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A jam submission

Bad OfficeView game page

You're late (again), but you have to work
Submitted by Psyco β€” 4 hours, 44 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#994.2004.200
Creativity#1783.8003.800
Overall#2013.7003.700
Fun#4213.1003.100

Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Preferred Name
Bad Office

Newbie?

Experienced

Nope - I've completed at least one game jam before.

How does your game fit the theme?
In my game you start working without knowing any kind of company rules, you just start working and learn from your mistakes (just get started)

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Very cool, cohesive, fully playable game! Awesome entry, both by style and playthrough. Got me guessing what is the freaking protocol this time, but thankfully had some coffee by me, haha

Developer

Coffee is always the answer 

Submitted(+1)

Heck yeah! I thought this game was very creative. I am very impressed by the mechanics you went with. How the mouse controlled the hand and you had to click to stamp papers made for a very cool game-loop. I was so focused that I was totally surprised when the candle went low. I would be so happy if I made this. :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

Nice humor and I loved the game page art style, good job

Really unique mechanic as well, at least as far as I know

Oh and I would love to hear what you think of my game as well if you have the chance

Developer

Thank you, I'm without PC now, but I will try to test your game probably tomorrow bro 😎πŸ”₯

Submitted(+1)

Interesting game; I enjoyed the corporate humor. The occult aspect, married with the darkening room only lit by candlelight, made for a rather ominous atmosphere.

Nice art. Creative writing. Unique mechanic.

Developer(+1)

Thank you :D

Submitted(+1)

I enjoyed it! I don't know if this is just me or not, but the game would not go fullscreen and it was near impossible to read anything. I increased the zoom of the webpage, which helped readability, but somehow it cut off the sides of the screen. So I was unable to see the shredder and approval sections, which made it hard to figure out what to do at first. Should add the ability to drink the coffee :)

Developer

Oh yeah, I have to agree, the screen it's 640x360, which works well for pixel art, but can be really difficult to adapt to different screens, my intention is to put an adaptive screen possibly after the jam (and yes, we need coffee)

Submitted(+1)

interesting game, really unique would play again

Developer(+1)

Thank you :3

Submitted(+1)

Very Impressed with this game! I love Paper's Please, this has a good twist in it!
Love the creativity and really enjoyed the game! 5/5 πŸ”₯

Developer(+1)

Thank yoou so much!!! 

(+1)

Very unique game. The font size was a little hard to read (could just be my garbage eyesight lol), but overall really enjoyed it and thought it was a unique concept

Developer

Woah, thank you, I will consider makig the fonts bigger >:)

Submitted(+1)

Very funny game, had a lot of fun, can't wait to see more

Developer(+1)

Thank you :)

Submitted(+1)

The game is very unique, fun and scary. I am not sure what is scarier, those satanic letters or actually having to work. The art is also very good and I like how you made day and night... lets call it stages. Also those random messages that appear that you can put seal on them and they say why did you approve that are funny. xd

As for the critiques, I am sure that you already know that picking items is somewhat hard and sealing documents sometimes doesn't work when clicked.

And as for the suggestions, it would be cool if that candle that you hold can uncover some secret messages when you put below paper. Like on that paper "why are there eyes everywhere?" or something like that, it would be cool if the eyes would actually appear on that paper. Also on the night stage, it would be cool if those satanic letters or that pentagram would change color to orange and glow.

Developer

Wow, very interesting ideas, I want to put multiplayer in this game and a actual lore after the jam, but damn, the letter changing with light and night it's a awesome idea

Submitted(+2)

Need ability to drink coffee in game

Developer

For real

Submitted(+1)

Super interesting take on the theme, really liked the weirdness of this game! The artwork is really nice, and I enjoyed the candle light effect when working late into the night. The different messages on the letter's were fun to read and I liked the random mysterious occult stuff that would appear occasionally. The messages from management were a nice touch and it was cool to see Pedro's personality develop over time and change at night. I have to admit I was super confused on what to do at first and although I slowly started figuring things out I never really got the hang of the game (which to be fair seems to be exactly what you were going for in regards to the theme so maybe that is a good thing lol). I think having the exceptions reset after every shift was a little too tough because I never was able to really get a rhythm going. Also, as others have said and you probably already know, some spooky sfx or background ambient music would go a long way. Overall this was a very unique entry that I think is presented very nicely and I enjoyed my time with it, good stuff!!

Developer (2 edits) (+1)

Thank you!!! I'm glad you liked it and got the tone of the art right :3

The exceptions were to give an extra challenge, hehe

Submitted(+1)

i really like the visuals! some eerie audio would be a great addition. very atmospheric game, great work!

Developer

Thank you :3

Submitted(+1)

i'm sorry. i can't finish your game cause im scared. Anyway it's very cool! and scary.

Developer

hehe, I understand your point

Submitted(+1)

I love the grapics, but maybe you could add some background music

Developer

Yeah, I thinked about it, I wanted to add ambient sounds (like people walking), but I ended up running out of time :(

Submitted(+1)

I now understand the pain of a bad office

Developer

Yeah... It's very painful