Is it even possible to get a job! I've been trying for half an hour now. Are you just messing with me!?

Anyway, great idea and executed really well. I liked the responses. Graphics fitted the the game and it all worked together. I would have liked a bit of variety(graphics/music) for the different workplaces, but that's only a minor gripe.

Good stuff :8ball:

@oddballdave:
Nope, that's the inevitability of it~ 😗 Description added now, hopefully helpful. Thanks! Content is the bane of this thing. Wish I'd had time to add more. Never used Twine before so lost a lot of time to that and in the end I didn't really make a traditional tree so much as a regular game loop, so I didn't really benefit from it and would probably have gotten more done if I just used Unity again, or even my own JavaScript, but oh well. 😅

Damn, I tried everything. They just don't want me at the Burgler King. Despite my young age of 20 to 50 and my excellent track record of maybe possibly having some experience. I'm depressed now.

I love the names of the companies and such! I had a laugh and never before have I wanted to work for any of those companies.

It's a very bold move to make a game were failing is the only possible outcome.

I think it might have added some to the feeling if the happy music got skewed some as the interviews turned sour. And if the interviewer started to ask more and more inappropriate questions too.

Haha, thanks for playing, you two! Yeah, the idea was to just offer some emergent humour, more like a toy than a game I suppose. 👾 Dynamic music was on the table but I'd already spent too long on it. ☹️

Lol interesting take on the theme. Eerily similar to the idea we had. I love the art, the muted colours and blocky, modern style really match the corporate vibes that interviews tend to have :P

@kason-xiv: Thank you! Finally got around to playing LD games myself and yours was amazing!

**EDIT:** Oops, posted this anonymously, no way to undo that? 😅

Welp, I'm never getting a job as a cleaner at Burglar King, apparently... :stuck_out_tongue:

Interesting concept, I'm not quite sure if there was actually a way to win, but in both my attempts, the interviewer ended up repeating the "why do you want to work here" question and then I lost (the first one had some kind of mental break, I think, just telling me that she "didn't deserve this" before ending the game with no input options available for me).

The music was pleasant and the graphics were very... corporate. :laughing:

I couldn't tell if I was getting actual feedback off of the interviewer's facial expression or if that was just me finding patterns in the randomness. If there's actually a way to win, and you haven't already implemented it, maybe something like the facial expression updating depending on how well you're doing would be a good addition?

Fun little game, good work! :grin:

@skruffye: Thanks for playing and writing such a good comment! 💜 Yes, lying coming back to bite you and preventing you from getting the job is the inevitability of it~ Unfortunately lack of a lot of content makes it samey very fast. Glad you enjoyed it while it lasted! There is a system to the faces, yeah, based on two factors that basically serve as your health and lives respectively but in a very hidden way 😅

@ava-skoog Ahh, I see! I was supposed to give the same answer! For some reason I'd gotten it into my head that she was giving me a second chance to give her a better answer, not wanting to hear a repeat... :laughing: There's probably some way you could make that a little clearer if you wanted to (and to make it obvious that it's not just the game bugging and looping back either!), but I might have been the only one that was un-savvy enough to not see that for what it was, so no worries! :grin:

Great game. If only the questions wouldn't repeat as much in every company the game would be quite enjoyable. Sadly, it got stale after a couple of seconds. Changing the background or just colors would have helped the repeatability. More sound effects (even simple whooshes and mhm's) would be appreciated. Also, very good graphics

Cute game, some fun writing that definitely hit close to home. Agree with what others have said that some sort of feedback or win condition would have helped give something to aim for, though just learning the dialogue trees and having better answers for future attempts was fun

i like the soundtrack, and the mechanic, great job

I really liked the music and the interviewer animations. Sadly, there is no hope to win.

Very cool atmosphere and game idea. Good submission!

Really like the interviewer and how she just try to be a skeptic everytime you answer.

Overall, i really like the conversation between the two and the dialogue option. Very Creative !!

Very creative little game, loved the humor. If only it wasn't so relatable...

A very different game from what I've seen before, which is nice!

The only real suggestions are really down to the limitations of the jam. With more time I'm sure you would be able to add more polish and content. Also, I would have preferred something other than a drop down for the response options.

Well done!

Lovely little game, and nice graphics :blush:

Thanks to it I know now why I cannot find another job... :joy:

Big thanks to everyone who played and rated! 💜