Menagerie II: Presentable Liberty

" You have been imprisoned without being told why. All you can hear day in day out is the faint ticking of a clock in your cell. That is, until the first of 5 fateful days begins. "
 * "The amazing 'sequel' to Exoptable Money"

"- The description of Menagerie 2: Presentable Liberty on Game Jolt." Menagerie II: Presentable Liberty is a video game created by the late game developer Robert Brock, better known to the internet as Wertpol. The game is the sequel to Menagerie I: Exoptable Money and second installment within the Menagerie series. It was first published under the name Presentable Liberty on December 26, 2014 to the video game publishing website, Game Jolt. The game was developed in the Game Maker Studio engine.
 * "Much less money than in the first one"
 * "Twice as many amazing characters"
 * "Tick tock tick tock"
 * "4 times as many letters"
 * "No cat"
 * "The Doctor would like a word with you"

Presentable Liberty soon became very famous, becoming the highest rated game on Game Jolt, and later became a popular game for video game let's players to play for a period of time.

This is a story oriented adventure game that takes place in a single room. The protagonist receives letters from several characters and can play mini-games in their downtime.

Characters

 * Unnamed protagonist: The nameless protagonist of the game, more of an observer than an active participant. You find yourself locked up in a prison cell, with no context of the outside world or how you got there.
 * Salvadore: An avid traveler, Salvadore is your ambiguous best friend who does his best to make your life in prison the best he can with several gifts.
 * Dr. Money: The main antagonist of the story; it is revealed in the beginning of the game he is holding you captive as part of an "exclusive program" for inmates regarding health and safety.
 * Mr. Smiley: A "happy buddy" hired by Dr. Money intended to keep the protagonist cheerful to prevent suicide despite his dreary surroundings.
 * Charlotte: A woman who is revealed early on to be one of the only survivors of the rapidly spreading virus. She owns a pastry shop, where she has stayed by herself since the outbreak

Plot
Content warning for major plot spoilers. Presentable Liberty is a game about a prisoner who is not able to leave their cell. You, the prisoner, collect letters and each time you open them, you progress in the game. In the story, a man named Doctor Money wanted to become the richest man in the world. To accomplish this goal, he released a deadly virus that devastated the human population, choking people to death if they had it. For a while people were forced to buy his antidote from him. However, it caused organ failure and people were forced to buy new organs from him, but these organs ended up killing people in a few hours. Doctor Money also made a cure and he said in the alternative ending (If you chose to stay in your cell) that he masterminded the whole plan to slaughter the human race, leaving alive the protagonist, Salvadore, Mr. Smiley and Charlotte (only the protagonist gets to live depending on your decision in the end of the game). He also admitted to keeping the protagonist safe from the dangers of the outside world. Mr. Smiley was "hired" by Doctor Money to keep the protagonist distracted by sending him games. Eventually, Mr. Smiley tells the truth about his job, and dies by selling his organs to buy a new game for the protagonist. Charlotte was in a bakery store, right across from prison. She kept sending him letters as well as Salvadore and Mr. Smiley. This is comforting to the player, as they have made a friend. Charlotte sends the player a cake, baked especially for them. However, as the game goes on, she becomes more and more lonely and eventually kills herself. Salvadore, the protagonist's friend from the outside world, said that he was traveling, collecting stuff for the protagonist. Eventually, he finds out about the disease and Salvadore sets out to save his friend. Just like the others, this character is taken away in a horrific way, this time by being electrocuted by the generator in the basement. In the end, you either escape the prison and the game ends, or you stay in the cell and Doctor Money comes and kills you for your organs to live as the richest (and only) man in the world.