Lucas Pope
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Lucas Pope is an American video game designer. He is best known for experimental indie games, notably Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn, both of which won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize along
Pope at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards
Pope at the 2019 Game Developers Choice Awards
Papers, Please
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Papers, Please is a 2013 puzzle simulation video game by Lucas Pope, developed and published independently through his production company 3909 LLC. The game was released on August 8, 2013, for Microso
Lucas Pope
…Lucas Pope (born 1977 or 1978) is an American video game designer. He is best known for experimental indie games, notably Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn, both of which won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize alongside other awards. Pope grew up in Virginia. His father was a handyman…
The player's immigration checkpoint workstation shows the current arrival (left center), the various paperwork the player is currently processing (bottom right), and the current state of the checkpoint (top third). A body scan of the arrival reveals a concealed firearm.
Lucas Pope accepting an award for the game at the 2014 Game Developers Conference