But as you progress, events by and large start to tighten your country’s security protocols and soon you’ll find yourself sifting through handfuls of documents – passports, work visas, entry permits, ID tickets – searching for something as small as a misspelled name or city. Essentially, if the passport provided to you isn’t expired (you’re shown the current date in your booth) and there’s no glaring issues, you can give them the green go-ahead stamp. In the beginning, the game provides an easy challenge by making the requirements for entry into your country ridiculously simple. And each second counts, as the amount of people you work through in a day determine your salary in order to pay off daily expenses like rent, food, and heat for you and your family. This game employs the thrown-to-the-wolves style of play as you learn the game mechanics while on the job, with time ticking away on the clock in the corner of your booth. Players are stuck in a cramped booth and given rudimentary tools such as a small pocket book with critical information, among other devices, to be used to discern whether documents provided to them are legitimate. Papers, Please captures these frustrations and puts you on the other side of the desk. Even my 2 week detour through Australia caused a mini-panic attack when I was almost denied entry at check-in for lack of a travel visa, caused by my fly-by-night schedule. The amount of papers I needed to apply for, and produce, began to cause a slight stinging sensation in my frontal cortex. And with that came even more hassles and paper work: medical clearances, visa applications, bank statements, tax identifications, etc.
But after my trip through Japan, and a slight detour through Australia, I’ve since immigrated to New Zealand on a whim with a temporary work visa. Granted, the language barrier seemed to be the biggest cause of my issues during that time. “What is your phone number? Please write it down in this box”
“I don’t have a phone number, I disconnected my phone before traveling” Much like the displaced transients and nervous citizens attempting to enter Arstotzka in Papers, Please, I found myself quite anxious when being asked the same questions over and over again at Japan’s Immigrations and Customs booth. As someone whose spent the past week ceremoniously bobbing up and down to the monotonous droll drum beat of Papers, Please, I can say that if the inspiration is true, Pope’s anxieties certainly transpose well into this game.Ĭoincidentally enough, this game was released around the exact same time I flew to Japan to begin my own trip during my post-graduation hiatus of Vancouver Film School’s Game Design program. I’ve read that the idea of the game came from Pope’s time living as a foreign resident in Japan, which sparked inspiration when Pope had to consistently deal with the stresses of clearing customs.
#Papers please game temporary visa Pc#
Released in Summer of 2013, Papers, Please is a PC game developed by Lucas Pope where players assume the role of a happenstance immigration official in the fictitious communist country of Arstotzka, set in the early 1980’s. One particular game from the indie releases of yesteryear has caught quite a bit of attention, and with a well-timed Steam Winter Sale I was lucky enough to come across it myself and pick it up. From the existentially hilarious walkathon of The Stanley Parable to the far-too-realistic nightvision jump-scarefest of Outlast (aka I swear I’ll play it… tomorrow), the indie market continues to prove itself a diverse and entertaining stomping ground.
2013 has been a very robust and interesting year for the indie game community.
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