The short answer

For a manageable first collection, try Cricket and Breaking News, learn one full Viral run, then group the related story branches. Save the timing-sensitive money route and Early Access extras for separate focused attempts. This is a suggested order, not a game requirement.

Begin with the short experiments

Cricket is useful for learning to notice small subjects. Breaking News teaches you to keep the entire viewfinder clear. TV asks you to follow a changing screen rather than a person. Together, those attempts make later subject-selection mistakes easier to diagnose.

You do not need to force all three into a single run. Choose one objective, finish its card, and restart. Keep the checklist beside the game so that a completed route does not become another uncertain memory.

  1. Cricket: inspect the opening for the insect.
  2. Breaking News: practice clear empty-scene photographs.
  3. TV: isolate the monitor and wait through each broadcast state.
  4. Reverse and Say Cheese: compare group framing with an individual posing response.
The short Cricket route early in the collection
Start with a small, focused subject before attempting the longest branches.4:36 ↗

Learn the full story once

After a few short routes, play Viral to understand how the park responds to repeated hostile coverage. The opening characters and the late crowd states recur across several endings, so this first complete run supplies landmarks for the rest of the collection.

Then replay with a specific fork in mind: frightened visitors for Scared, the rescue for Good, or the peace-focused couple for Peace. A new objective is easier to follow when you already recognize the shared part of the run.

The first fear-related broadcast in a full story run
One full story attempt makes the recurring landmarks familiar.1:20 ↗

Group Hat and Eyes Closed as separate attempts

Both routes use late conflict states, so they are useful to study together. Their decisions are different: Hat continues the hat-focused portraits; Eyes Closed withdraws the camera’s contribution at the violent point. Do not merge them into one recipe.

Follow the Money is a good focused attempt after you know the park because the payment event is easy to overlook while watching the public reaction. Follow the suited visitor and use the linked chapter as a visual reference for the handoff.

Hat-focused broadcast late in the shared conflict story
Study the late forks together, then attempt them in separate runs.27:36 ↗

Finish with access checks and missing cards

If Early Access is available, add Off Air and Star. Off Air begins by doing nothing with the camera, which makes it particularly easy to spoil by taking an exploratory shot. Star requires staying with a subject progression instead of switching to the loudest event.

Finally, compare your in-game card names with your checklist. Video chapter order does not prove a required unlock order, and this site does not claim an optimal timed speedrun. The goal is fewer confused attempts, not an unsupported record-time promise.

Questions about this route

Is this the required unlock order?

No. It is an editorial suggestion based on route complexity and shared scenes.

Should I buy Early Access before collecting the base cards?

The twelve base routes can be studied independently of the two extra endings. Check your in-game options when you decide whether to try the extras.