Big Media lore threads (light spoilers)

Say Cheese plays as horror-comedy about a news cycle. You are a journalist on Big Media’s payroll; the shutter decides whether a peaceful park spirals into panic or finds a hopeful broadcast. This post is a teaser map — full articles live on the Lore hub.

Premise in one breath

Coverage is the whole job. Frame a subject, click, and the park televisions turn that frame into a headline. Circles and squares read the news and change how they treat each other. Official framing puts you between destroying a peaceful society and trying to tip fate toward hope. See Premise and the cast on Characters.

The camera as a weapon (and a choice)

Keep feeding confrontation and you get chaos routes like Viral. Wait for rescues, smiles, or peace signs and you tip toward Good / Peace / Say Cheese. Starve the desk with empty grass or a cricket and you short-circuit human drama entirely (Breaking News, Cricket).

Set pieces worth knowing by name

• Central park television — feedback device and the subject of the TV ending
• Grass and corners — cricket hunts, empty-lawn Breaking News, Good’s rescue beat
• Opening payoff — the Suit’s bribe for Follow the Money
• Odd arrivals — Hat Man’s timing test on Hat

Exact map coordinates are not published by the developer; treat fine-grained “stand here” tips as player-reported. Our Lore locations article stays aligned with the ending pages instead of inventing coordinates.

Origins (lightly sourced)

The Roblox experience from Mechanical Boy LLC builds on We Become What We Behold by Nicky Case — a short free game about news cycles. The Roblox version keeps the “media creates the crowd” idea, then adds the twelve-ending collection menu and park set pieces. More newcomer notes sit under Lore’s “how it works” thread and the Camera beginner guide.

Where to go next

• Full lore articles: Lore
• Who is who: Characters
• Practical collection plan: Progression