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A jam submission

I Would Prefer Not To: A Game of Wall StreetView project page

A two player trick-taking game inspired by Herman Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener.
Submitted by The Spinel (@the_spinel) — 12 minutes, 49 seconds before the deadline

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I Would Prefer Not To: A Game of Wall Street's itch.io page

Group or individual submission?
Individual

Name of the book/theme your game is inspired by.
Bartleby, the Scrivener

Tell us how your game is inspired by one of the BBC Novels.
Shares the same setting and uses mechanics which hopefully convey onto the players a sense of Bartleby's world view as they see their options in life shrink and all the can do is respond with "I would prefer not to"

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I am so intrigued by the idea that the feeling and worldview of a book like this can be translated into a game. I think it is very clever and I certainly want to read the story now and play your game!

(+1)

This is a novel I did not know but I am definitely interested to read it now.  Cool idea. 

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I hadn't read it until Saturday but was very glad I did