10 Second Bureaucrat by nikkesen

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made by nikkesen for LD27 (COMPO)
A text-adventure game composed in Twine.

You're a lowly bureaucrat. You live in a Class F Dwelling in South Vasilev.

What can happen in 10 seconds?

Ratings

Coolness 82% 2
Overall 2.81 800
Audio 2.60 527
Fun 2.52 879
Graphics 1.83 1124
Humor 2.63 352
Innovation 2.73 744
Mood 3.17 252
Theme 2.71 921

Feedback

Nizan
26. Aug 2013 · 02:47 UTC
Really compelling, played it all the way through. Great writing - some really nice image systems in there, warmth cropped up a lot, really helped to build a mood. Will make a note to play through this a few more times to see the other endings! :)
ben
26. Aug 2013 · 12:49 UTC
Great to see a twine game! Funny idea for a narrative, this poor guy..
Holofire
26. Aug 2013 · 12:50 UTC
Wow, that was pretty interesting. Great little game overall!
PaperBlurt
26. Aug 2013 · 14:15 UTC
I like the setting, not that often you see that in a game.
RobotParking
26. Aug 2013 · 15:04 UTC
Excellent writing. Really enjoyed this.
Liz England
26. Aug 2013 · 20:01 UTC
If only I had been there 10 seconds earlier...

This was fun. Pretty much the perfect game to play at work. I love all the repetitive elements (music, "10 seconds", series of short events, etc.) with the bureaucrat theme.
Fabien Porée
26. Aug 2013 · 21:41 UTC
That music is lovely.
Tegu
26. Aug 2013 · 21:49 UTC
I was impressed by the length of the text. Some branches were surprisingly different which is nice. The technical implementation is pretty good and clicking around is very quick and easy. A lot easier than the paper stories where you have to always search the right page and paragraph. The funky music didn't irritate and was easy to listen to while reading. Didn't really expect to see this kind of game here but it's neat that you made one! :) The visual descriptions probably count as graphics btw. :D
vladimirdlc
27. Aug 2013 · 00:07 UTC
I knew that it had to be a trap those tempting offers! But I fell on it anyway... this had a great balance in presentation and narrative, it was really funny to see how you applied the theme.
withoutpillow
27. Aug 2013 · 10:37 UTC
the music and writing really fits the theme. it's not often you see these jonah twine games either, and this was very well done.
Dew
27. Aug 2013 · 18:31 UTC
You must be a writter!
🎤 nikkesen
28. Aug 2013 · 15:37 UTC
Thank you everyone for your feedback. :)
KunoNoOni
29. Aug 2013 · 02:21 UTC
I love text adventure, so I found this a delight to play.
theholychicken
29. Aug 2013 · 02:33 UTC
Felt like there were some nods 1984 and Fight Club. Amusing writing, quirky music.
Really cool!
moomoo112
31. Aug 2013 · 20:55 UTC
interesting game, I liked how decisions seemed to perpetuate through the rest of the story
Jupiter_Hadley
02. Sep 2013 · 05:49 UTC
Finally, not a story about love. I liked it, found it sort of bleak though... I featured it in my Ludum Dare compilation series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6xfnRK2Anw
tryzor
05. Sep 2013 · 13:27 UTC
This was a nice story ;) Furthermore a nice way to implement a text adventure.
Christina Nordlander
07. Sep 2013 · 21:12 UTC
Nicely made (and with appropriate music!), and pretty immersive, even if the place where it immersed me wasn't one where I particularly wanted to be. That said, being depressing was probably the point. It will stick with me for quite some time.

The theme felt shoehorned in. The writing is very minimalistic, and it became a bit dull to read after a while, but some lines were very well written.