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G.A.M.E by FlamingKiwi

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made by FlamingKiwi for LD33 (JAM)
Play as an employee of a game development company, AE, as you work inside their special operating system G.A.M.E to guide the development of their games, as well as make executive decisions on how to approach random events such as robberies and cookie vendors.

Try to get the biggest profit you can from your games - take advantage of opportunities to hire new employees and move to bigger offices to increase your score!

EDIT: Noticed there is an issue with the leaderboard on web player, where it will default to NoPasswordIdiot for the name (only meant for those who didn't enter anything into the password at the beginning) so if you would like to have your own score on the leaderboard, please use the standalone version.
Web http://flamingkiwi.itch.io/game
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/bw02t74ej91hq4p/WindowsBuild1.1.zip?dl=0
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/ecqzrp62yh02983/MacBuild1.1.zip?dl=0
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/jysvdfemlhvgv9t/LinuxBuild1.1.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=57508

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.00 716
Audio(Jam) 2.29 638
Fun(Jam) 2.57 880
Graphics(Jam) 3.79 327
Humor(Jam) 3.52 180
Innovation(Jam) 3.41 234
Mood(Jam) 3.13 518
Theme(Jam) 3.04 811

Feedback

Nikteddy92
25. Aug 2015 路 00:31 UTC
NO NEED TO CALL BATMAN! I CAN REVIEW THIS GAME!
IT'S GREAT!
Lot's of fun and a really interesting idea! Well done!
Saphyre
25. Aug 2015 路 01:23 UTC
Nothing to do with the theme, and it's a bit repetitive... But graphics are cool and the idea is quite fun :-)
馃帳 FlamingKiwi
25. Aug 2015 路 01:29 UTC
@Saphyre The theme's interpretation isn't obvious, but it's our own little dig at the corporate game development industry as you are a playing as a company not dissimilar to that of EA. Not as obvious as we would have hoped, but you can't have everything.
lebrokholic
25. Aug 2015 路 01:35 UTC
It's clear that anything that deviates from the primitive idea about monsters should be reviewed more precisely. I am fond of playing this G.A.M.E :D
cxsquared
25. Aug 2015 路 01:53 UTC
Really cool idea. Everything is a bit hectic and hard to understand but the game is simple and the dialog really adds to the game. Good work.
A_K_
25. Aug 2015 路 03:09 UTC
Actually my fullscreen button bugged when I was playing your game. Solid, good job. Thou more feedback in game would be nice.
disperse
25. Aug 2015 路 03:52 UTC
I love the tutorial via 'clippy'!
Kerdelos
25. Aug 2015 路 08:39 UTC
I like the graphics and the idea is funny although i often do not have enough time to read entirely the text. I also did know that moving to a new office ans things like that were positive, so i said no each time to keep production costs low. And then i read the end of the description hahaha.
I find the game a bit stressing because of the sound and how fast things disapear but I guess that was the effect wanted.
Some more static menus to change employees salary and things like that would be a nice plus to the game.
GertJohnny
25. Aug 2015 路 17:27 UTC
Unique take on the theme. Other than that it felt a bit too repetitive, but some of the dialog was nice.
Thingo Studios
25. Aug 2015 路 17:31 UTC
It's basically one of those mean-spirited Windows parodies that everyone was making back in 2005, complete with an obnoxious Clippy stand-in. Clicking dialogue options is frustratingly hard because they'll move to the top of the screen before you can click them; there's no real incentive to gain or lose money; the satire of big gaming companies is kind of mediocre.

On the other hand, the graphics were pretty nice (I like the screen effect), and it's a fairly creative take on the theme.
Reccy
26. Aug 2015 路 16:48 UTC
The game was really hectic and fun, but the audio got a bit repetitive after a while. Cool game :D
crucknuk
29. Aug 2015 路 11:58 UTC
This floppy disk will give me management nightmare :P
Cool idea! need some in depth into it because well, batman!
Biruts
30. Aug 2015 路 13:58 UTC
Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.
Zephyr Raine
31. Aug 2015 路 01:21 UTC
I like the art-style, although i'm not quite sure what i'm supposed to do in this game
PowerSpark
31. Aug 2015 路 02:33 UTC
This was okay, but all the messages disappeared within 2 seconds. :S
crazya02
31. Aug 2015 路 02:42 UTC
I had absolutely no idea what to do. It's just a mass of confusion. It succeeded in further convincing me that ceo of a big game company isn't a good job for me, but I knew that anyway.

Now I have a headache. And an urge to watch Jim Sterling videos.
AnaglyphCoding
31. Aug 2015 路 11:12 UTC
It's a shame that this game wasn't as enjoyable as it looked. It's obviously well made and very innovative, but the constant coughing and phone ringing in the background was really annoying. Also, floppy's speech bubbles got in the way of the important stuff on the right, and it was confusing.

I'm sorry if this came over as a negative review because it wasn't meant to be, the visuals, humour and innovative aspects were really nice and I would love to play a post-LD build. Well done! :)
馃帳 FlamingKiwi
31. Aug 2015 路 11:21 UTC
@AnaglyphCoding It is mentioned by Floppy, but clicking on him will toggle his speech bubbles.
TicZo
31. Aug 2015 路 13:59 UTC
Is confusing at first the game itself can be a little repetitive.Audio was a bit annoying but the graphics are nice and gameplay is fun and is quite an interesting idea.
Zeriver
31. Aug 2015 路 15:30 UTC
Nice idea but execution could use some more work. Don't get me wrong, i enjoyed the gameplay but it gets repetitive after a while. I also liked art style and audio sets the right mood (annoying office sounds!! :D )
LukeZaz
01. Sep 2015 路 22:54 UTC
Decent concept, but everything went by too fast to read, and there wasn't much else to do.