Unqualified Success by Paul Nadan

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made by Paul Nadan for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

Your job interview is about to begin, but you know nothing about the position you're interviewing for! Luckily, you are not the only applicant in the waiting room, and you're a quick learner.

Scavenge the waiting room for clues! ScreenShot1.PNG

Ace the interview and land yourself a job! ScreenShot2.PNG

Use arrow keys or WASD to move and make selections.

Programmed in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 45 using pygame. Music created in MuseScore. Sound effects generated with SFXR.

Ratings

Overall 198th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 244th 3.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 60th 3.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 13th 4.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 191th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 104th 3.528⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 34th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 83th 3.722⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

Jeremy Ryan
07. Oct 2019 · 03:48 UTC
Awesome entry! I appreciate the technobabble, although I feel like I'm really unqualified to be plorking fweezers.

Very 'Canon in D' vibes from the music, fits the waiting room atmosphere nicely.
TopperVideoGames
08. Oct 2019 · 04:15 UTC
This game really makes me feel the pressure of not being qualified. Just like taking a test without studying, it was hard to remember all of the different words being thrown around. I really like that they were generated each time, I played it through again and was delighted to see different words used. The humor was great, and having several different endings is neat. Some text spilled out of the box, but that can be easily fixed. Great work!
BrokenMirrorMedia
08. Oct 2019 · 04:34 UTC
A neat game about memorizing strange jargon. I enjoyed it, even though my memory is horrible haha. I should have been taking notes!
MaximBegunov
08. Oct 2019 · 07:46 UTC
It felt so good answering all of the questions at the end correctly. Great take on the theme!
AfroAnt
08. Oct 2019 · 17:23 UTC
I had no idea what I was doing, and I loved it! Really captured the anxiety of going into something you're not prepared for. I couldn't figure out how to trigger the actual interview, though :( Music was amazing, too. Good job!
🎤 Paul Nadan
09. Oct 2019 · 02:33 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone!

@toppervideogames Yeah, the spill-over only happens when certain words are used, so I didn't catch it in testing. I definitely should have decided on a max word length in advance.

@afroant I'm glad you enjoyed it! The receptionist will call you in for the interview automatically once you've gathered enough information, so you just need to keep talking to people to get more clues.
erebus
09. Oct 2019 · 03:55 UTC
Really fun adventure game. It was a lot of gibberish to keep track. But I still had a great time! Thanks for bringing it by the stream!
Stefanie Leitch
11. Oct 2019 · 23:52 UTC
Super interesting idea! I have a terrible memory so I was an abject failure at the end XD but fun idea! Great job!
VinnieNovido
12. Oct 2019 · 08:05 UTC
Interesting puzzle game. All the words made me dizzy though. Couldn't remember a thing :)
Well Done!
Tomcus
19. Oct 2019 · 10:45 UTC
Superior game mate. Really good
MrTroy
19. Oct 2019 · 18:45 UTC
WOW, That was a lot to figure out. I should've brought a notebook before playing the first time. :D
AVSC
19. Oct 2019 · 21:39 UTC
I think I found a bug about the stuff the company wants you be good at. People say you should have a favorite A, but when asked in the interview they ask for your favorite B.

It's hard to explain because the game changes what word means what at every playthrough, but what I want to say is that the words are different.
🎤 Paul Nadan
21. Oct 2019 · 19:07 UTC
Thank you all for your feedback!

@avsc There was another clue in the waiting room about recruiters looking for applicants that use B, which is what the interview question was getting at. I can see the confusion though, "B of choice" does sound like it could mean "favorite A", I should try to make a clearer distinction.