Debugger by Vilja

made by Vilja for LD 44 (JAM)

Important info update: The background music is from a third party, but we forgot to opt-out the voting category. We are really sorry!!! Please do not vote in audio category, or just vote for the sound effects (which are created by ourselves).

You are a programmer in a dot-com company. Under high pressure, you need to follow a "996" work schedule. Your task is to debug routinely, consuming your life. The more bugs you catch, the more wage you will get. The Cafe and Gym are good place to go after a day's hard work, and they will help you handle your work easily in the future. Attention that don't let yourself get exhausted or let the boss find you goofing off, otherwise you will enter bad endings.

Team: - Graphics: @Unknown-XYZ - Code: @Vilja - Design for anything else: @Daviscartes

Special attributions:

The BGMs are from www.soundimage.org by Eric Matyas.

Some Screenshots:

HTML5 (web)	https://vilja.itch.io/debugger
Windows	https://vilja.itch.io/debugger
Source code	https://github.com/Commoon/Debugger
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/debugger

Ratings

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Feedback

nettaigyo

30. Apr 2019 · 04:31 UTC

Very simple and good game!

ayama

30. Apr 2019 · 05:07 UTC

Great presentation! I reached Lv 7 and died:D The difficulty is well balanced.

finntastico

30. Apr 2019 · 21:00 UTC

Good job! I especially liked the unique style!

mrspeaker

30. Apr 2019 · 23:23 UTC

Ha, pretty cool - I played it for about 20 minutes... damn, I got addicted! Simple, but very effective once you figure out how to debug!

konsumopfer77

30. Apr 2019 · 23:33 UTC

i couldnt buy anything besides coffee but i enjoyed my short office life anyways.

michaelsonbritt

30. Apr 2019 · 23:33 UTC

Using the Godot engine? Interesting. The first level seems hard and the other levels are pretty easy. The humor angle is pretty good, and reminds me of Shenzhen IO, in the sense that it makes you think about work conditions in other countries.

🎤 Vilja

30. Apr 2019 · 23:39 UTC

@konsumopfer77 Thanks for your feedback! The exercises take your life (remaining from the previous work) as currency, so maybe you need to save some life during your work? :)

🎤 Vilja

30. Apr 2019 · 23:40 UTC

@nettaigyo @ayama @finntastico @mrspeaker @michaelsonbritt Thank you all for leaving feedbacks and rating!!!

30. Apr 2019 · 23:46 UTC

Not bad. I noticed you said the BGM came from a third party, but didn't opt out of the audio category. Maybe something to do since you did not create the BGM. Otherwise, the art is cute.

🎤 Vilja

30. Apr 2019 · 23:54 UTC

It is my bad. Thank you for pointing this out.

konsumopfer77

01. May 2019 · 02:05 UTC

@vilja oh ok now i get it.

frostdragonliz

01. May 2019 · 08:22 UTC

Wow I had to look up what a "996" schedule was and now I'm depressed. Crunch is evil.
Anyway your game is good! I struggled to catch bugs but that's just me I think.

Ransom

02. May 2019 · 04:52 UTC

This is pretty good. I made it to level 17 before I quit. What could increase the challenge is by having the things that you buy increase in cost over time. I'd also recommend allowing for tongue range upgrades, to give something else to purchase.

Nice work.

🎤 Vilja

02. May 2019 · 05:02 UTC

@ransom Thank you very much for rating and comments! Since the life value is reset at the beginning of each level, I don't know if it's too difficult if the price is increased.. The tongue range upgrade is a good idea!

rayriver

02. May 2019 · 11:13 UTC

Yes, I know there is someone will make a game about 996 :laughing:
It's like I spent 3 hours debug and the left time I am sleeping all the time!
I think my boss will fire me soon :laughing:

junjunlowpoly

05. May 2019 · 20:12 UTC

This is the game that taught me the art of goofing off and how it is the key of surviving 996!

I really like the game. It is such a well designed and well polished piece of art that offers fun as well as insights about the society.

By the way, although the music isn't original, it goes so well with the game, and it is so cool that the bugs do their motion to the music!