A jam submission

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Submitted by ifaicgu, Iain-Roach, sciencedoge, WillyJeon, ursamajjor — 52 minutes, 36 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Playability	#100	4.000	4.000
Artistic Style	#469	3.000	3.000
Cleverness	#876	2.000	2.000
Theme	#918	2.500	2.500

Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

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This is a great tribute game to the horrifying dystopian blood smearing robot. loved it.
With the indicator of the "audience being bored", it doesn't help to make sense of how the theme is utilized in order to possibly not get a game-over. I at least see a mess that spreads around the robot arm, but beyond that, I'm not comprehending how this relates to the theme at hand overall

Did you include your Game Design Document in your downloadable files?
Yes

Tell us about your game!
You are a machine with a single purpose; survive. Helpless is a single-player experimental simulation game designed to allow players to experience the existential dread of being a machine tasked to clean up its mess for an eternity.

Did you remember to include your Game Design Document?
Yes

Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes

Extra Notes
We are a group of college students still looking to get our footing in the game development world. We hope you enjoy our gamified version of the "Can't Help Myself" art piece. Feel free to find the QR code in the itch page to learn more about what we do.