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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #884 | 3.605 | 3.605 |
| Overall | #1248 | 3.237 | 3.237 |
| Presentation | #1371 | 3.342 | 3.342 |
| Fun | #1786 | 2.895 | 2.895 |
Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Your tasks get out of control as your stress builds up and lose control of yourself
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
No
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Definitely a unique take on the out of control theme :) I would potentially throw in a few pointless meetings that can run over and make you late for the next thing :)
Nice work :)
Nice idea on meetings!
It definitely gave me the vibe of being out of control. Nearing the center of my run I felt like I was able to fall into a rhythm and get a lot of work done. When I ran out of emails things started going south and my coworkers didn't like me as much and then my stress started going up very quickly. Thanks for making something so interesting!
cool concept! i couldn't figure out how to get my coworkers to like me though :( seems like they just offered coffee once and then when i declined they decided i wasn't worth the effort lol. definitely felt the stress of being out of control of my life.
Office reputation is affected by whether or not you take a coffee break, whether your bladder fills up to max, and your answer to office messages on your phone. Thing is we didnt really make enough different messages to keep it interesting so most answers were just neutral answers...
Good idea, but could use some polishing. The tutorial texts and your score were cut off. There were also a few grammatical errors in the wording. I wish there was more to the reply part than just pressing a button. I really liked when there was a hot ad and we had the option to either watch it or restart the computer; I would like to see more of that. Perhaps for the emails instead of just pressing a button to reply, you could give us two options just like the ad and we get to choose. That way the user feels they have more control. But overall, good art and no further bugs. Well done.
"The tutorial texts and your score were cut off." I made the tutorial part 20 mins before submission closing. I totally forgot about the anchors, and eveything is achored to the middle :/ For the score screen, it's probably the same issue.
"There were also a few grammatical errors in the wording." It's because English isn't mine and (probably) Lil Narwhal's first language. Sorry about that!
haha English is a strong language for me but I could have made stuff too fast of course (I wouldnt be surprised If I saw typos here and there)!
Fitted the theme really good, but was a bit frustration. Oh well, I had fun, that is what matter xD
Yeah I get the frustration, we didnt have much time to spend on balancing the game values...
Really stressful but fun and fitted the theme perfectly. The game felt really polished and I love the music and overall atmosphere the game had. The effect of slowly losing your mind was also really interesting and reinforced the theme of getting out of control. Overall a very fun and creative game, great job!
Thank you for the kind words!
Wow! I really liked it. It really recreates the feeling of working in a busy office and dealing with constant distractions! I also really like that you had time to add a tutorial screen, something that my game could have used. I also really like the odd phishing ad or a computer reboot to spice things up!
Some things I would change are: make the player unable to restart the computer while the guy is on coffe break. Make the other character on screen a silhouete or something because at the start I was confused of what character I am. Try to shrink the game's file size, because a 40MB download for a rather simple game is a big turn off for a lot of people. Also the music in the game over screen is a tad too load. Honestly it spooked my a bit when I lost haha.
Anyway good job. Definitely an interesting and fun game! Good job!
Glad you liked the game!
"I also really like that you had time to add a tutorial screen" It was done 20 mins before submissions closing xD
"Try to shrink the game's file size, because a 40GB download for a rather simple game is a big turn off for a lot of people." If I am correct, unity project in itself is 20MB, and during a jam, game size should be the last thing, you think about.
Unfortunately, because of our artist leaving mid-jam, We spent about 2h doing simple art for the game, which could've been used for polishing.
But in the end, I am really happy that we managed to pull this off. Thanks for great feedback!
Did you say 40 GB? You must mean Mb right? Im not too sure what could be causing a bigger filesize I must say.
Oh yeah! Megabytes, sorry! I edited the comment!
Cool concept and captures the feeling working in a dead end office job haha. Good job!
i had a lot of fun. i'm even a littel sad i can't watch my score (cut off), so i cant see if i do better or worse.
I think unfortunately we broke the score system when changing the game over screen last minute haha
very nice little fun game and awesome art you used.
The background art was made by our artist. The only art we used were simple UI icons.
A very funny and silly (but in a good way) game. 5/5 for the originality!
IMPORTANT NOTE (will keep those regular): Check my comment on urination at the bottom to be able to fully play!
I thought games were supposed to be escapism? Haha, good game.
Pff fun game guys! I snapped a lot! Really like the concept, stressful game. Liked the visual effects and the music change when things get messy. Congrats! If you have a minute, you can review our game, thanks!
Thanks for the feedback, ill check your game out some time tomorrow!
Rated, really liked your submission!
Thanks, will check your other games!
Nice game. I snapped!
This is why I only check my work email like once a week :)
Nice game, you are out of control because you get so many emails :D
Cool game!
Oh well, I snapped! It's a bit of a stressfull game in it's essence, it's a dangerous concept for a jam!
IMPORTANT NOTE: THE TUTORIAL DOES NOT SPECIFY IT BUT YOU MUST PRESS SHIFT TO RELIEVE YOUR BLADDER!
A clear up on existing audio and art: For art, the whole drawn aspect to the game was made by us. Then our artist had to leave midway and so some of the UI icons are not made by us. For music, all the music was made by us, and so were most of the SFX. Only 2 SFX (i may be off by one) were taken off the internet: the pee SFX and the Office background noise SFX.