Looking around can be done by 'WASD' or the arrow keys on the keyboard.These are done at the first segment on the second and third day (so far in the early access). Choosing a headline is done by clicking either button 'A' or 'B' under the four screens.Handling interference can be done by moving the knob or scrolling with the mouse wheel.Censoring a swearword is done by pressing the red 'Censor' button or pushing 'space' on the keyboard.
The four main screens can be switched by clicking with the mouse or pressing buttons '1/2/3/4' on the keyboard.While controls can be manually re-configured in the settings, the default controls are as follows: This is optional and only 'obligatory' on the first day (it's in quotes because the player doesn't have to watch the entirety, they can quit after putting in the tape instantly). After the signal comes back, the player can choose the appropriate screen and resume playing normally.Īt the end of each broadcast day, the player goes into the archives where there's an opportunity to check the broadcast, the rushes and the adverts out and watch them. Sometimes they get a phone call with some additional information about next segments or circumstances. While an ad is playing, the player usually doesn't have to do anything, unless they decide to change the upcoming adverts. Putting on an advert too early or too lateĪfter each segment, the game gives a grade and an opportunity to replay that segment.Not censoring or using the censor when there's no need for it.Getting reaction shots and people talking right.However, that is very difficult to do and it requires a ton of mistakes and inattention. If the player fails to do so and they lose a significant amount of viewing, it's game over. It's the player's task to provide an enjoyable news broadcast and raise the viewers till the end of the program. There are three segments each day with different layouts and challenges. After these are done, they have to choose the adequate screen to broadcast and wait till the news start. Some adverts matter to the story and some don't have any effect on the overall outcome.
There are many things to pay attention to and many mechanics to function.Īt the beginning of the day the player has to flip every switch on and choose three adverts. They have to decide which camera to use and what to show on screen. You can promote them or mock them, with all of your actions having far-reaching implications over time.The player controls how the news is broadcasted. The decisions you make in the broadcast studio determine the public’s perception of Advance, as well as their overall political effectiveness.
#NOT FOR BROADCAST GAMEPLAY SERIES#
You experience the story through a series of broadcasts over years, documenting snapshots of Advance’s reign. Everything happens against the backdrop of Advance’s extreme reforms, which become gradually more dystopian and incite the wrath of violently reactive terrorist group Disrupt. The opening segments document the far-left Advance party winning a national election on a radical platform of wealth redistribution and equality, setting up the crux of the main plot. Equal parts management sim and narrative adventure, the title begins by guiding the player through editing their first live news broadcast. Not For Broadcast is a game about manipulating the news media to tell the story you want, while juggling the practicalities and implications of working in a television studio. With killer writing and a tone that swings pendulously between camp slapstick and dystopian horror, Not For Broadcast’s leap out of Early Access is certain to make a mark. Boasting more than 40 hours of video footage, the title places players in the control room of a news program during a series of extreme political moments in an alternative 1980s United Kingdom. Time for the news – but make sure you’re on top of what’s Not For Broadcast.Ī unique twist on the ethical management sim genre (made popular by titles like Papers, Please and This War of Mine), Not For Broadcast is an ambitious, satirical, savage take on the morality of media producers. Cue the applause track, press go, breathe. You frantically load up tonight’s political advertisement tapes while a voice over your tinny headphones delivers the juicy gossip that the anchor has brutally sacked yet another assistant. Electric sparks dance across your control desk, threatening to eviscerate your trembling fingers as they swat at buttons and fumble with dials.
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