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Office, Inc. - Keep your sanity alive! by TheAidency

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made by TheAidency for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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You are a new employee at Office, inc. Unfortunately, you hav two things going against you. For one, the organization hired really inept workers to do the job for cheap and constantly need supervision to actually do something. Secondly, working with them, takes a serious toll on you and need to eat, drink and get fresh air outside. Good luck on your journey in this crazy organization!
scr1.png scr2.png ​Controls: WASD / Arrow Keys to move. E to interact.​

Youtube https://firedreamer.itch.io/office-inc
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/office-inc

Ratings

Overall 1033th 3.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 937th 3.455⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 661th 3.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1278th 3.636⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 463th 3.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1096th 3.455⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

BattleCat
20. Apr 2020 · 11:48 UTC
I like the style and music and everything. It's a fun idea that I feel like deserves to be elaborated on. Unfortunately I'm either just bad or the game is really hard. After less than a minute I die no matter what I do. Perhaps reduce the speed at which problems occur?

Anyway, overall I liked it so not bad :)
Maqo12
20. Apr 2020 · 11:48 UTC
Nice game!
kamekai
21. Apr 2020 · 12:35 UTC
I agree with @battlecat that it's balanced a little too hard early game. Perhaps a difficulty curve that increases as time goes on would be an effective way to onboard players to the rhythm of the game. On that note, playing into the rhythm by paving the way for predictable input sequences could help a lot. Over all, fun concept and great atmosphere!
🎤 TheAidency
21. Apr 2020 · 12:46 UTC
@kamekai @battlecat Thanks for your inputs! I'll see what I can do since the problem detector is a random roll between 0 and 1 per worker. Thanks again!
spawnie
21. Apr 2020 · 14:56 UTC
Hey ! very fun idea and cute visual. the difficulty seems tuned crazy hard as problems seem to be piling very fast.
GreenDinoGames
22. Apr 2020 · 09:26 UTC
Fun idea for a game. I agree with the others that it's a little bit hard because multiple numbers increase at the same time. But idea is original and the music fits very well :) Good job!
🎤 TheAidency
23. Apr 2020 · 09:08 UTC
@greendinogames @spawnie @kamekai @battlecat Updated the game to have better difficulty balance. It'd be awesome if y'all could try it!
mrabnox
23. Apr 2020 · 09:23 UTC
Cool game, keep it up! Is there a way to win? Perhaps if you would do different levels it could be a cool thing to see
BattleCat
23. Apr 2020 · 10:38 UTC
~~@theaidency I think it's bugged :( After a few seconds I was Game Over. After restarting all problems stayed at 0, and then after ~20 seconds I was Game Over.~~

Nevermind, just like in real life you have to remember to drink water :rolling_eyes:
BattleCat
23. Apr 2020 · 10:42 UTC
Ah yes, now I feel like it flows more like a game. Now my mind isn't like "what the hell is going on?" and instead it's "how do I do this so I can keep things in check?" :smile_cat:
🎤 TheAidency
23. Apr 2020 · 12:59 UTC
@mrabnox I might consider that but for now it's endless as it ramps up over time.
@battlecat Thanks for the re-review!
Extrone
23. Apr 2020 · 13:42 UTC
haha, that was a really cool and fun game. Thanks for sharig it with me over [here](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/power-slime-shootout/gimme-the-links-to-your-game)
🎤 TheAidency
23. Apr 2020 · 13:53 UTC
@extrone Thanks for the review!
Marie Launhardt
24. Apr 2020 · 11:51 UTC
I enjoyed playing the game. The graphics and sound are perfect. However, the game is a little too difficult, because the problems arise too quickly, but that didn't stop me from trying again and again. Good job
SaraSM
24. Apr 2020 · 11:54 UTC
Cool game, really difficult as well. Those guys are annoying! Congratulations
WhiteFox
03. May 2020 · 13:37 UTC
The idea is cool, but I think that the game needs balancing. It gets really crazy, really fast :smile:. The music was fun and fitting to the theme of the game. Also it was nice to have the sound effects to alert you of issues you need to help your coworkers.
bkmld
03. May 2020 · 14:30 UTC
This is fun. It takes a bit of time to get the movement right. Difficulty could increase a little more slowly. Maybe even discretely, so that management decides to replace employees with ones that are less competent each round.
Bredian
03. May 2020 · 15:00 UTC
The idea itself is fun, but it has its problems with difficulty curve, as mentioned above. These noobs are stacking to many problems at once. You either ran out of resources, or you go to refill them, boosting the avalanche of problems. It doesn't feel like you failed because of your mismanagement, it feels like you failed because all these problems could not be solved in the first place. After some rebalancement it might become more skill based, which is good.
Ekilibr
03. May 2020 · 15:20 UTC
Feels like a real-life bad company simulation (as hard as it can get :'))

Feedbacks on difficulty have already been mentionned, so I' ll just go for the overall.
Idea is nice, and everything fits together!
Well done on creating a game!
pee-thief
03. May 2020 · 15:50 UTC
Nice game. Great audio and visuals
cheesepencil
03. May 2020 · 17:34 UTC
I thought it was pretty well executed, I liked that the "things happened" based on steps taken instead of based on absolute passage of time. In that way, it was kind of like a board game, where I would have a moment to calculate my next steps. Can I help Annette with her broken calculator before my kidneys fail from dehydration? Or can her problems pile up while I drink and take a fresh air break.

The RNG is interesting too, on my second playthrough, I went directly to the water tank and drank 50 times before someone ran into a problem!
PROJECTaroid
03. May 2020 · 19:46 UTC
Interesting concept. I had to read the instructions to figure out the gameplay but after that it was easy to understand. Cool gameplay loop that gets challenging fast. The art style works well with the audio. Nice work.
Sandra Martinez
04. May 2020 · 15:29 UTC
A pretty quick paced game. Pretty challenging :) One of the rare games I actually enjoy playing because it's so hard. Love it, really!