Time-Hog Day by The Enigma

You are Jim, the "new" guy at the office. All you want to do is to sneak out of work early but the other employees always hold you up. Think you can get out?

A metal gear 1 inspired stealth game (enemies see in straight lines etc) made for Ludum Dare 47 for the theme stuck in a loop.

Known bugs: Footstep sounds do not work in web build.
Controls: WASD to move, C to crouch.
Credits: Robert Mason - Made the Game
Wojtek Rak - Caught Sound
David Mason - Not the logo
Robert Smith - Use of the triangulon ip
HollowRiku, NightWatcher98, Simoneyoh - Royalty free sounds
| Youtube | https://wearenotspies.itch.io/time-hog-day |
| Youtube | https://wearenotspies.itch.io/time-hog-day |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/time-hog-day |
Ratings
| Overall | 678th | 3.583⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 589th | 3.521⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 895th | 3.25⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 892th | 3.542⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 814th | 3.542⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 91th | 4.042⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 641th | 3.545⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 46🗳️ | 8🗨️ |
Maybe a checkpoint here and there would have made the experience smoother. Restarting from the very beginning every time gives you less freedom of exploring new strategies on how to overcome each level.
Very enjoyable experience anyway!
The voice and "how are the kids" line got repetitive after a while (which is a good thing, meant I kept playing the game).
Very much worth developing further (assuming you do manage to get out of work early).
How are the kids?...
love the office setup, great job overall!
haha liked it, stealth games are a rare gem, i enjoyed the mechanics though you could have increased their LOS-width, i felt it was a bit to easy to avoid my co-workers, even though they snagged me once or twice, mostly in the room where they keep walking around in their little island of desks.
It would also be pretty cool if, when you are spotted they actually have to catch up to you before they engage in a conversation, and they could alert their coworkers by shouting, HEY GUYS, JIM IS HERE! and you would have to make a run for it, maybe toss some carts in their path, if they would avoid those
Not sure if i finished it, i went a couple of days in, both by getting chaught and by leaving, what i assume to be the last room, the room where 4 or 5 guys walk up and down with the 3 carts. When i left this room a day passed and i was back at it. A proper loop i will give you that!
Graphics are neat, i liked the walking animation, but it could use some polish.. just a tiiiny bit haha.