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A jam submission

Layoff TycoonView game page

[GMTK 2024] Relatable game dev tycoon
Submitted by Doot (@doot_dodo) — 1 hour, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#824.2304.230
Enjoyment#1034.1464.146
Style#1234.4764.476
Creativity#3914.0684.068

Ranked from 103 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?
Scale your team size to please shareholders! (Also fishes and crocodiles have scales 🥁)

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
see description for full credits

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Had a blast! Very funny take on the theme, you got the fun gameplay, cute artstyle, important message and balancing right! 

(+1)

Love when they said AI can do art now, and then programming and gameplay !

Submitted(+1)

this is so fun ! so beautiful ! this is really nice :)

Submitted(+1)

Great game, maybe a bit too realistic ahah!!! I used to work for people like that, you perfectly captured the spirit! Very cool vibe overall!

Submitted(+1)

Very funny ! Keep up the good work :)

Submitted(+1)

Gorgeous presentation. I love the dialogue and the sharkholders. Really nicely polished. Fun to play through from all the personality in this game.

Submitted(+1)

Such a good game, I like the artstyle, it's really polished

Submitted(+1)

The theme, the pun, the style, the message and humor. Big success !

Submitted(+1)

very polished and art work is fantastic. Nice work.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

"Damn this business is too easy!"  => Only when you have 10ish employees well payed and you don't follow these SharkHolders Orders !

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

fun and nice looking game! trying to recover the management errors by hiring new programmers after i was told to fire the last ones seems relatable. the art is also really cool.

it's really pleasant to see the final version of the game after playing the test version this afternoon!

Submitted(+1)

5/5 this game is hilarious and truly relatable. 

Submitted(+1)

Tons of personality. The dialogue made me smile consistently!

Submitted(+1)

very cute! spent a looong time trying to win AND be a good boss lol

Submitted(+1)

Too cool too good ! As usual Doot ! Efficient and very fun !
I love the visuals of the characters !

The polish of the tutorial :o WTF ! Big GG I really admire your work

Submitted(+1)

So they want me to fire 3 programmers when only 2 are working there, classic sharkholder! The game feels very polished and I love the humor! Great work!

Submitted(+1)

Fun game!  nice art design!

Submitted(+1)

Great game with a lot of fun in its design and characters !

Was a nice experience to follow the dev of it on Twitch ! 

Submitted(+1)

Damn, why am I having fun firing people, is this the bane of capitalism, unavoidable ?

Submitted(+1)

I had a good laughing moment, game is cute, challenging and has a nice kind of storytelling !

I will play it again, I wonder what happens if I don't listen to shareholders.

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