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Startup Simulator 2019 by Benjamin San Souci

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made by Benjamin San Souci for LD 43 (JAM)

Startup Simulator 2019 Play Now

Bored with all the trivial decisions in your meaningless life? Find some real challenge in Startup Simulator 2019!

Our team of experts has crafted the most realistic CEO experience ever made so that you can feel the pressure of being a Silicon Valley entrepreneur:

  • Constantly field inane requests from employees
  • Cater to the whims of needy and greedy investors
  • Carefully skirt the edge of bankruptcy

Will you make it to a lucrative exit, or will your company crash and burn?

Screenshot of gameplay

HTML5 (web) https://reklawnos.github.io/ludum-dare-43/
Source code https://github.com/reklawnos/ludum-dare-43
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/startup-simulator-2019

Ratings

Overall 192th 3.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 271th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 278th 3.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 287th 3.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 361th 3.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 18th 4.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 332th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

DoubleBlackStudios
04. Dec 2018 · 05:19 UTC
Similar to reigns, an interesting game.
Alastairwyn
04. Dec 2018 · 05:31 UTC
Really cool game! The polish is amazing. I like how there is a wide diversity of different messages, instead of just 5 that get looped. Also - I like the Humor!
Teapoly
04. Dec 2018 · 05:37 UTC
Very interesting dialogue.
MyAlias
04. Dec 2018 · 05:41 UTC
fire all of HR from the tech guy haha
🎤 Benjamin San Souci
04. Dec 2018 · 05:54 UTC
Thanks y'all! I think there are 120 different pieces of dialogue in the game... We basically spent our weekend writing :)
schmavery
04. Dec 2018 · 06:10 UTC
Very entertaining, you guys did an impressive job of generating so much funny content. Great job of combining generated stuff with handwritten stuff
MrPiedPiper
04. Dec 2018 · 06:39 UTC
This "Quack" looks familiar. Hehe.
Great job on the game! Now that I'm writing this, I don't recall hearing any audio from it. Other than that, this is amazingly well polished!
mrspeaker
04. Dec 2018 · 07:03 UTC
How did "meatless mondays" cost me 200K? Need to write an app to track that.

Great work, and painfully familiar! I like the minimal UI design of Quack way better than its competitor.
David Hunter
04. Dec 2018 · 09:53 UTC
Nice game, although I wonder how an app to take water intake can cost so much when a weekend blowout was free. @mrspeaker I'm guess the cost of 'meatless Mondays' was bribing the local steakhouse not to tell anyone about all the back-door deliveries.
Dudum Lare
04. Dec 2018 · 12:39 UTC
You really did a great job creating content, there is a lot of dialogue! I would recommend this to people who wants to have a laugh while relaxing.
meskaline
06. Dec 2018 · 12:07 UTC
Nice and simple game. Nice polish on the graphics. GJ!
Twisted Hive
06. Dec 2018 · 14:23 UTC
well done! It's nice that you could see what and whom a decision would affect, I would have liked knowing how much some decisions would have costed me. anyhow great work!
jmbombastic
06. Dec 2018 · 21:17 UTC
Great polish and hilarious writing that was a little too real! Played for a bunch of playthroughs and had different experiences every time! Loved "Quack"
ynneblack
08. Dec 2018 · 02:17 UTC
"May our future robot overlord have mercy on your pitiful mind." (...) "I pay them to type, not to wipe!" (...) " doaa;nt theink your pelnmployees are xmajture enoughhh to-" (...) "We were recently informed that our employees are people too!"

Love the writing, seriously. You've outdone yourself on the dialogues and giving everyone a personality!

My record so far was 35 quarters. Oh, and the other kind of record was -300k. :D