dang, this really is like my game dev job... can i apply my playtime on this as work hours and clock out early? (for legal reasons this is a joke)

there is so much content here, i am shocked that this was made in 14 days, very impressive! so much items and crafting to go through and explore, i feel like i only managed to scratched the surface during my playthrough! i wish that i had a sense of direction on what to do first (the only instruction was that i was to clock in and out 9-5), felt pretty lost in the beginning dying due to unhappiness, but eventually figured it out after experimenting on my own (i really wonder if this was intentional and is supposed to be a commentary on something xd). i also like how the bugs/tasks are represented as beasts trying to gnaw on you and tear you down, its a fun representation. the part that hurt my soul the most was when work time is over and the indicator (or whoever is giving instructions) is telling you that the shift is over and to stop working, but the bugs still chase after you after work hours (like the company explicitly telling you work is over, but implying that if you don't finish your work then something BAD might happen, thus they can't be liable for any work place stress since they directly "encourage" you to stop working and that this is "your" decision to do overtime). don't know if i'm reaching here (in all seriousness, i quite enjoy my job), but this is kind of what it feels like its trying to say, which i can empathize with.

but again, hard to understand what to do in the beginning first, but after a couple of deaths, some of the priorities become clear! its fun to see what some of the items do, since some of them have hidden stats and mechanics! also due to the save system, im freely able to experiment with a lot of it while not feeling terrible for making a bad investment, so appreciate the generosity there! wish there was a small mini map though (not too detailed, just markers that show the important landmarks and where you are relative to them). sometimes i'd get lost against the green world so it was hard to navigate my way back. though speaking of the world, i like the art assets! the base building allowed me to create a nice fort right next to the lake, which looked lovely! the art assets look clean next to each other without any visual noise so it was quite easy to tell what was going on!

overall, had a ton of with this and am impressed with how much was made in such little time, great work!

Killed a giant rabbit with pebbles to gain first 1k :D

Really admire the quantity of things you can do here.

Though, the world could be a little bigger as well as amount of object on a map.

Good job!

Gave it a shot, congrats on completing your entry! I initially got confused at first because I couldn't get any wood, only water and killing wolves to loot (automatically as it's throwing stuff automatically). But then realized the whole metaphor behind the wolves being THE tasks for the "game" the player is making. That was an unexpected plot twist. Read from a past comment that the whole money first thing is intentional, but it took me a bit to figure it out. Maybe it could be made more clear since it's the intention to require the player have to buy stuff instead of looting it.

I managed to buy an axe, cut down the single tree, then was attacked by day 2 bears with zero sleep and died. Did not manage to build a single foundation or a shelter.

Very relatable feeling as a dev... 5 bugs to fix, 1 down, 23 bugs to fix XvX

Congrats again! Well done.

(EDIT: I forgot to mention, the UI was broken on my 32:9 monitor, had to switch it back to 16:9 for the UI to display properly. Maybe something to check when testing UIs with different aspect ratios)

I was constantly dying because of unhappiness. I think I couldn't even survive one day.

Why are you leaving home honey? Because I have work to do. The work I do: . Anyways I like the game, good job on creating it!

Hi, I read the idea behind this game and its hidden meaning. Really original and deep in my opinion, a direct critique. I think the only problem is that you needed to make it more clear to the player. Some explanation in-game or something similar. Apart from that, really cool idea to take a normal survival game and turn it around in order to make it fit the theme of the jam, brilliant.

Indeed one of the most peculiar ones I played so far, good luck and keep it up! <33333 

This Game is what I pieced togther what Survival Engine offers, using the sample asset and basic framework, with a lot modification. The idea is to make something not follows rules of Survival games that the original framework intend to implement,  but rather like tower deffence. And the core concept is to roast about my losing job as a game developer recently, and make fun of consumerism which both are aberation of life,  so some part of this game is tweaked not so enjoyable intentionally. However there still at least 10 minutes of fun if you kindly play it out,  but not guaranteed ;)

Install instructions

Unzip the file and double click the exe to run.
How to play
Move：A/S/W/D   Rotate: Q/E 
Use/Sell: Right Click on icon

Remember work from 9 to 17, then do whatever you want.