way, and got me confused multiple times :D. Congrats on making the game!

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Ways of seeing

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Kindled GamesSubmitted8 hours ago(+1)

the redacted newspaper intro sets the tone perfectly, and adding up purple plus green against the duty table before slapping approved on a letter to alatatski scratched the papers please itch. dragging the stamp off to reveal the impression is a nice touch, good job

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Palmed

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meeehdiSubmitted1 day ago(+1)

Nice take on Papers Please mechanic!

I wasn't able to use the additional stamps when I got them. Also, when a stamp is over an enveloppe and you try to get the stamp, you get the enveloppe instead: I guess there is a Z index priority issue.

Just a few tips for immersion, I would add some background noise, like people chatter or something, and sounds when you make a mistake (I still remember Paper's Please old printer sound!) and some paper sound when the enveloppe arrives on your table and then when you drop it.
Also having the stamps have a slight random rotation to give it a more human way of using stamps, not being always perfectly aligned.

Had fun playing!

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Méfiance

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LawyerBodohDeveloper13 hours ago

Thanks!

I entirely agree :) I wish I had had more time to add music and more sound to the world; it would have added a lot...

On the stamps I thought them being tricky to handle would be part of the challenge but it turned out to be just annoying :D

And great idea on the stamps; I did it for the animation, but should have done it for the stamps themselves!

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nathmateSubmitted1 day ago

I found the hitboxes a bit small\confusing, the letter getting picked up through the stamp, for example. The mistake list also didn’t stay on screen long enough for me to be able to read it. Day three I made several mistakes and it seemed to bug out day four, I didn’t get any instructions and the stamps weren’t interactable.

Otherwise a solid Papers Please clone, captured the feel of the dystopian government well.

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Starship Reverse Centaur

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LawyerBodohDeveloper1 day ago(+1)

Thanks and I agree! Initially I thought having stuff be a bit messy to pick would be part of the challenge but after finding time to play through a few times it felt annoying; the solution I have in mind is to have a to press hotkey to like Ctrl to pick up stamps, and maybe reset stamps at the start of each day. Thanks for the feedback

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jbeeganSubmitted1 day ago(+1)

I like the concept! I think having a calculator available might have been a nice touch. Also the additional stamps for patriotic/unpatriotic etc did not work for me sadly. But nice job!

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Germstones

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LawyerBodohDeveloper1 day ago(+1)

Oh the calculator is a WONDERFUL idea! I really had not thought about it. Sorry to hear those stamps didn’t work, I know there are some bugs with the stamps, I did not know about those :) Thanks for playing!

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GabrielRGSubmitted2 days ago(+1)

Pretty well done and the inspiration from Papers Please was clear. Sometimes I struggled dropping letters, having to try several times before they went in.

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King's Taster

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LawyerBodohDeveloper2 days ago

Thank you so much! The issue on the letters comes from me not giving clear instructions; they need to be droped IN the slit, below the text that says "drop here". Very poor UIX on my part lol!

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SadlilbirbSubmitted3 days ago(+2)

Fun papers please-like with solid visuals and sound effects!

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p1ge.oN (pigeon) Platformer

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LawyerBodohDeveloper2 days ago(+1)

Thanks! The sound effect is obviously me hitting my desk at 4 am and recording it :) Cheers

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