The News
A downloadable game for Android
Step into the future with this immersive VR experience set in the year 2055.
As a fresh-faced intern at one of the world's leading news stations, it's your job to take control of the news broadcast. Curate news stories and advertisements with care, balancing your station's internal statistics while influencing the masses. With every decision shaping the outside world.
Will you focus solely on monetary gain, and let the world turn into a dystopia, or will you use this opportunity to change the world for the better?
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I love the concept and it looks like you did a great job on your first VR game! Did you remove the download link? I'd like to try it!
Hi, tnx for the kinds words! There seems to be a game breaking bug in the .apk, which still needs squashing.
I will make sure to fix the issue later today!👍 (I'll reply again when it is up)
Hii, thanks for your patience. The .apk has been fixed and re-added!
The first news story (about flying cars) turned up with both options having a red cross on them. I assume that means they have been used?
My selection inserts into the desk but nothing happens when I press the button.
Then no more stories come out and nothing progresses.
When I start the game again, I am already past the tutorial and the next stories also have red crosses on them.
Hi, thanks for making me aware of the issue. I'll see what I can do to fix it later today!
The problem should be resolved now!
As for the tutorial, I use PlayerPrefs to check whether the player has completed it in a previous playthrough before loading it. So depending on how far you got into the tutorial before, you may or may not see it again.
The news stories now work but the 'Awareness, Money and Viewers' score never moves from 0.
Is the presenter supposed to be in shadow (dark) all the time?
During my test yesterday that didn't pop up, but I'll again see what I can do about later today!👍🏼
Tnx for the update 🙌🏼
Hii, thanks for your patience. The .apk SHOULD finally work now.
It works for a while. After 6ish stories the presenter stops reading them.
The money and awareness fluctuate wildly. I had loads of money then soon after I had a negative amount.
I did win an award but I don't remember anything being said about it.
Viewing figures don't fit on the screen when they are high enough.
It's fun to play. Check out my effort:
Tnx so much for your feedback, and fun to see you made a video about it! As for the bugs, I'll see what I can do about them in the near future (currently very preoccupied with other university projects, so it might take a while).