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I think it's only hurt by it's length of course; more scenarios would make for more playthroughs, and more commands to enter would add to the hectic-ness of seeing the mouse cursor move to an undesired button. I found myself preemptively writing in DELETE before the next screen\/area appeared which made it a lot easier, but I'm sure with more commands that would get rid of that facet. I think it's definitely a good entry as my only gripe was that I wanted more! Awesome job :) \n\nOverall I really enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":778430,"author_name":"Black Flag","author_uid":"black-flag","epoch":1649093814,"text":"The atmosphere the game creates both while helping a user and outside of that environment is amazing! The terminal look of the typing was really effective, the sound worked very well and the gameplay mechanic of reversing the choice-selection to be about choice-removing was really innovative. I had a lot of fun finding out where the different paths led to and it felt great having my first successful player! Overall, I really enjoyed playing!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":779728,"author_name":"mixon00","author_uid":"mixon00","epoch":1649103251,"text":"The game looks great. Interesting approach to the theme. Great work! :thumbsup: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":782009,"author_name":"LDJam user 278918","author_uid":"278918","epoch":1649120729,"text":"Great atmosphere and mood! A lot of fun overall. Nice job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":782135,"author_name":"LDJam user 279610","author_uid":"279610","epoch":1649121315,"text":"I love the atmosphere, idea, and font so much. I really loved trying to force the user (who appears to be an idiot) into uncharted territory. Cool idea, I'd definitely play a larger version of this game.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":783968,"author_name":"cassowary","author_uid":"cassowary","epoch":1649129400,"text":"It's short, but it's a really fun idea. It's like a \"meta-text adventure\". Hard to believe it's based on Twine, that's pretty impressive.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":784814,"author_name":"naplz","author_uid":"naplz","epoch":1649134930,"text":"The concept is great!! The game looks simple but its the total opposite of that! \nGreat compo game you have right there!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":786363,"author_name":"TentacleMax","author_uid":"tentaclemax","epoch":1649149009,"text":"Great mood and atmosphere, I love this retro interface!\nBut for a start is bit hard to read and understand text. First few minutes I didn't understand what's going on and what should I do. Maybe you could make first few encounters slower and increase speed while playing.\nI'm sure that there is some easter eggs and secret commands, but didn't find any =(\nAnyway I enjoyed the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":789775,"author_name":"OadT","author_uid":"oadt","epoch":1649168420,"text":"Its a very interesting idea to kind of indirectly play a game. I think timing could be a bit improved, there are times were the text seem to to fast for me and times where I have to wait for the text to be completely displayed. But nevertheless a solid entry.\n\nThough I'm not sure I missed some part of the game, tried the commands help and exit and also tried to hit ctrl+c.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":790108,"author_name":"Linnea Isaac","author_uid":"linnea-isaac","epoch":1649170029,"text":"I like the oppressive productivity manager interface. To see what it would say, I spent the first bit entering my own user# and trying to delete all the options\/run out of money. Turns out you don't need any help losing money :) \nI had fun. It took me a little while to get the hang out it (I'm a terribly slow typist, so deleting two options at once while reading was challenging for me given the speed of the cursor). I ended up resetting to explore more because my long user backlog made getting back into a round a bit slow and frustrating. \n\nOnce it clicked, it seemed a interesting twist on a text adventure. More pressure, but also some sense of interaction with the mystery player. Lots of opportunities to have interaction between you and the simulated player. I wish there was more! \nAnd the visual design and theming were great and sold the micromanaging, rat-in-a-cage vibe.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":790335,"author_name":"jess from online","author_uid":"jess-from-online","epoch":1649170993,"text":"@linnea-isaac I was really hoping someone would discover what happened when you entered your own user number :') I actually had a whole plotline planned about editing your own game, but didn't have time to implement it. I'm considering a post-dare expanded edition which would make it longer, add more commands, game types, & story, and would specifically play with that more :) Also, so glad you appreciated the nightmare gig economy writing, that's really what I went into this intending to focus on! ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":790506,"author_name":"Linnea Isaac","author_uid":"linnea-isaac","epoch":1649171753,"text":"@jess-from-online It def made me want to go looking for ways to get around it\/find secrets. I think just having more levels, commands, and meta story interactions would be great - feels like a first level. I'll be looking out for it ! :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":792770,"author_name":"dreamscale","author_uid":"dreamscale","epoch":1649181151,"text":"This was really cool, would love to see an expanded version of this! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":798308,"author_name":"Rhiannon Daly","author_uid":"rhiannon-daly","epoch":1649209781,"text":"The aesthetic is great, and it's such a fun idea. Great for the theme too, I love that you can't actually make a net positive amount of money no matter what you do. I will say though that as a slow typer with somewhat limited dexterity, having to accurately type a command on a pretty short timer as the core gameplay mechanic was kind of difficult for me even when I knew what choice I wanted to make","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":818399,"author_name":"elysiagriffin","author_uid":"elysiagriffin","epoch":1649500279,"text":"Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my stream!\n\nIf you\u2019d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: \nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1450167991?t=10h04m39s\n\nGood luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D\n\n\ud83d\udc9c Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady\n\nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/elysiagriffin","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":831968,"author_name":"CodeRaurus","author_uid":"coderaurus","epoch":1650180632,"text":"I had some trouble keeping up with the text and then deciding what to do. Other than that the game feels interesting and has a unique concept. When booting up, I was waiting for a boot sounds, not the basic selection beep.\n\nGreat job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld50\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/jessicalevine\/game-user-experience-manager-simulator","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/jessfromonline.itch.io\/guems","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"83352","g_author":"1281516","g_event":"LD50","g_eventkey":"110","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"389343","g_title":"Game User Experience Manager Simulator","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"202","g_commentcount":"18","g_site2_node_id":"287928","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"287928","n_urlkey":"389343","n_parent":"276397","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/game-user-experience-manager-simulator","n_slug":"game-user-experience-manager-sim","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"281516","n_created":"1649031638","n_modified":"1778597888","n_version":"883502","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD50","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":281516,"body":"*GAME USER EXPERIENCE MANAGER SIMULATOR* is a short, satirical dark comedy and a Twine-based console-style game about video games & the experience of working.\n\n\nI cannot disclose other details, by nature of the NDA I was made to sign upon taking this job. 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