{"id":2489,"date":"2025-11-19T20:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:44:45","slug":"propaganda-game-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/19\/propaganda-game-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Propaganda Game Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Initial Idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A game where you work as a news reporter, and have to propagandise media based of the authoritarian rules of your society. You must change certain words and frame stories untruthfully, if you fail to do so you will be punished.&nbsp;Idea inspired by Papers, please.<em> &#8211; This was one of my original ideas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My thoughts from my week 6 post:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This game might be slightly harder to make, due to the multiple choice narrative format. Having multiple endings would give us extra work, and we\u2019d have to make sure it was rewarding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The game could work in 2D or 3D, But I\u2019d personally prefer a 2D style for this format, considering the game would mostly be focussed on looking at and altering documents. Implementing 3D assets would likely be more work than required to make the game effective.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The game would be inspired by media propaganda that we see in the real world, treating some people as hostile and others as peaceful, when in reality the story is very different. The game interface would resemble news articles seen online and in tv.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What would the goal be?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It depends on the player:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They could choose to obey the system and progress in the ranks of media propagandisers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They could disobey and speak the truth, potentially getting caught and risking punishment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or maybe a third less obvious option\u2026 Secret ending??<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The game would explore the way media can often portray situations as black and white, controlling the narrative that they want the population to see. This would challenge that and also help people realise just how they can be manipulated by what they read. Hopefully it could show that conflicts aren\u2019t always black and white, and how we need to be mindful of where we get our facts from.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Feedback survey results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This idea received 3\/8 votes for peoples favourite game ideas. Here is some of the feedback it received (referred to as 3):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-45.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2505\" style=\"border-width:5px;border-radius:30px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-45.png 738w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-45-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I decided to keep this idea as I personally like it as I think it would help me showcase my skills as an artist, be easy to build and has a good scope. I also like how it relates to a large area of my research on shadow and light in good and evil. I slightly edited the ideas overview and gave it the title of snapshot for easy reference. New overview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Propaganda<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 You work as a journalist and have to propagandise news articles based on the increasingly authoritarian rules of your society. You must change certain words and frame stories untruthfully, if you fail to do so you will be punished. Will you choose to obey the system, or speak the truth? A game that explores media manipulation and challenges our views on conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Game research relevant to this game:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rosie-flanagan wp-block-embed-rosie-flanagan\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PJeBqD6ANq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/12\/game-research-2\/\">Game Research<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Game Research&#8221; &#8212; \u22c5\u273f\u22c5 Rosie Flanagan \u22c5\u273f\u22c5\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/12\/game-research-2\/embed\/#?secret=ZmbbQ6BwUP#?secret=PJeBqD6ANq\" data-secret=\"PJeBqD6ANq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mood board \u2013 Can also be found in my week 7 post:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-pinterest wp-block-embed-pinterest\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Year 3\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/ext\/embed.html?grid=rosie7179\/year-3\/&#038;src=oembed\" height=\"900\" width=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" ><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2506\" style=\"border-width:5px;border-radius:30px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-46.png 496w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-46-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was very inspired by Papers Please for this game idea. I would imagine the game interface to have a top down perspective on documents, or look like a computer interface. This draws the focus on editing documents and generating propaganda, following certain requirements. I think it would be good to involve shadow and light visual aesthetics in each of my game ideas in some way, to link back to my original theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Experimentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-47-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2507\" style=\"border-width:5px;border-radius:30px;width:595px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-47-768x1023.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-47-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-47-1153x1536.png 1153w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-47-1537x2048.png 1537w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/image-47.png 1816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considering lots of my references were blacked out documents, I decided to make some black out poetry inspired by my games theme. I am quite happy with how this one turned out. It reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The power of information. <br>Dramatically wordy, stylised pioneered strategies<br>splashed across public spaces. <br>A warning for people, shouting challenges<br>and offers issues susceptible to censorship. <br>Society responded to a ephemeral layer of decoration, <br>but it could be the difference between life and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My other prototype for this idea can be found in the following post:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rosie-flanagan wp-block-embed-rosie-flanagan\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Gz8IKjzMD8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/17\/week-8-3\/\">Week 8<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Week 8&#8221; &#8212; \u22c5\u273f\u22c5 Rosie Flanagan \u22c5\u273f\u22c5\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/2025\/11\/17\/week-8-3\/embed\/#?secret=mAhUza1bWP#?secret=Gz8IKjzMD8\" data-secret=\"Gz8IKjzMD8\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initial Idea: A game where you work as a news reporter, and have to propagandise media based of the authoritarian rules of your society. You must change certain words and frame stories untruthfully, if you fail to do so you will be punished.&nbsp;Idea inspired by Papers, please. &#8211; This was one of my original ideas. 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