I really liked the false ending that involved redacting myself out of a corner, haha. It seems like a really short game, but the concept was novel, the writing was cute, & the collage art panning around was really slick & striking! This is a clever one! Good work!
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The Contrarian Press's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #4 | 4.661 | 4.661 |
| Overall | #11 | 4.456 | 4.456 |
| Presentation | #29 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Enjoyment | #174 | 4.040 | 4.040 |
Ranked from 174 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Reverse the role of the journalist by erasing words to create meaning
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
Really great aesthetic and execution. Surprisingly difficult to figure out the answers too, I was impressed how many different sentences could be created.
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FISHERFISHThe newspaper moving around + music is just amazingly done, hands down best presentation in a game so far.
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Inverted Elements: Maximum CarnageSuper well done game. Felt very complete for a game jam game!
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The House Always WinsIncredible art and sound with a super clever use of the theme and game mechanics. I love how it can both be a puzzle and just a good time making funny sentences while playing censor. The newspaper zooming around feels so natural and clean.
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Universal VideogamerI love creating fake news :D. Very interesting concept!
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Dachi-Dachi: Pocket Pet SimulatorVery Nice and interesting game,
The idea and concept is very cool
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Inversion Flappy BirdA bit glitchy, but otherwise undoubtedly the most creative and best presented game of the jam so far! I had so much fun creating wild headlines!
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Plague MindThis is ridiculously creative--I had so much fun trying to piece out what to say in each scenario. If you ever expanded on this concept, I'd love to see varied reactions based on what you put down - sometimes I was able to create really funny sentences, and even if they weren't the right answer, I can imagine some funny reactions resulting. The high-quality visuals of the newspaper and simplicity of interactions can't be understated too-nicely done!
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UnvanquishedThe polish is obviously pretty goddamn insane, both the art style and the music, did you guys took inspiration for the game from The Republia Times?
There are a few issues with the games though, a lot of combinations that feels like they should have resulted in special responses doesn't. You can glitch out the music by pressing mouse 1 before the camera gets to zoom into the recruitment ad, and how the game calculates what is considered 2 censor bars is glitchy, I was able to censor the entire first headline with both 1 censor bar (through dragging through the entire thing) and 2 censor bars (by dragging from the first word to the middle of the sentence, then dragging from the last word to all the rest of the words).
Also, the game is not long enough, give me more goddamn it.
Edit: forgot a word
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Apple's MisnakeThanks so much for the review, I actually haven't seen The Republia Times before, but it looks like a cool game! We mostly looked at old-time newspapers and collages.
We were really cramming toward the end, and we had to hand-pick each combination so we must've missed some, sorry if you had difficulties. And yea there should be more tutorials as well, time wasn't on our side though. Thanks for playing :)!
I loved this. The aesthetic was just perfect and the themes were great. Please make this a full game.
My only criticism is that it took me a while to realize that you can censor two sections of words, not just two words. That might just be on me though.
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Screw This Fish in ParticularInteresting submission, I like the aesthetic and the different endings were fun. Music glitched out for me unfortunately but aside from that it was a good experience!
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Nuclear NapoleonThis is a masterpiece! Great visuals, audio, and gameplay. I like that there are multiple routes, but it felt that most times my use of censorship did not produce any result, which I was bummed by. Excellent work with this one!
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