Life of ITman by Bozont
"Because he's the hero this company doesn't deserve, but the one it needs right now. So we have him fix our computers, take care of servers and stop hackers. Because he can do it. Because he is not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector."
"He is ITman"
Become the techie, the unsung hero of every modern company, making sure the servers are okay, all hackers are stopped and every employee has their problems resolved. No wonder they drink more caffeine than the rest of the office combined.
Features
- Help co-workers with "useful" advice
- Resolve "issues" with the server
- Stop hackers from blowing up computers
- Drink unhealthy amounts of caffeine
- Probably still get fired
- Online leader board lets you compare your performance to fellow ITmen (only in desktop version)
Known issues
- The leaderboard doesn't load on the browser version, nor can high scores be submitted in that version (It works on the downloadable version
Post jam plans
- Android release
- Better visual feedback on item pick up
| Youtube | https://tripod-cat-inc.itch.io/life-of-itman |
| Youtube | https://www.indiexpo.net/en/games/life-of-itman |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/life-of-itman |
Ratings
| Overall | 319th | 3.915⭐ | 55🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 314th | 3.821⭐ | 55🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1040th | 3.377⭐ | 55🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1144th | 3.698⭐ | 55🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 604th | 4.038⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 502th | 3.663⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 110th | 4.085⭐ | 55🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 621th | 3.716⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 67🗳️ | 41🗨️ |
Overall great job
The loading / tutorial screen is a really good touch, and the music was very solid.
I found the gameplay to take me just a second (I didn't realize fire extinguishers went in my inventory) but once I got it I found it intuitive.
Nice work!
I do feel like the game is maybe a little too hard and the gameplay is pretty repetitive, as far as I can tell.
Still, amaing job!
I prefer the new name to the game: "A hour before you get fired"
"I'll just put this over here with the rest of the fire".
Can I find your game also on indiexpo website? The channel is linked with them.
I've git 240K points till was fired finally :sunglasses:
Btw, does LeaderBoards feature work? Did not wait for my position in global rating and just closed browser page.
Thank you for your kind words, the isometric view was often a pain to work with, but I think it was worth it.
It was worthy trying it, cute little jump back in my early days of working :laughing:
Very stressful, which I would call a success. Plays well and I quickly learned to grab fire extinguishers without stopping. Nice art and fitting soundeffects, though the music got annoying after a while. Especially since I was able to keep going for quite a while.
Fun, but I wouldn't want that job IRL. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
I struggled a bit with keeping caffeinated enough to move around with sufficient speed.
This'd be a cool game to develop more with bigger levels, and maybe some additonal IT people to send off to various tasks, like command and conquer style. :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:
The couple IT advices were quite fun. Nice sprites and animations. Pleasant music that fit well. It got a bit too repetitive and exhausting to keep up at one point, so I may have let go in order to go to bed :p
Great work there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isigj_SIdYI
This was pretty good, though as your movement speed slows down it becomes a death spiral. Also, there is no indication of anything happening when you take a fire extinguisher which is a little off-putting. Like it took me a while to realize that my fire extinguisher count had gone up and I don't think I ever got over it. Even when I realized there was no feedback I would still find myself standing there hitting the key waiting for the guy to grab the extinguisher before remembering that it doesn't do that.