{"id":23,"date":"2026-02-10T18:34:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:21:57","slug":"goals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goal 1: Creating Pressure and Responsibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the development notes for&nbsp;Papers, Please, the creator says that the goal was to make players feel what it\u2019s like to work as an immigration inspector under pressure. The game uses document checking, strict rules, and penalties to create stress and responsibility (Devlog).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fguillen.github.io\/PapersPleaseDevlogScrap\">https:\/\/fguillen.github.io\/PapersPleaseDevlogScrap<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goal 2: Showing the Impact of Strict Systems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This connects to Game Studies because it focuses on how player decisions create meaning. It also connects to Digital Humanities because the game uses a digital system to show real things going on revolving around power and authority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another goal was to show how strict systems and rules can affect both the worker and the people trying to enter the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image_2026-02-26_111055825-1024x501.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image_2026-02-26_111055825-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image_2026-02-26_111055825-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image_2026-02-26_111055825-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image_2026-02-26_111055825.png 1309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andhegames.com\/morality-systems-papers-please\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/andhegames.com\/morality-systems-papers-please\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goal 1: Creating Pressure and Responsibility In the development notes for&nbsp;Papers, Please, the creator says that the goal was to make players feel what it\u2019s like to work as an immigration inspector under pressure. The game uses document checking, strict rules, and penalties to create stress and responsibility (Devlog). https:\/\/fguillen.github.io\/PapersPleaseDevlogScrap Goal 2: Showing the Impact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/GameNarratives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}