Menagerie: Archive

> *You have been lucky enough to be tasked with sorting the files in one of many archives across the land. However, you must share your income with 3 fellow citizens of a similar rank, and consequently decide their fate.*
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> *- The description of Menagerie: Archive on Game Jolt.*
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## About

*Menagerie: Archive* is a video game created by the late game developer Robert Brock, better known to the internet as Wertpol. The game is a spin-off of the Menagerie series. It was first published on April 22, 2017 to the video game publishing website, *Game Jolt.* The game was developed in the Game Maker Studio engine. It was intended to be completed in one playthrough for about 45 minutes, although there are various checkpoints to pause the game, there is no save/load function. This game features drawing on surfaces which Wertpol could make it in previous games. Wertpol made a video on his channel on how to get all 7 endings because he thinks players won’t play it 7 times to get all the endings.

## Game play

The protagonist is tasked with delivering archives to citizens of higher ranks (called superior entity in-game). The player is presented with shelves which he can drag archive files, and if a new order for archive is out, the player will need to deliver the correct archive, written with the exact name to the ticking watch signal to deliver the archive. If the timer has reached the end, it will dim. Delivering an archive before it dims will give 1 money at the end of the day, while delivering when it is dimmed yields no money. Hovering over the timer will show the name of required archive, along with a "Deny order" button.

Clicking on the button will result in skipping the rest of the day, collecting all money you have earned this day and a hidden counter in how many days you have denied orders. Denying orders for 3 days (except the last day) will result in Dr. Money firing the protagonist, and landing on ending 7.

If any archive is not delivered at the end of the day, the player still has the time to deliver archives at the "Sleep" time, which no new orders will be given and no new archive files will be added for storage, the player can freely arrange the files and deliver overdue archives. This can prevent any order to be denied, since any archive failing to be delivered at the end of Sleep time will also be considered denied.

At the end of working period each day, the player will be presented a summary on how many orders they have completed or failed (not necessarily denied, as aforementioned), along with money accumulated. He will also be presented Doctor Money's Occupation Enhancements and Doctor Money's Profit Distribution System, which he can purchase and give money to other people.

## Characters

* Protagonist, an unnamed worker of Dr. Money's Fantastic Filing System
* Doctor Money
* Harvey Keller
* Rebecca Trenholm
* Claire
* Morayne Johnson

## Plot

The protagonist was selected to work in a room, under a company called "Doctor Money's Fantastic Filing System", which his job is to deliver archive files to "superior entities", he is told by Dr. Money he is bound by law to comply with the job, and denying this duty will get him fired. He is also tasked with distributing his earnings with three unemployed citizens of similar "rank", a numerated term for societal status. They are Harvey Keller, Rebecca Trenholm and Claire.

Over the course of the protagonist's work and in different endings, it is revealed they are all infected with a deadly virus and may die soon, Claire might have gotten more money than what is needed to buy food supply to survive. Later on the resistance gave a call to the people with the lowest societal status, including the protagonist and Claire, while Rebecca and Harvey have both died. The protagonist may choose to give the remaining archive file in day 8 of his work, giving away the information of a founding member of resistance and secretary of Doctor Money: Morayne Johnson, and Claire is tasked in killing the protagonist and retrieving the files in his room.

Depending on how Claire is treated, she may kill the protagonist or spare him, escaping the prison and joining the resistance. If he is spared, Doctor Money will poison the protagonist with gas and take the file afterwards, but the smuggled gift to the Protagonist from Morayne may come useful, as the protagonist may wind and release it, its spewing spark igniting the inflammable gas, destroying the room, the protagonist and all remaining archives altogether, protecting the resistance.