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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #175 | 3.030 | 3.030 |
| Enjoyment | #205 | 2.818 | 2.818 |
| Audio | #227 | 2.515 | 2.515 |
| Overall | #233 | 2.703 | 2.703 |
| Creativity | #237 | 2.909 | 2.909 |
| Video Pitch | #290 | 2.242 | 2.242 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Our main character got sick of working in a cubicle, feeling very "stuck in a box," and the gameplay experience is them escaping it or "getting out of the box"
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I liked the concept of this game a lot! Making a good looking game in unreal can be hard, but I think you did a great job! I am glad you had graphics options, because even on my decent gaming PC, it struggled a little on the lower graphics settings. My only other comment would be a second to gain your bearings before the punches start landing, but it definitely adds to the chaos! Overall great job :)
Thank you so much for the compliments and feedback! We really appreciate it
Fun game, the combat is fun and the game looks good. A little bit more depth in the combat would be nice though. Something like healing or dodging
maybe healing by the water jugs could be looked into <.<
This is a really cool game, I love how fast the action starts off right away. The camera was a bit too spinny and fast, so it was kinda dizzying, but once you get used to it, the gameplay is pretty neat. I was surprised by how short it was! The art was really great too, I love the direction of it.
next time we'll have to include a sensitivity slider so people can customize their look sensitivity. Thanks for the feedback!
quite the fun game! Very short though. Loved that the keyboard had a sword icon in the inventory lol
Glad you enjoyed! We'd love to expand on this idea in the future, sounds like a lot if people want more content from this game.
Cool game and concept! The only thing is I'm not sure was I able to actually die there. I got kicked so many times during the run but simply nothing happened.
That's interesting, you should be able to die, we confirmed in testing. We haven't heard of this issue till now, we'll have to investigate further. Thanks for the feedback! If you have any clips of the issue you're running into we'd really appreciate it to be able to trouble shoot further if you'd be willing to connect through discord or other means!
I will try to die actually hard this time and will record video if it would be impossible or just provide more feedback later, but Im a bit burned out from rating games on the jam and I still feel responsible to rate some more. So, I will try to send you a feedback in couple days I think.
Really liked the art! The concept of the weapons all being the stuff in the office was cool, though I do wish there were a few more options personally. Not bad, just a little bit short for my liking!
Thanks for the feedback! Its honestly great to hear people would have liked more of this game >.> might be fun for us to add more levels or expand on the concept further
This was a very fun game!!! I would've liked a tutorial and it to be longer, I was a bit confused at what was happening as you're just thrown into it. Overall played it multiple times and had fun!
So glad to hear you enjoyed the game! The first enemy was intended to act as a tutorial, do you have anything you'd personally like to see to guide you into the game more clearly?
I liked the character design and the screen crack effect you get when you take damage. I felt like the music didn't completely fit but it was not bad music. The music was good but the vibe of the music wasn't shared with the vibe of the visuals. Otherwise I enjoyed it, although it was a bit short.
Thanks for the feedback! We're really happy to hear that the art has resonated with so many people!
I'm loving everything going on here. The music is maybe a little too intense compared to the satirical tone of the visuals, but it still works. The character design is instantly iconic feeling, and the idea to use office supplies as weapons is both hilarious and genius. I would love to see this expanded on in the future to add more content and polish. Excellent work.
thank you so much for the feedback!
Cool little game! wish it could have been longer! It was fun for what it was though! Great job!
Its great hearing that people want more, thank you for your kind words and feedback!
Very fun if not short game - could definitely play more! Would love to see an expansion of the combat system like dodges/blocks and sliding, kicks, something along that vein - the music was really awesome and had me bpping my head wanting to run around crazy like I was playing Doom 2016 or something.
Some sound effects and some sort of feedback for landing punches or getting hit would be really cool too!
Artstyle was great, as is the premise, nice one :D
Feel free to check out ours for a game also about beating people (bugs) up :P : https://itch.io/jam/bad-ideas-game-jam-2026/rate/4417439
Thanks! We had a volume bug so the music is much louder than intended and is drowning out a lot of our SFX unfortunately. We're planning to fix it in a updated version when the judging / jam reviews are over.
oh! That might explain it ahaha, still loved the vibe the music brought though I was definitely amped up!
short but sweet game! artwork is really nice, and gameplay's fun, though the game itself is a little rough around the edges- the camera feels a bit finicky, but overall nice job!
Short but really fun experience, the humor lands really well and the whole “escaping the cubicle” idea is super relatable. The staple gun is honestly the highlight, it feels way more satisfying than it should
The pacing works great for a jam game, though I’d definitely love to see more content or maybe a bit more progression if you expand it. Also some better audio balance/settings could make it even smoother
If you get a chance, check out my game too, I’d love to hear what you think
Thank you so much for your feedback! Rebalancing the audio is on the top of our list
Big funny, would love to see this with more content :)
Thank you for playing and glad you enjoyed it!
Nice funny and simple game! The artstyle is really charming. This has been said a lot but the staple gun is just so great
Thank you! Our artist will be extremely happy when I tell him the news
I think it ended too fast but it was really fun to play!
Hearing that the people want more is really encouraging and thank you for playing!
Very simple but funny as hell, I was laughing the whole time. The music was super intense for the main character to just be running around so slowly, but that only added to the comedy. Not to mention the unemployed win screen. I think it's by far one of the funniest games I've played in the jam.
Thank you! I was worried that the jokes we did put in wouldn't land but it's nice to know it did with at least someone
LETS GOOOOO!!! I'M UNEMPLOYED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least you can enjoy your vacation now :P
Really fun and short experince! loved the audio and look of the game!
Thank you for playing and for the feedback!
Very fun experience :)
thank you so much! glad you had fun with our game!