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You could even give the NPCs the potential to lie when you question them, and your ability to decide if they are lying or truly unaware about the mistake on their passport will come down to your real skill and the skills you upgraded within the game.Īnd obviously, mistakes made while processing passengers will kill your combo and make it harder to process sneakier passengers in the future. You can use that currency to purchase better equipment or more ways to question people. Possibly add a combo system for processing (subtle, not like "MEGA COMBO 46x MAXIMIZER!") You could possibly get pay raises as your rank goes up which is directly affected by your ability to get high combos. The potential is also there for special infrared seals that must be viewed under a special light in order to verify them.
As the game progresses, more and more complicated seals will be introduced as the criminals catch up. There's some nice potential for an arms race here. Accepted seals are listed in the rulebook: So all official documents in Papers, Please will have an accompanying seal. Copying the structure and layout is easy but getting the right seal is much harder.
Looking to the real world, official documents are often validated with seals, watermarks, holograms, emblems, and other security devices. Something Else That Was Figured Out (Seals) And at that point I can either make the layout errors very subtle or figure something else out. If someone goes through the trouble to forge a document, they're gonna get the basic layout right. I couldn't really figure out what kinds of layout changes made sense though. Since the rulebook contains example photos of how certain documents should look, the player would have to visually compare them to detect forgeries. Initially I thought to vary the document layouts slightly if they're forged. Those two facts signify a discrepancy and you'll be able to ask them wtf they're thinking trying to pull this nonsense when you're on duty this is serious business c'mon be serious.Īlong with invalid data, documents themselves can be forged and I spent some time working on a system for this. Highlight the rulebook line that states "All travelers must have a valid entry permit" Highlight the empty counter where there should be an entry permit For example, if the immigrant is missing an entry permit you can: I like the setup here because every kind of error can be pointed out using this simple interface. Highlight any two pieces of information and if there's a discrepancy you'll get more options. I don't want to strip search you ma'am but it's the only way to be sure about this typo on your entry permit.Ĭlicking the bottom-right button puts you in "inspect" mode. There's a small problem with your documentation Ms. Really looking to playing this down the line! Just playing with the early build I get a good sense of how this will develop.