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Human Resource by Tieran

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made by Tieran for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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Description

"Human Resource" is a management game where the player undertakes the role as a corporate lackey in a dysfunctional and chaotic office space, run by a strict CEO who will inevitably fire you. Your job is to make sure that doesn't happen for as long as possible by keeping the office running and avoid crossing paths with the boss to keep that tolerance meter down.

How To Play

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Note you can continue after being fired if you press Space or A on the controller (This should really be press any button)

Game Preview:

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Software

  • Unity (2020 LTS)
  • Blender
  • 3DS Maya
  • Ableton live 11 lite
  • Audacity
  • Procreate

Credits

All assets are original assets and over half the team have never made a game or been involved with game dev till this point (They did an awesome job!)

  • Tieran - Programmer / Lead
  • DukeOfJamming- Programmer / Music (New To game dev - First game ever made! )
  • Lewis - 3D Art
  • DoopleNut- 3D Art
  • PrincessChelsky- UI / Icon Art (New To game dev - First game ever made! )
  • Howlitzer - Design / Pure genius visionary (New To game dev - First game ever made!)

Changelog

  • Press any key to continue on game over screen
Source (Github) https://github.com/tieran02/LD50
Web Version (HTML5) https://tieran.itch.io/human-resource
Windows https://tieran.itch.io/human-resource-pc
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/human-resource

Ratings

Overall 716th 3.515⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 659th 3.409⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1087th 2.848⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1112th 3.234⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 798th 3.5⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 736th 3.061⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 548th 3.156⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1093th 3.078⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 46🗨️

Feedback

Henrik Ganard
05. Apr 2022 · 07:22 UTC
Great game. Had fun trying to optimize my routes without getting in the way of the boss. As per usual I did not read the instructions and it took a while to figure out that I was supposed to use F to fix things. In hindsight obvious and I should have stayed at the instructions screen a bit longer. Maybe a textbox could have said - Press F to fix things or somthing. Either way, great game. Good job.
Heremeus
05. Apr 2022 · 07:29 UTC
Congratulations on finishing the game (especially to all the new game devs in your team) :heart:

The relaxed mood of the game was great! I usually struggle to rate mood in game jam games because most don't have any particular. But this is one of the rare entries that really gets you in a certain mood. The combination of aesthetics and music simply felt good. Good job!

Barely managed to survive the shift but I did! ;)
ReRonin
05. Apr 2022 · 07:43 UTC
I... didn't get fired! Well that was a surprise! I was sure I was going to get the sack. Tolerance meter was running on the edge as well haha.

Fun little game, and lovely office you made!
Martin183
05. Apr 2022 · 08:41 UTC
Oh, office games are fun! Cool implementation of the genre!
Snory
05. Apr 2022 · 09:25 UTC
Hello

Thank you for your entry. It sure looks promising. Office is well done - from graphics (i wasnt thinking even for a second that this is not how office looks like) and the sound which was on the right border between "rushing, stressing" and "its just a game, keep calm".

As an area for improvement I would introduce some clever AI. I think that for this type of game the GOAP would fit very well: https://learn.unity.com/project/goal-driven-behaviour?courseId=5dd851beedbc2a1bf7b72bed. It is because I did not have a problem to avoid boss at all. So combination of problem (like broken machine for coffee) with need of the boss (like he just decided that he needs a coffee) would require player to cross path more often.

Thanks!
🎤 Tieran
05. Apr 2022 · 09:43 UTC
@snory Thanks for your feedback, I do agree the AI can be improved by having it GOAP especially for the boss as you mentioned. It is something that could be considered for the next game jam :slight_smile:

Really appreciate all your feedback :heart:
Anaxie Studio
05. Apr 2022 · 15:39 UTC
I like the concept, gave me an idea about what it's like to be a maintenance person, lol. The graphics are cute and I love the funny little details.

It was pretty easy to get through though, I would think about ways of making it a little bit more challenging. Neat game!
🎤 Tieran
05. Apr 2022 · 15:44 UTC
@anaxie-studio Thanks for giving it a play!

One of the things that we need to spend more time on is balancing the game, it does get harder on later shifts with more tasks and reduced cooldowns between them but it needs a lot of tweaking to make it just right.

Thanks for the feedback :heart:
sorenGu
05. Apr 2022 · 16:03 UTC
Congrats on finishing the great game. Some animations of the characters and a highlight, to see new tasks on the busy screen, would have been great.
LonelyLionGames
05. Apr 2022 · 17:05 UTC
I really liked it, great game!

