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Beyond The Spin

Five ink-drawn minigames, five spun headlines. Play each one to find the real story.

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Every newspaper on the map is running a story with a spin on it. Travel from a Motown stage in California to Buckingham Palace, the closed eastern border, the EU Parliament in Strasbourg and a Hamburg newsroom, and beat a short minigame at each stop to reveal the real headline.

Hit the notes so Michael spins, pour tea for every guest except the one you can't stand, dodge drones as a runaway matryoshka, stop the spinning bottle on target, and shape Helmut's cigarette smoke to get the paper printed. Made with Keenan Back for The Very Serious Game Jam 2026.

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The ink-drawn world map with a marker on each city that has a story to uncover.Rock and Spin: Michael dances on stage in front of the crowd during a 16-note perfect streak.Spin the tea: the teapot in the middle of a palace party, with guests waiting on three sides for their cup.Spinning frontiers: four drones fly down the three lanes towards the matryoshka.Strasbourg briefing: a bottle spins on the briefing-room desk as journalists look on.Spinning the smoke: Helmut blows a smoke shape towards the printer in the newsroom.
The ink-drawn world map with a marker on each city that has a story to uncover.
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Lab notes

v0.0.15-saves 14/10/2026 Cloud saves: log in and your progress and settings follow you to any device.
v0.0.15 13/10/2026 Studio splash with the jam notice, and full credits.
v0.0.14 12/07/2026 Jam release: all five minigames and the truth reveals.

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