The Westport Independent 9+

Pontus Lunden

Designed for iPad

    • 3.4 • 7 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

A game about Censorship, Corruption and Newspapers

The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist government. With an increase of rebel activity and an ever watching government breathing down your neck, whose truth will you print?

Features
- Change the content and meaning of your articles by censoring them to your liking. While you can’t lie, you don’t have to tell the whole truth either.
- Employees with fleshed out character, who will not only react to your actions, but also discuss them with other colleagues.
- Receive letters and messages from public figures, rebel leaders, employees and other characters affected by your actions.
- Adaptive stories where your actions affect the opinions of the people, which affects what happens in the city, which in turn affects the stories you receive.

Awards and recognition
- Biggest surprise at The MIX GDC 2015, IGN
- Part of "Three Cool Surprises From PAX 2015", from Kotaku
- Part of "The Very Best Indie Games of GDC 2015", from Gameinformer
- The Best of GDC 2015, 148 apps

What’s New

Version 1.0

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Ratings and Reviews

3.4 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

Editors’ Notes

Thought-provoking to the end, The Westport Independent explores the power of the press by putting you in charge of a fictional newspaper. Amid a tense political climate, a propaganda-pushing government wants you to censor articles as they hit your desk—changing headlines and removing incriminating details. After deciding how to handle each story, you assign it to a transcriber, determine the marketing budget and what makes the front page and then observe the impact of your choices. Before long, you’re weighing your moral duty to report the truth with how it’ll affect sales, employee happiness, even potential lawsuits. We found the whole process absolutely riveting.

Jdjdidk ,

Too simplistic

Nice, original game concept, but the final product is too simplistic and somehow obscure. What’s the connection between marketing money and influence? Why even bother since the government doesn’t give a crap about what people think and the prorebel opinion doesn’t harm the gov power ar all? After playing the game once, have no need to check other strategies (to play again), because there is seemingly no point in it.

winmaciek ,

Ciekawy tytuł

Gra jest niezbyt długa (jedno przejście trwa około godziny), ale całkiem dobrze porusza temat mediów i ich wpływu na społeczeństwo. Niestety nie ma polskiej wersji. Tekst mógłby być trochę mniej rozpikselowany (wiem, że to zabieg artystyczny, ale źle wpływa to na jego czytelność).

App Privacy

The developer, Pontus Lunden, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple.

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