Great use of quick scenes that start in the extremely mundane, take a turn into the weird, then to the sinister, then to the horrible. It flows really well, is extremely gripping, and has a decent bit of flavor in terms of what's going on in the world around Eddie and how people view him and his company. Really liked it!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Concept & Originality | #2 | 4.524 | 4.524 |
| Overall | #6 | 4.127 | 4.127 |
| Flow & Clarity | #8 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Adherence to the Theme | #11 | 3.857 | 3.857 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
Love this, reminds me of a classic asimov story transposed into the world of Grimdark Future. Very fun to live in this world for a few hundred words, and I adore the use of something as small as a sandwich in the work fridge to anchor the whole thing.
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Record of Mourndrift WarNice to see some Alien Hives love! Loved the originality and how you gave a very cohesive story through "show, don't tell".
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Faith, BrokenI thought this was great, definitely one of my favorites of this round if not my absolute favorite. It's so intriguing that this wasn't about a playable faction.
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Shots FiredSo, over the last five of these jams that I've been a part of, I've read stories about alien possession, body-horror mutation, and more zombies, nightmares, and daemonic plagues than I can shake a plasma sword at. For my money this was the best horror story I've ever read here. You've unflinchingly captured what Hannah Arendt called 'the banality of evil': just people, just doing a job... that happens to be monstrously horrifying. Your choice of the stolen sandwich as a framing device was amazing - it's *the* image of petty office politics, and the contrast of Ed's concern for his sandwich in the face of real evil was downright chilling. Overall a very grim and compelling work, nicely done.
somehow I was getting Office Space movie vibes in Grimdark setting LOL
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Are We the Bad Guys?Thought this was an absolutely outstanding idea and take on the theme. Loved reading this one in particular!
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