{"rewrite":{"id":"r_128704aba77db59954250ec3","clusterId":"c_b97fc1bf2b15bc121ee817a5","slug":"not-a-dog-opens-steam-page-for-happy-propaganda-launching-october-28","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Not a Dog Opens Steam Page for Happy Propaganda, Launching October 28","summary":"Not a Dog has opened the Steam store page for Happy Propaganda, an adventure game releasing October 28 for Windows and Mac. The player is a broadcast supervisor in a fictional communist state, running a state-run live broadcast for five days. The player approves or censors viewer comments and picks each day's topics, with multiple endings. Off-air talks with a rookie newscaster affect the ending.","whyItMatters":"The store page plus a dated release window turns an announced premise into a fixed October slot, and the censoring loop ties the game's mechanics directly to the comment moderation it is about.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe store page confirms Windows and Mac, with the release set for October 28. In the game, the player runs the state-run broadcast across five days: comments arrive during the broadcast, and each one is approved or deleted. Deleting raises viewers\u0026#39; discontent; letting a comment through can hurt the newscaster.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach day also asks for a choice of topics to cover. Those decisions stack, and the final day resolves into one of several endings depending on what the player chose. A rookie newscaster fronts the broadcast, and the player can talk with them off-air. How those conversations go shapes the relationship and, per the store page, the ending.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Happy Propaganda makes the player the censor, not the censored: approving and cutting viewer comments drives multiple endings, so the branching sits in the moderation itself rather than the broadcast.","twitterPost":"Happy Propaganda hands the player the censor's chair. Approving and cutting viewer comments drives the multiple endings, not the broadcast itself.","threadsPost":"Happy Propaganda puts the player on the censoring side of a state broadcast, approving and cutting viewer comments across five days. Off-air talks with a rookie newscaster steer the ending, so the branching logic sits in the moderation decisions, not in the on-air script.","newsletterBlurb":"Not a Dog has opened the Steam store page for Happy Propaganda, set for October 28 on Windows and Mac. The adventure puts the player in charge of a state-run live broadcast in a fictional communist state for five days, approving or censoring viewer comments and choosing daily topics. Off-air conversations with a rookie newscaster shape the relationship and the ending.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/03/173115.html\",\"title\":\"Speech-Control ADV 'Happy Propaganda,' Which 'Censors' Stream Comments in a Communist State, Launches October 28! Interact With the Newscaster Off-Air Too\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4742,"outputTokens":584,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791259027,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T03:51:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T03:56:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T03:56:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b97fc1bf2b15bc121ee817a5","canonicalTitle":"共産主義国家で配信コメントを「検閲」する言論統制ADV『ハッピープロパガンダ』10月28日発売！放送外でキャスターとの交流も","representativeArticleId":"a_68029a5ac962f4b78e6e9127","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Happy Propaganda\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-03T05:16:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-03T05:16:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T03:56:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/03/173115.html","title":"共産主義国家で配信コメントを「検閲」する言論統制ADV『ハッピープロパガンダ』10月28日発売！放送外でキャスターとの交流も"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Happy Propaganda"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}