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Player's perspective of the prologue, concept art. By Whitney Clayton.
Department of Archives, Printing & Recycling is a department in City Hall in the Parade District. It acts as the main setting for the prologue in We Happy Few.
Arthur Hastings was an editor there, until remembering his brother Percy from a newspaper clipping and choosing to go off his Joy. The game starts at Arthur's window view office space. It is run by Victoria Byng.
Overview[]
Purpose[]
The workers are tasked with censoring old, upsetting articles from the Hamlyn "O" Courant, it is done by the use of a Redactor that can either accept or censor part of the newspaper. Once a decision has been made, it is sent off elsewhere.
Layout[]
The Department of Archives, Printing & Recycling is, as seen on the outside, a tall building right across the Broadcast Tower, the player only gets to explore the area during the Prologue.
Inside of the building is the offices, they're all white and minimal, with black lines that bring attention to the big Executive Committee emblems. The professional look is offset by the chaotic interior design and mess caused by the other employees, who are unable to remember what they did exactly 10 minutes ago. They are more interested in parties than actually getting work done.
Employees[]
- Victoria Byng - Director/Boss
- Arthur Hastings - Ex-Editor
- Clive Birtwhistle - Editor
- Hopkin Jones - Editor
- Prudence Holmes - Ex-Editor
- Deirdre - Editor
- 7 unnamed editors in the Central Processing Unit
- Tricia Reeve - Mentioned to be an employee in the note (Forms...)
Trivia[]
- A wooden plaque of the We Happy Few Logo can be found.
- Arthur was awarded Employee Of The Year for his work effect.
- The location of the Department is on the map. When approaching it, Arthur notes how Clive may have gotten his window since his disappearance.
- Judging by the window view from the Prologue, the department is actually right next to the statue (closer to the bull), but in the game, it's in front of the whole statue.
- It isn't possible to get into the building.
- When off Joy, it's revealed that they're very behind schedule in their work. Unfilled paperwork, a broken tube channel, nobody working and editors out for lunch.
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