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CVC Presents: A Button by The Enigma

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made by The Enigma for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Letter of induction:

Congratulations on your new job at Z company!

As part of your induction you have the privilege to take on the ceremonial job of pressing the button every 10 seconds.

It is a time honoured tradition dating back to the founders of the company.

We have provided you with a radio for your enjoyment during these proceedings.

Good luck!

How to play:

LMB to click the button and hide/show the induction letter. Click is a 2006 American black comedy-drama film directed by Frank Coraci, written by Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe, and produced by Adam Sandler, who also stars in the lead role. The film co-stars Kate Beckinsale as his wife Donna and Christopher Walken as Morty, an eccentric stranger and apparent inventor. Sandler plays Michael Newman, an overworked architect who neglects his family when he acquires a magical universal remote from Morty that enables him to control reality.

Link https://wearenotspies.itch.io/cvc-presents-a-button
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/cvc-presents-a-button

Ratings

Overall 1238th 1.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1236th 1.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1238th 1.775⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1175th 2.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1101th 2.125⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 896th 2.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1184th 2⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

MaRJaGiL
04. Oct 2022 · 09:06 UTC
I'm not sure I understand, is the full gameplay loop just pressing the button? I think the button could use a sound effect to make it a bit more satisfying to press in that case.
Phillip Scott
04. Oct 2022 · 10:52 UTC
I didn't really get it, But I like pushing buttons!
limered
05. Oct 2022 · 21:21 UTC
Story is good. Button needs a satisfying press sound, maybe a cherry mx blue style. Other than that a solid entry. I didn't encountered any bugs, so far. Still pressing the button on my second monitor ;)
Pegasus
05. Oct 2022 · 21:23 UTC
It was quite interesting reading the random comments that kept appearing but unfortunately there's only so much fun to be had while pushing a seemingly useless button
Wouter52
05. Oct 2022 · 21:23 UTC
The perfect game to end my rating session with. It is very late here and I was looking for a game where I could doze-off a bit ^^" The radio at the bottom was just like real life. Entertaining but depressing, good job emulating that ^^"
Question (maybe I missed it) what is the counter at the right bottom?
asbjorn
05. Oct 2022 · 21:33 UTC
What an absurd and futile game.

You do a really boring job for a while - and then you get fired.

:shrug:

I played this game all the way through three times. Just because I hoped that if I actually managed to press the button each time, I would get another ending than getting fired.

I didn't.

Instead, I found myself cheering when 998 people died of something uncomfortable, because it made my counter go down faster.

What an absurd and futile game.
LDJam user 202408
06. Oct 2022 · 23:17 UTC
I think the consept of the game is good, and as someone who enjoyes sad / depressing stories and the feeling of dread they tend to invoke I did follow the radio for a while, though I feel like this game could use some more polish, starting from the button itself. you can actually have the game being all about that button while still managing to keep it fun as demonstrated in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L1B5YaxxoA&t=384s

maybe a bit of sound effects as well, but that's just me saying :smile:, also like how you kept the same characters from previous games it gives a sense of familiarity. I hope that you at least enjoyed your times making this game
asfdfdfd
10. Oct 2022 · 22:11 UTC
Well. Its basically my work. But i have 102 of them.
Cedric86
11. Oct 2022 · 19:41 UTC
Must push button.
Mickxe
16. Oct 2022 · 12:42 UTC
I clicked the button more times than I care to admit. :sweat_smile:
CataclysmicKnight
16. Oct 2022 · 15:05 UTC
I really expected to lose the game when I purposely didn't push the button for like 50 seconds straight, then pressed it with about 8 seconds left the next loop, but liked that instead there are just MANY more people lost. It made it feel more like my button presses meant something. There were quite a few typos, though, and I noticed I was getting the same prompts back a few times. Some of them were really funny though, like losing people to FF XIV 🤣 And you captured the mood quite well!
Stingby12
17. Oct 2022 · 19:32 UTC
I really don't get this game. It just told me to press a red button. That's it.
🎤 The Enigma
17. Oct 2022 · 20:34 UTC
@stingby12 this guy gets it