The only thing that I think could've used some more work is the environment, but that's a small remark :)
LDJam user 139668
05. Apr 2022 · 17:50 UTC
Oh. The game is very similar to ours! But your boss character is not as cute as our little droid, sorry! :3

Jokes aside, very nice game! Wonder how many cups of tea all those employees drink...
🎤 Tieran
05. Apr 2022 · 17:54 UTC
@yogurtthehorse Don't tell our artist but I have to agree with you, your little droid is adorable
LDJam user 139668
05. Apr 2022 · 17:56 UTC
@tieran ;)
JamieOK
05. Apr 2022 · 18:10 UTC
Great work, and congratulations to the first time game devs! A simple gameplay loop but it had a bit of challenge (I could do my tasks plenty quick but kept running into the boss without looking.) The background music was nice and the shaded outlines of the models look interesting. Only improvements I would suggest are tidying up the tutorial screen slightly, and maybe making the player's start position more obvious at the beginning (I had to move around a little before I realised which employee I was.)
🎤 Tieran
05. Apr 2022 · 18:25 UTC
@jamieok Thanks for the feedback, when play testing people also said it was hard to see the player. We kinda forgot to act on that part :/
ludevum
05. Apr 2022 · 18:35 UTC
Very easy to understand and fun to play.
The AI looks really good, not like they are randomly moving around, though their hitbox is a little big.

Nice work!
Bhughes
05. Apr 2022 · 18:43 UTC
Love the art style, clean and simple well done!
Zamatay
05. Apr 2022 · 19:26 UTC
nice, cool design and music!
njs
05. Apr 2022 · 19:27 UTC
Doing the jobs of 10 people, then getting sacked for underperforming. 10/10 for realism.
fidrik
05. Apr 2022 · 19:28 UTC
cool game, could have used some sounds when interacting. and maybe a zone to indicate being in the bosses way. I didnt get fired!

liked the art and controller support!
Ray Zaloudek
05. Apr 2022 · 19:29 UTC
Great game! I played it a few times I really like the simple audio.
Phillip Scott
05. Apr 2022 · 19:30 UTC
Art is super nice - boss was a little easy, good job :)
Boathd
05. Apr 2022 · 19:32 UTC
I'm super impressed that you managed to make this in 3 days. Very funny (and realistic) game. My only gripe is that the warnings are kinda hard to see because they blend into the background, but maybe something like lighting effects would fix that.
Briibot
05. Apr 2022 · 21:31 UTC
A fun game with some charming animations and a very nice art style! I'm not sure if I got fired for drinking 2 cups of coffee in a row or if there was something else in the room i didn't notice. Either way 10/10 for accuracy
Fedora
06. Apr 2022 · 03:14 UTC
First of all: Congratulations to those who started on game dev with this jam!

The game is really neat. The only complaints I have are that it seems to be too easy, and that it gets a bit repetitive after a while. In that regard, it's nice that the game has an end.

The music was really on point, but some sound effects would have improved the experience as well.
Bottled up Dark Peace
06. Apr 2022 · 08:13 UTC
I recorded myself playing, message me on the Jam’s discord @ Dark Peace and I’ll send it to you. I had some trouble seeing where the icons of the things I needed to do popped. Idk why, maybe because everything is colorful. Maybe they could have a more energic spawn animation.
aaants
06. Apr 2022 · 10:56 UTC
Nice work and it looks great. Even better considering there are first-timers on board!
teebaron
07. Apr 2022 · 10:24 UTC
I was a little confused at first, but game is very funny :)
Marc Grabow
07. Apr 2022 · 13:58 UTC
Good job on getting this together and making it in the jam. Sound effects for the different actions would make a big difference, but apart from that it's a nice little game. I like the cartoonish shader and the characters.
Renge
08. Apr 2022 · 16:41 UTC
These coworkers are some of the most inconsiderate people I've ever seen. Just walking right in to me and pushing me towards the boss like they want me to get fired. "I'm trying to fix your computer damnit! Get out of my way!". And what's the boss doing, just walking around the office all day and people better stay away from him, lol. I made it to shift 4 before being fired.
Praccen
10. Apr 2022 · 16:17 UTC
Fun graphics and fitting audio (which did get a bit repetitive unfortunately). I think you nailed the difficulty, and the game works well overall! I would have liked the meetings to be slightly more common. Also, does no body else work at this place?? Gaaah :laughing: