Could you write propaganda articles as a job? Never?

In Influence, you play as a journalist who ends up writing for Voces de Periodista, a Mexican journal whose funding may orientate your articles...

Words matter, so choose wisely!

* Controls : Mouse only
Duration : 10-15 minutes
Screen resolution : 1600x900
Language: English

* Development team:

  • Pol Grasland-Mongrain, programmer
  • Pierre Dupiat, art
  • Julie Dupiat, narrative design

A game created for the "2026 Investigative Journalism Game Jam by Floodlight Gaming"

Note: Articles illustrations in this game are either in the public domain or properly licensed. No images were generated by AI by our team!

Note2: Final (jam) version is the HTML game. Windows executable is identical and provided only in case of problem with the HTML game.

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Influence_v1.4_exec.zip 18 MB

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I've played twice to see both endings (at least I think it's two). And I liked the strong emphasis on how journalists get lured into writing these pro-russian articles due to financial safety concerns plus the bank statements had some good satiric humour in them. The interaction design was well executed. It's a swift and polished experience, well done!

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Thank you, glad you have enjoyed it :)

Nice work! Really crisp execution.

Thanks for playing :)