Papers, Please comes to mobile with portrait mode gameplay

droidgamers.com:

The brilliant dramatic dystopic border control simulator Papers, Please is finally coming to mobile. After years of pleading, developer Lucas Pope has announced the long-awaited mobile port of this beautiful game. 

Announced on Twitter, Papers, Please’s mobile port is a huge deal for mobile gamers. Recreated in a phone-friendly aspect ratio, the entire game is now presented in a vertical fashion. 

Pope revealed the games release date alongside the game’s announcement. In a simple tweet, the developer showed off an image of the game with the tweet: “‘Papers, Please’ but small. August 5th.

Importantly, the game is a premium, stand-alone release. Unlike other recent mobile masterpieces like Into the Breach, Pope’s port is not part of the usual Netflix Gaming releases. However, the upcoming lineup there is rather impressive. 

Judging from the image provided by Pope, this release won’t just be the original game. In fact, the game will include both the main story and an endless mode. That’s right, every sliver of content is available here for you to play on the go. 

Furthermore, achievement hunters will be pleased. While not revolutionary, this mobile port does include mobile achievement support, just in case you’re into that. 

«Papers, Please» but small. August 5th. pic.twitter.com/87o8IqfCdF

In the responses to the game’s Twitter announcement, Pope was asked about a VR port of the game. While a VR version wasn’t ruled out, the developer discussed just how long it took to comnvery the game to mobile. 

Reusing assets from the original, the new mobile conversion still took many months. With only minor changes, this mobile port was no small feat!

Pope did explain that there has been a number of changes to the mobile version, but