Compensation Not Guaranteed, the Paper, Please-esque civil servant simulator and paperwork game, is getting a demo on May 1, this Labour Day.
Developed by Team Project Lunch and published by Toge Productions, you can have a taste what’s being offered in this game depicts a fictional post-colonial Southeast Asian nation where the citizens are anthropomorphic animals.
Expect to be checking a lot of document checking as well as having to listen to the woes of the local citizens looking to get compensated from having their lands taken by the government.
But, well, the game’s title says it all, so expect drama from having to be the intermediary between the people and the government.
While its inspiration may have taken a more personal perspective of a government pencil-pusher trying to make ends meet, Compensation Not Guaranteed has a more uplifting (to some extent) tone to it. The consequences of your document approvals will also be reflected as you see the fictional nation grow and transform.
The demo launch coincides the game participating in LudoNarraCon, a celebration of narrative games from across the globe. So it’s cool to see a Southeast Asia representative being part of the official selection.
Coincidentally, city-builder Majulah is also getting a limited-time demo this Labour Day. Two nickels for those who wanted a demo of a Singaporean game that depicts urban development and the struggles that entail to be released on Labour Day.
Compensation Not Guaranteed has no release date yet. The demo is guaranteed to launch on May on PC (Steam).