4 Minute Work Week by JoelLikesPigs

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made by JoelLikesPigs for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

This is "4 Minute Work Week"

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ARROW KEYS + Z and X ENTER KEY to view tasks M to mute music

Loop around the office and solve the small tasks during your 4 minute work week - if you fail loop back and try again The sound design was crazy last minute and I bearly got to work on the final day - but despite it all, I'm happy with what I have what I have learnt

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Ratings

Overall 408th 3.783⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 247th 3.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 540th 3.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 935th 3.5⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 478th 3.913⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 100th 4⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 758th 3.432⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

SaraFilipa
05. Oct 2020 · 21:10 UTC
Love this game a lot. Fun, super cute graphics, great gameplay, innovative. Sadly, I did encounter a bug a couple of times (character got frozen/stuck to the left corner of the screen) but I did play for quite a while and it didn't spoil the fun.

Solid entry, had a lot of fun. :)
Jasper Hansen
05. Oct 2020 · 21:20 UTC
ha, this is great. Really nice use of the theme. Not much to critique, it was a little bit irritating that the time still counted down while people are talking, (specifically since you can't move,) but it's really not an issue, just could've been done better, maybe? I dunno, i think that it seemed worth bringing up is a testament to the quality of this entry more than anything else.
Yeti Kid
05. Oct 2020 · 21:42 UTC
Really nice game! Couldn't get everything ticked of the list unfortunately :( Great graphics and clearly a lot of work has gone into this well done!!
🎤 JoelLikesPigs
05. Oct 2020 · 22:33 UTC
@sarafilipa Thank you - a few people have reported getting stuck in walls and stuff, and one time one of the interactable prop just flew around the room when testing - I could never recreate them though, so I can only assume my game is haunted - thank you for checking out the game and I'm glad you enjoyed it

@jasper-hansen Thanks, that means a lot - I appreciate the feedback - I originally thought that by having the timer continue to countdown it sorta forced you to hate your co-workers haha - I dunno, you're probably right that it should pause though - thanks for trying out my game :)

@yeti-kid Thank you - I'm more so an art guy than a dev guy in my own eyes so I appreciate the critique
Sli
06. Oct 2020 · 22:02 UTC
Wow so much content. Good job!!
Great entry. Beautiful and funny.

Btw the automatic run from the rat, broke my controls and got stuck.
🎤 JoelLikesPigs
06. Oct 2020 · 22:26 UTC
@sli Thanks! Seems theres a couple bugs with my hit detection which causes the character to get lodged in the ground - Hitting R does restart the game if this ever happens, but obviously it's not ideal...Maybe it's in game lore- the worker just gave up haha

thanks for checking out the game :)
FreddyTurbina
06. Oct 2020 · 22:30 UTC
I really like it! it was really fun and learning the best way to complete all task was a lot of fun!
melvinng
06. Oct 2020 · 22:32 UTC
Fun game with simple yet elegant graphics. Gameplay was great as well, overall an enjoyable experience!
Pink shard games
06. Oct 2020 · 22:44 UTC
Wow, I absolutely loved the graphics of this game. I also really enjoyed the humor, it was HILARIOUS. Good work!
cakemonitor
06. Oct 2020 · 22:50 UTC
One of the best I've played so far! Really nicely done :)
shubart
06. Oct 2020 · 22:58 UTC
Excellent ! I just couldn't stop it before i complete it. Great game ! love the graphisms, the music. This kind of point and click with lot of energy is just great. Thank you very much for your game
shubart
06. Oct 2020 · 22:58 UTC
Excellent ! I just couldn't stop it before i complete it. Great game ! love the graphisms, the music. This kind of point and click with lot of energy is just great. Thank you very much for your game
AndyGates01
07. Oct 2020 · 00:18 UTC
Good fun discovering how to solve the various challenges and build an optimal route!

I did notice a couple of movement issues, if you crouch in a corner you seem to get stuck and sometimes the player will just run in a direction forever. But great stuff regardless.
TechnoGoth
07. Oct 2020 · 01:44 UTC
A simple and fun little puzzle game.
NOHUA
07. Oct 2020 · 02:31 UTC
Hey man! Saw you posting on twitter about it and finally found it! Great job!
jusw85
07. Oct 2020 · 08:53 UTC
Great entry! Took me four tries, I finished all tasks with one minute remaining.
F1Krazy
12. Oct 2020 · 19:25 UTC
This was good fun! It makes great use of the theme; it's one of those games where it takes several tries to learn where everything is and what's required to complete each task. It took me three goes, but I managed to figure everything out in the end and finish the game.

While you said the game was small, I was impressed at how much you managed to pack into a four-minute game. The game world is large but without too much danger of getting lost, and there's plenty to do. I did notice there were a few items that served no purpose - I'm guessing they were meant to, but you ran out of time to make them do anything? It's not really a problem, if anything it added a little more flavour to the game.

The graphics and music were very good as well. I liked the not-so-subtle hints woven into the dialogue, and the way that clearing some quests provides you with the means to complete other quests. Overall, great job!
Virimine
20. Oct 2020 · 21:11 UTC
maaan.. i played like 5 times in order to complete all the tasks.. and I L O V E D I T !
The game feels really well balanced and polished.. especially for such a short time~ Even though I kinda got mad each time I failed.. (especially the fourth time I didn't finish juust 1 taaaask..) it kept me wanting to complete *ALL OF THEM*..

In the end, I am not sure whether by 'short' you meant the game or the time the player had.. but concerning the game definitely wasn't short or lacking, so i suppose you meant 'time was short'. In that case~ I thougt this parallelism was very smart~ wasn't disappointed :laughing: haha

Great DESIGN~! Keep it up! :smile: