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Office Madness by Cookie_CHR

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made by Cookie_CHR for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Life in the office can be stressful: somehow, it always seems like everything will collapse if you just take a minute of pause.
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Instructions

In this warioware type game, every 10 seconds one of your three colleagues will call you and propose you a minigame. If everybody needs your help at the same time for more than 10 seconds, you lose.
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Credits

Art and code by Cookie-CHR
Music by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
Audio by FreeSound.org
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Bug report

If you encounter some kind of bug, please send me a comment. Additionally, you can open an issue in the game's github page (listed below).
I recommend playing the version on Itch.io, the screen is wider, but the one embedded will do Virus.png

Itch.io - web, Linux and Windows https://cookie-chr.itch.io/office-madness
GitHub - source code https://github.com/Cookie-CHR/OfficeMadness-LD51
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/office-madness

Ratings

Overall 569th 3.527⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Fun 375th 3.608⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 594th 3.297⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 153th 4.149⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 566th 3.649⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Humor 238th 3.529⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 423th 3.611⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 60🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 0
03. Oct 2022 · 16:35 UTC
Graphics are nice and friendly. Mini games were very intuitive.
Andrew Hoyer
03. Oct 2022 · 21:33 UTC
Clever. I like the idea of a collection of mini-games, although I was hoping I could get some kind of bonus for having all three tasks completed before another one was requested. In any case, nice use of the theme.
martysarc
03. Oct 2022 · 21:47 UTC
This is really good. I think adding more workers would help to increase the difficulty, as well as timers counting down with workers getting more annoyed as the time goes down.
GenericParadox
03. Oct 2022 · 22:10 UTC
I quite like the idea! There is clear room to expand if you'd like with more minigames and maybe a new colleague popping up every 10 tasks or so!
ChevalBancal
03. Oct 2022 · 22:12 UTC
Fun game and easy to understand, although a bit repetitive. Minimalistic and cute artstyle!

Found a bug : you can click on a password task to refresh it and then it's impossible to complete.
Alex Covert
03. Oct 2022 · 22:24 UTC
Pretty fun, I thought it progressed/ramped up nicely. The different minigames were all fun and felt on-theme which was great. Art style and audio was pretty cohesive too.
Migi
04. Oct 2022 · 02:05 UTC
I love the style! I've seen lots of office themed games this jam where things go wrong, my favorite thing is how easy it controls. I wish I was better at typing. The password part reminds me of my parents :)
Pennycook
04. Oct 2022 · 02:22 UTC
This is brilliant. The mini-games are surprisingly difficult given their simplicity!

I know you didn't make the music, but it's a really inspired choice. It's exactly like the sort of "relaxing" music you'd hear in an office elevator, and it somehow adds to the stress of completing all the tasks... :thinking:
🎤 Cookie_CHR
04. Oct 2022 · 10:09 UTC
@chevalbancal Thanks for telling me about the bug! I'll put an issue on Github right away, maybe I'll fix it in a post-jam update :)
🎤 Cookie_CHR
04. Oct 2022 · 10:11 UTC
@martysarc Adding more workers would actually make the game a bit easier, since a new job spawns every 10 seconds anyway, but workers getting angry are actually a very good idea. Thanks!
LDJam user 139668
04. Oct 2022 · 12:06 UTC
Nice mini-games collections :)

Feels like our previous entries to LD when we were making games filled with mini-games x)

<3
WFMG
04. Oct 2022 · 22:47 UTC
It was a very intelligent take on the theme. I made it 4 minutes and 10 seconds. What it needs is a visual indication that you've moved on to a new minigame, because sometimes it's the same type and you don't even realise. It also needs more minigames. It's a great foundation, though.
TheButterApple24
05. Oct 2022 · 00:26 UTC
Oh my god stressful I LOVE IT! Lasted almost 5 mins but then I got 2 vending machines and no matter how much I mashed they couldn't be completed. Overall this was really fun!!!
LDJam user 238552
05. Oct 2022 · 00:30 UTC
Fun jam entry, good work. Would have liked 1 more game per coworker just for variation.
craftmuch
05. Oct 2022 · 01:20 UTC
Nice one! It's satisfying to finish a challenge and the little yelp the coworkers make cracks me up.
Boudichon
05. Oct 2022 · 01:26 UTC
This game is awesome. The minigames were very creative, fitting in the overall theme and simple enough to be done in 10 seconds, I'm quite impressed. It's a strong submission
pauly3d
05. Oct 2022 · 01:27 UTC
Nice game! Really took the theme to heart, and felt properly frantic. The art style fits the game very well, and the music is a nice background to the setting.
One tiny suggestion - could the cursor automatically move to the textbox when starting a password task? The extra click was annoying in a way that clashed with the intentional annoyingness of the game mechanics.
LDJam user 261037
05. Oct 2022 · 01:28 UTC
That was a fun game. Guess I'm playing as the IT specialist considering how often I am having to give passwords. Do none of my coworkers know how to click "I forgot my password" so they can change it through their email XD. Art was simple, but it did not need to be complex and fit the game well. Good submission.
🎤 Cookie_CHR
05. Oct 2022 · 20:51 UTC
@pauly3d I'll see if auto-selecting the textbox is possible, thanks for the suggestion!
MerlinPerlin
05. Oct 2022 · 20:57 UTC
was quite funny, i would love more tasks, has the classy among us vibe and a funny implementation of the theme :) great work buddy
jamdong15
07. Oct 2022 · 08:08 UTC
Haha, this game was so charming :) Love the "Hey" sound and how it was on beat with the BG music time to time. Simple but perfect for what it was. It's a great entry; congratulations :)

Also, I'd really appreciate if you could rate my game! :) Any feedback would be awesome.
spencerflem
08. Oct 2022 · 16:28 UTC
So charming and fun! I love all the little sounds effects it all fits together so well
dimesto52
09. Oct 2022 · 13:21 UTC
I came across the password mod so much that I thought for a moment that it was the only mini game. The discovery of the others was a real surprise which made me have a much better time on the next part. too bad that my ability does not allow me to be much better at these mini games
satacat
10. Oct 2022 · 21:50 UTC
cute game and smooth gameplay. was kinda easy and it'd be better if you add progression to the game (what you can't totally say about our game..) but yeah, it was good, nice entry!
🎤 Cookie_CHR
10. Oct 2022 · 22:04 UTC
@satacat i tried adding some progression to the minigames, but it was only possible on the Password level (the number of character in the password increases slightly) and the Vending Machine (the number of times you need to press space gets more and more). On both the files minigames, there just wasn't enough space to add any more files 😅
Thomas Yanuziello
11. Oct 2022 · 01:46 UTC
I like the cover art.
LDJam user 303964
11. Oct 2022 · 02:18 UTC
What a good game. Graphic's friendly. I like how the angry worker sounds "hey".But I think there is a trick in "find the correct file"-> when i refresh by clicking again in that worker, i can see where "yes_this.txt" is. So,
maybe you need fix this.:)
sulfur cretin
11. Oct 2022 · 20:17 UTC
Pretty fun, just needs more variety and some juice to get to it's full potential, solid game
Mooobster
12. Oct 2022 · 02:40 UTC
Reminds me of work irl LAWL... never have had this much fun micromanaging. Fun game, would be awesome if more tasks were added!
🎤 Cookie_CHR
12. Oct 2022 · 21:03 UTC
@amorykiet Thanks for signaling, I'll put an issue on github right away!
Neeko69
14. Oct 2022 · 01:41 UTC
Its a nice game, with more mini games it could be more fun and engaging. I didn't like that you can restart the current minigame if you click on the red face again. Also, the one where you need to press space bar keeps playing a sound if you keep pressing the space bar even after completed. The art is really nice! Overall its a really nice game!!
Molpe
23. Oct 2022 · 20:26 UTC
Omg, passwords... Great game, simple, fun, easy to understand, not easy to master :slight_smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcamD2oYJpU