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A jam submission

DeskboundView game page

Submitted by shawnsicle — 9 hours, 54 minutes before the deadline
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Play Gameboy Color game

Deskbound's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#224.1094.109
Innovation#363.7093.709
Graphics#364.2554.255
Gameplay#473.6183.618
Audio#503.7453.745
Theme interpretation#513.8183.818

Ranked from 55 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/Shawnsicle/DeskBoundGame

Game description
Help Jo escape from his mysterious office job.

A game by Shawn Sudduth.

Theme interpretation
-Navigate your chaotic office job and search for secrets to uncover the true nature of your workplace, as well as a way out.

-solve puzzles and unlock hidden areas

-includes a hidden alternate ending that requires finding all of the secrets in the game.

Wildcards used (optional)

Small Palette

Limit your colors to 4

Speed Run

Make time the enemy

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Submitted

A simple and awesome video game!

Submitted

Very well designed game! Great art and audio and very fun gameplay. Nice work!

Submitted

Favorite game of the jam so far! This was really fun, and sometimes frustrating (in a good way), to finish. I have only reached one of the endings so far, but i plan to come back to this and finish the other ending another day. I really liked the challenge of this puzzle, and the added time pressure from the work/break cycle. The hardest part for me is it tool 3 cycles to figure out how to do the wall jump correctly, but once I figured it out it was easy to repeat, so that made up for the frustration of figuring it out. Loved the simple artwork, music and sounds were great, and the story/theme itself was really fun. Great work.

Submitted

This is a great game! I haven't gotten very far yet, but I've already done a bit of exploration after getting the coin. The working part is a fascinating mechanic and I find myself dreading it somewhat. The audio was good and I like these sorts of graphics. My only dislike is that the wall jump seems difficult to me, but I should be able to do it once I devote some more time to playing this game.

Submitted

Fantastic game. As someone who has worked in an office their entire life. This is exactly what I go through everyday. Seriously well done this felt like a completed game very polished and well executed. Had a great time playing it.

Submitted

What a perfectly executed concept. This game deserves all the praise it's getting. Well done! 

I just managed to get the first ending but I'll be back later to get through to the secret ending! 

Submitted

This main character describes me at work very well. Fun game! 😂

Submitted

lovely art work, the working part is a bit difficult xD

Submitted(+1)

This has been such a cool experience, thank you for making this game!

I love the art style and the mechanics. Working quite literally stressed me out :)

Very strong submission, congrats!

Submitted(+1)

Such a cute and funny concept! I like that there's a productivity minigame to keep things intense.  Really  like the colors used as well.

Submitted

I love it! Destressing is funny. I like the art style and music is great! It is really fine game.

Submitted

It was a fine game! Great job sticking to the small palette wildcard, it's a hard one.
Only wish the minigame wasn't as long, or that breaks were a bit longer, it felt a bit annoying by the end. But overall quite good!

Submitted (1 edit)

Great graphics and 4 color palette! Love the GBC aesthetic! Good humor and accurate depiction of office work! Great job! Love the use of the theme too. Being able to scream in the break room is probably my favorite feature!

Submitted(+1)

One of the most relatable games I've ever played, haha. The de-stressing is everything. ❤️

Submitted(+1)

That scream sound effect is perfection

Submitted

It's a project with very varied and interesting puzzles. The color palette and pixel art style remind us of the Gameboy. The theme is very well integrated and the fact that it's set in a stressful office gives it a good point.

The only thing is that at first some areas where you have to go or get to don't seem intuitive, but being a small game it's easy to explore everything you have on screen to see it!

Submitted

Make me happy! UI looks pretty cool!I just want to be knocked down

Submitted

Great work on your game! I found it a very interesting concept, and the art style very stylized and cute.

Everything was very polished, if I had to put feedback on anything I think the work/destress keys or button had a slight delay before activating. At least on my end, which could lead to the player holding the destress too long and accidentally ending a life they didn't mean to. Otherwise great work!

Submitted (1 edit)

Nice and funny game!
Can't figure out the 2nd ending. :')

Submitted

The de-stress is killing me lol.

Love this game!

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