Say Cheese

Guide

Say Cheese! News and Headlines

Checked

The park television displays the photo captured in your viewfinder, paired with a red # banner from Big Media. Understanding the news system means separating what the lens framed from the editorial spin the station broadcasts back to the park.

A photo becomes a headline

The core loop runs on a single action: frame a subject with POINT & CLICK, snap the photo, and watch the park monitor air that image. What appears on screen is whatever sat inside your viewfinder, but the red # caption belongs to the station. Big Media frames the shot to provoke an immediate crowd reaction.

This loop starts before any player input. When a run loads, the monitor displays # A PERFECTLY NORMAL PARK beside a SKIP button. Every subsequent photograph replaces that baseline with a new headline.

Who is in the park

We did not find published character names or stats. Cast members are identified by visible shape:

  • Round-headed crowd: Civilian visitors with smooth round heads who react to panic broadcasts.
  • Square-headed crowd: Civilian visitors with sharp angular heads walking alongside round heads.
  • The man in the hat: A visitor wearing a tall brimmed hat and mustache.
  • The man in the suit: A figure in a dark suit who appears in the later frames.
  • The lovers: Two visitors standing close together, marked by hearts above them.
  • The cricket: A tiny insect sitting low in the grass.

What the crowd answers to is what the frame shows; the game publishes no deeper rules for it.

Headlines seen on screen

This walkthrough shows twenty distinct hashtag lines on the park monitor; two of them appear twice, on different endings, so the table has twenty rows and eighteen unique strings:

Headline Where it appeared What the frame shows
# A PERFECTLY NORMAL PARK opening broadcast Dark screen, then the park TV showing the crowd
# OOH NICE HAT Hat Ending (#9) A man in a tall hat on the TV as the crowd copies the look
# HATS Hat Ending (#9) The TV on the hat visitor while the crowd wears hats
# CIRCLES HATE SQUARES mid-run broadcast Round-headed and square-headed visitors glaring at each other
# LIL' CRICKY <3 Cricket Ending (#2) Close shot of the cricket with the headline running
# WOWWEE, IT'S NOTHING TV Ending (#3) A TV inside the TV, then static
# WOWWEE, IT'S NOTHING Breaking News Ending (#4) The same headline before an explosion and the prompt SHOOT it, PHOTOGRAPHER! It's EXCLUSIVE!
# ONE MORE NOTHING AND WE'RE DONE mid-run broadcast A small TV banner while the park stands around
# CRAZED SQUARE ATTACKS mid-run broadcast A square-headed visitor shown mid-shout on the TV
# WHY IS EVERYONE CROWDING IN? mid-run broadcast The headline filling the lower screen while red-faced visitors shout
… SQUARES SNUB CIRCLES nested TV inside another broadcast A second TV inside the frame carrying this line, first word cut off
# BE SCARED. BE ANGRY. Viral Ending (#1) The headline on a laptop screen showing the park
# BE AFRAID OF EVERYONE Scared Ending (#6) A crowd with fearful faces and the headline below
# THANK YOU PARK Good Ending (#7) Hearts over the visitors while the station goes quiet
# SQUARE SAVES LOVERS! Peace Ending (#8) Hearts floating above the crowd as the headline runs
# EVERYONE HATES EVERYONE Eyes Closed Ending (#10) A crowd turned hostile, with the man in the suit in frame
# SAY CHEESE Reverse Ending (#5) Bubbles reading Please STOP! and Our TURN!
# SAY CHEESE Say Cheese Ending (#11) The crowd pressing into the frame
# SUIT HAS NOWHERE TO RUN Follow The Money Ending (#12) The man in the suit with money bags beside an angry crowd
# MEN THIS WEEK GOT ANNOYED early run A visitor saying Make it LOUD. under the headline

The four that are not tied to an ending

Four headlines are not tied to a numbered ending card in the footage checked:

  • # A PERFECTLY NORMAL PARK: Opening baseline monitor before any photo is snapped.
  • # CIRCLES HATE SQUARES: Intermediate broadcast documenting friction between groups.
  • # ONE MORE NOTHING AND WE'RE DONE: Monitor message when framing empty scenery without activity.
  • # MEN THIS WEEK GOT ANNOYED: Reaction broadcast showing frustration among park visitors.

None of the four appears together with an ending N of 12 card in the footage, so they read as editorial beats rather than final resolutions.

What is still unknown

The game publishes no mathematical formulas, hidden thresholds, or scoring weights. While specific headlines coincide with ending cards—such as # SUIT HAS NOWHERE TO RUN at Ending #12 or # LIL' CRICKY <3 at Ending #2—observed co-occurrence is not an algorithmic formula.

The logic choosing each caption remains unexposed. You cannot inspect whether the system tallies pixel coverage, proximity, or broadcast counts. Any guide claiming exact numeric triggers is guessing. To see how these headlines coincide with ending cards, check /endings. For basic camera operation, see /guides/how-to-play.

FAQ

Can you choose which headline appears on the television?

No. You choose what subject sits inside the viewfinder, but the game assigns the caption automatically. The logic mapping photos to hashtags is unverified.

Does every headline unlock one of the 12 endings?

No. Eleven headlines coincide with the twelve numbered ending resolutions. Four headlines—# A PERFECTLY NORMAL PARK, # CIRCLES HATE SQUARES, # ONE MORE NOTHING AND WE'RE DONE, and # MEN THIS WEEK GOT ANNOYED—air during ongoing play without issuing an ending card.

Why is "# nvm hats aren't cool anymore" missing from this list?

That line appears on an official thumbnail that shows the in-game park TV, so it is a real headline. This walkthrough did not reproduce it, which is why it is not in the table above.