Letters from the War

Letters from the War is a text-adventure game set during the Second World War. You play as a newly hired employee of the Censorship Authority in Vitulia, a fictional country ruled by an authoritarian regime that controls the public information people receive. Your decisions affect the country’s future.

Censor the letters

You examine letters from soldiers at the front and decide what to censor while trying not to get fired. Removing critical information earns commendations from your boss, but leaves the citizens who receive the letters unable to understand their contents. Leaving that information readable risks your job but lets people learn what is happening. Your choices ask you to balance the demands of the Authority against the public’s access to the truth.

Pixel art and music

The game features pixel art and an original soundtrack. Its newspapers, letters, locations and music draw inspiration from sources from the first half of the last century, redesigned for the game.