Ink & Truth: City of Secrets

Game Identity / Mantra: 

A fearless journalist navigates the murky waters of corruption and suppression of information in a quest to find the truth about potential hazardous waste mismanagement, risking everything to unveil the truth and protect public health.

Design Pillars:

Insightful,Educational,Impactful.

Genre/Story/Mechanics Summary:

The player takes the role of Erik Valečka, a determined journalist investigating rumors about public officials strong-arming journalists, researchers and common people to suppress the information about their corruption and mismanagement of the city waste. Navigate through interviews, analyze answers, and piece together stories, which will enable you to expose these practices and shape the future of your city. The game's mechanics emphasize critical thinking, moral choices, and the power of perseverance, encouraging players to see the world through the lens of an investigative journalist, where every piece of information can be important.

Features: 

The player’s choices affect the ending, piecing together information gathered from leads around the city through interviews

Interface: 

W,A,S,D - keys for player movement

Mouse/trackpad - for looking around

E – for interaction with items and people

ESC – for Pause menu and the city map

Art Style: 

https://globalgamejam.org/users/octalot

https://kaylousberg.itch.io/city-builder-bits

https://assethunts.itch.io/capsule

https://kaylousberg.itch.io/furniture-bits

Music/Sound: 

We used relaxing/ambient type of music, because we didn’t want to distract the player from the subject matter of the game.

Forest Walk by Alexander Nakarada | https://creatorchords.com/

Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/