Papers, Please facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Papers, Please |
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| Developer(s) | 3909 |
| Publisher(s) | 3909 |
| Designer(s) | Lucas Pope |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, PlayStation Vita |
| Release date(s) | Windows, OS X
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle, simulation |
Papers, Please is a video game made by Lucas Pope, an indie game developer, published under his secret name 3909. It is about an immigration officer who decided who to let in and who to refuse entry to the fictional country of Arstotzka. The game was released on August 8, 2013 for Microsoft Windows and for OS X. It was released for Linux on February 12, 2014. It was released for iPad on December 12, 2014. A PlayStation Vita version was announced in August 2014, but has not come out yet.
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Gameplay
The gameplay for Papers, Please revolves around an immigrations inspector's life and job. The player can allow people to enter Arstotzka or refuse them. The player can use different tools to check if the immigration papers are out of date, real or fake. The player must try to keep unwanted people out of Arstotzka, like terrorists, criminals and those with incorrect papers. The player must correctly allow and not allow people in to the country within a set amount of time. Each mistake a player makes is 5 credits off their earned money at the end of the day. The money earned at the end of the day is based on how many people have been correctly finished. The player must pay for the officer's family, food and heating. The player can choose to not pay for any of them, which results in something happening to the family.
The game has 20 possible endings.
Development
Lucas Pope created this game, He used to work for Naughty Dog. After working on the Uncharted games, he left to become an indie developer. He started work on it in November 2012, but it took longer then Pope thought, and was finished in nine months. It was put on green light on April 11, 2013 and was greenlit on May 1.
Images for kids
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The player's immigration checkpoint workstation shows the current arrival (left center), the various paperwork the player is currently processing (bottom right), and the current state of the checkpoint (top third).
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Lucas Pope accepting an award for the game at the 2014 Game Developers Conference
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See also
In Spanish: Papers, Please para niños
