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Synergistic Management Solutions by dkilford

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made by dkilford for LD33 (JAM)
A game about pretending to be busy at work.

See how many random tasks you can complete without doing any actual meaningful work! Beware though, people will eventually notice you don't contribute anything... Just organise a meeting or an impromptu fire drill! They'll be too busy to notice how little you do then!

Controls:

-Click and drag to move the camera around
-Click on objects that highlight red to interact
-Mouse wheel to zoom in/out

David Kilford @dkilford Code
Nicholas Zaharias @ngzaharias Code
Yosha Noesjirwan @HozZAaH Art
Jacob Connelly @cgbocaj Code
Jared Hahn @Element_105 Writing
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52135583/Web/Web.html
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/luog4astuddv5zu/SynergisticManagementSolutions.zip?dl=0
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3lh1eo5takf4kxh/AAAQqIccACpH_SY3Xrcu-Fbda?dl=0
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/4qzfmr6w6v0szkd/SynergisticManagementSolutions.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=11992

Ratings

Coolness 36% 1752
Overall(Jam) 3.36 400
Audio(Jam) 3.55 185
Fun(Jam) 2.71 773
Graphics(Jam) 4.18 147
Humor(Jam) 4.11 37
Innovation(Jam) 3.43 214
Mood(Jam) 3.55 218
Theme(Jam) 2.52 1007

Feedback

Sam Twidale
24. Aug 2015 路 15:07 UTC
In fullscreen mode mouse input had an incorrect offset of about 500px to the right. Also I didn't realize you had to click objects rather than the floor to move, so was confused until I tried windowed mode where it worked.

That aside it was funny and caught the pretentious business mood in every way. The atmospheric office background track was a nice touch. Great job.
馃帳 dkilford
24. Aug 2015 路 23:10 UTC
Thanks for letting us know, I'll update the build tonight.
Rani_Sputnik
25. Aug 2015 路 03:08 UTC
Perhaps rename link to Windows? I'm on OSX so can't run :/
someone9999
25. Aug 2015 路 03:47 UTC
The art and humor in this game is fantastic! The minimalist style looks great. The gameplay is quite enjoyable as well.
Wevel
25. Aug 2015 路 14:39 UTC
Cool idea, seemed quite difficult to get jobs done as some of them required doing things multiple times
teknic
25. Aug 2015 路 14:52 UTC
cute portal-clone visuals. not really sure how to play - too much happening on screen. i clicked around and got gold stars, but also inexplicably suffered red ones too...
dcolgan
25. Aug 2015 路 20:18 UTC
Really cool visual styles.
pereubu
25. Aug 2015 路 21:44 UTC
Really neat idea, I especially like the visuals.
I had to replay the game several times before completely understanding it but it was great :>
Chadivision
25. Aug 2015 路 23:36 UTC
Here is my TPS report:

This is a really cool game. I love the humor and the look of it.
Ninja Garage
26. Aug 2015 路 05:17 UTC
Awesome entry! You have an eye for educational tools and stuff, I would love to be trained with something like this.
thomz12
26. Aug 2015 路 13:51 UTC
Love the portal-like artstyle!
PixelPerfect
26. Aug 2015 路 13:56 UTC
I have absolutely no idea why I'm losing. Seems like a good concept but I can't figure it out at all
SvenFrankson
26. Aug 2015 路 13:56 UTC
Nice visuals and pretty cool animations ! What are the rules ? Keeping having red crosses for non-understood reasons.
Ithildin
26. Aug 2015 路 20:53 UTC
I really liked the humour, but it was a bit confusing to play.

Controls weren't apparent, and I didn't quite get why I was failing at times if I was actually performing the task. Could it be because of the counters, or was it related to the constant job assignment popups appearing to the left? I wasn't sure if that was a meta reference on the game setting or if it was related to the tasklist (sometimes it seemed it was, sometimes it didn't seem to).

Despite this, the game looks really cute with the iconic art, and corporate management mocking is a theme I'll never get tired of, so congrats!! :D
Jupiter_Hadley
29. Aug 2015 路 15:41 UTC
Quite the fun game, though I really dont know why I keep losing. I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/L1fCW_I8xho
Riftpoint
29. Aug 2015 路 15:57 UTC
Haha, this game is so creative, I really liked it
HotBoxGames
29. Aug 2015 路 15:59 UTC
Interesting take on the theme!
I love the portal demonstration video graphics, they made this game awesome for me. 5 stars on graphics!
KaiseanGames
08. Sep 2015 路 11:57 UTC
Nice idea. It was a bit hard to grasp at the beginning, but then I realized what I need to do. It's a nice game. Well done.