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Out the Door by davidwesst

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made by davidwesst for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Get ready to face the world every day in this action time management game!

GET UP! TIME TO GET TO WORK!

Today is your first day at your new job! It's an early start, but you don't mind because YOU can get ready for a great in 30 minutes or less...

...OR CAN YOU

In this Ludum Dare 47 (LDJAM / LD47WPG) submission, you need to wake up every morning and get ready to make the best impression you can on your new co-workers. How? By getting as ready as you can. Shower up, make breakfast, find whatever you can in your apartment that can give you that edge.

Just make sure you don't miss your ride to work. Survive your 10-day probation without missing a day or getting sent home, and you're home free! Otherwise, YOU'RE FIRED!

Controls

WASD or Arrow Keys to Move

Space Bar to open door and interact

Youtube https://davidwesst.itch.io/out-the-door
Youtube https://davidwesst.itch.io/out-the-door
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/out-the-door

Ratings

Overall 1583th 2.7⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1531th 2.5⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1593th 2.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 918th 3.52⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1415th 2.6⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 997th 2.68⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 715th 2.818⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1450th 2.5⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

🎤 davidwesst
06. Oct 2020 · 03:41 UTC
Full disclosure: My first REAL player that wasn't me found an input bug a couple of hours that locked the game up. Just uploaded a fixed version now, which didn't change any content, just prevented the game from locking up.
Gabriel Dias Oliveira de Almeida
06. Oct 2020 · 04:44 UTC
hahahahaha it's really funny that you can make a game with something so simple, but it looks good the idea
nethead
07. Oct 2020 · 12:57 UTC
love the idea, and there were lots of cute details! I was getting worried for a second that you were going to make me skip showering....
Lisichka
10. Oct 2020 · 07:38 UTC
I liked that you need to turn on the radio for music
gamechoy
10. Oct 2020 · 15:06 UTC
Very interesting concept! I think this has a lot of potential if you want to keep working on it in the future. I can just imagine having 20 different things to do all scattered around the house with the player rushing around! Good work!
Spice Cabinet
10. Oct 2020 · 15:09 UTC
Cool idea. I found myself trying different orders until I found one that worked for me. Unfortunately by that time I had already missed two days of work. I'm such a bad employee!
zaibakk
10. Oct 2020 · 15:48 UTC
That was nice! It would be cool to add something more, but anyway good entry! :)
Inferture
10. Oct 2020 · 22:43 UTC
It was an interesting take on the theme, linking it to actual day to day routine ^^

Maybe I would add some comments in addition to whether the day was good or not (like "The day was bad, you were starving by 11 am and there was no more coffee in the machine" or "*** was disgusted when they smelled that you didn't take a shower, you noticed they noticed, the embarassment was unbearable"), just little things that would make it feel more than just a good/bad bar and so that it would be linked to the mechanics of the morning.

I had fun playing it :)
Greytyphoon
14. Oct 2020 · 03:03 UTC
Funny, but it gets kinda repetitive. Expand on the variations you've already introduced, maybe?

I just never made my bed :P
bentglasstube
18. Oct 2020 · 03:11 UTC
This game hit a little too close to home with the shelter in place. I agree with some others that it quickly got repetitive but it was definitely an interesting concept. I think with some more variety on what needs to be done or feedback about what makes the day good or bad it would be a great game. Thanks for sharing.
EvanGreenwood
26. Oct 2020 · 12:32 UTC
Really enjoyed the audio and the mood was good, great effort!