Influence
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.
| Updated | 24 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows |
| Authors | Pol Grasland-Mongrain, Julie Roche, Pierre Dupiat |
| Genre | Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel |
| Made with | GameMaker |
| Tags | 2D, fake-news, influence, journalism, mexico, Mouse only, Narrative, No AI, propaganda |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
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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!
Thank you, glad you have enjoyed it :)
Nice work! Really crisp execution.
Thanks for playing :)