If he does not, at the end of 11 days he is told his post is no longer required, and his family have been killed off. If he complies, the rebellion is successful but his family is killed and the new state of Democria tasks him with producing the same propaganda that the Republian Ministry of Media did. The Editor in Chief's family is held by the government, and their privileges and continued survival are contingent on the Editor in Chief performing adequately.Īs the game continues, the wire service is hijacked by dissidents who instruct the Editor in Chief to start running damaging stories in order to increase support for the rebellion. However, in The Republia Times, the player-character is the Editor in Chief of the state controlled newspaper in Republia, which has recently ended a war with Antegria.

The Republia Times can be played for free at .Īs in Papers, Please, the protagonist is a nameless bureaucrat tasked with competing against the clock in order to fulfill his mandate for a totalitarian state that is recovering from a lengthy war. The Republia Times is a much simpler game than Papers, Please, with less ethical complexity and a more cynical conclusion. Their visual styles also imitate obsolete computers (a style also used in Pope's other game, Return of the Obra Dinn).

It either takes place in a universe similar to that of Papers, Please or in the same universe but several years after the events depicted in Papers, Please.īoth games contain several similar themes, the protagonist is responsible for the welfare of his family and is approached by rebels intent on toppling the regime. The Republia Times is a precursor to Papers, Please, created in Flash as a warmup entry for Ludum Dare 23.

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