Irving Forrest Technologies and [REDACTED] by Dane Ziggler
Irving Forrest wakes up one morning, not knowing that he is about to embark on the greatest journey of his life!
Behold a hilarious adventure featuring toast, jetpacks, silverware, and Communism!
Make "meaningful" choices and experience "emotional" endings as you try as hard as you can to keep your business alive in the wake of a scandal!

This game was made in Twine (twinery.org), a brilliant online tool for writing interactive fiction. I had a lot of fun making this game, and I hope you enjoy it!
| Youtube | https://ludumdaremuseum.weebly.com/irving-forrest-technologies-and-redacted.html |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/irving-forrest-technologies-and-redacted |
Ratings
| Overall | 792th | 3.671⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 610th | 3.632⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1288th | 3.25⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1767th | 3.392⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 59th | 4.203⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1090th | 3.458⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 8🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
Great job! I love when people approach to the theme in a more narrative way :D
:white_check_mark: Dying of stomachache because I ate a pan and all of my Ikea furniture
:white_check_mark: Resurrecting, only to find myself confronting the weird voice again about woodchuckers
:white_check_mark: Making the toaster explode
:white_check_mark: Breaking into my office using a jetpack
:white_check_mark: Getting blackmailed by a memo
:white_check_mark: Pivoting to communism propaganda against the opinion of my inner voice
:white_check_mark: Become fluent in Russia
:white_check_mark: Finally getting successful thanks to the power of Коммунизм
...and all this in a few minutes. So many funny twists and turns, supported by entertaining writing. Awesome game !
I really like the writing style! It really makes the game worth a few endings.
Loved the humor, congrats!
You've really nailed the theme from a perspective I've never seen before.
Would love to see further upgrades. Achievements maybe to keep track of different endings.
Got myself killed by the narrator and had disastrous jetpack experience
Congratulations!
Free Vlad' Vanilla at our wedding.
when I was playing and reached a bad ending . I restarted the game and said to my self "I have to just click through to reach the same place, this should have a history or something!"
well I found that there is a history.
I didn't find a lot of depth in the story or the choices. I decided randomly, would have been nice to actually consider things based on an input (my love or hate for a character, being broke, etc)
but I don't know nothing about my character...
of course the humor made up for the lack of depth. I know. I still would suggest to gave a little bit of depth that makes you weigh your options.
also some sound effects and visuals would be nice (not necessarily visuals from the story just more Ui movements and click buttons) maybe sounds for important stuff like dying or dialing the phone.
maybe some ambient sound for office, house, street .. etc
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ok thats all I won't bore you with more criticism :)
Good job on this one and good writing too.
The whole [Redacted] thing as well as the aesthetics of establishment and removal really reminded me of "The Trial" by Kafka. But more tongue in cheek, of course :D
Fun little story. I learned not to invest in hotels and that cereals can be deadly.
Played through twice. Lost my life to a terrible glue accident, only to learn from my mistake. I got caught in a loop of eating spam, philosophing about spam, thinking I could escape reality... and in the end, I became a successful ad-plagued social media for old people company. Am an all star.
It was great. I had a blast playing, and will definitely try to get different endings later. Great writing, great content, absolutely loved it.
Done with your Playthrough. Enjoy!
