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Micro Management Simulator 2013

By daoyster

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness369
Graphics1583.66
Humor1913.04
Theme2203.53
Innovation3533.25
Overall3923.22
Mood4442.86
Fun5662.92
Audio6132.44

Comments

spiralcodestudio 2013-08-26 04:23

Nice pixel art but what did you do to my finger!

conflei 2013-08-26 05:45

Click Click Click! Funny

tork 2013-08-26 05:47

Pretty fast, pretty cute, like the idea and it would work better on a touch screen :)

gus 2013-08-26 06:47

Plain and simple, who could ask for more?
Also, I have to agree with @tork, this would be awesome in Touch devices.
P.S.: Loved those glasses.

zephyr89 2013-08-26 06:48

Very good, but some ambient sound would make your game a lot more appealing.
Currently the background silence is killing it, even some noise would do, just make it subtle.

frankbsad 2013-08-26 06:48

Great use of the theme!

hypnohustla 2013-08-26 07:54

Clickedy click, fun times. The work button could be a bit better so my old grandma eyes might hit it better. Get a bit too hard a bit too fast. Solid work nonetheless :)

mamoniemm 2013-08-26 10:54

I love the art, it takes me a while to get the idea, even if i read the text at the beginning. Liked it, but never get a very high score :$

thirteenwb 2013-08-26 18:42

Very addicting to play, my fingers do not thank you for this entry xD

deniska 2013-08-26 19:19

I liked this game, but it's not touchpad friendly

n0_named_guy 2013-08-26 19:23

I liked your game. I liked the art, I like the clicking. It's fast paced, and I liked it... Will probably come back for more.

I highly recommend this simple game, to anyone who wants to practice mouse targeting (for FPS) and for those who play HoN, Dota, LoL and similar games where constant clicking is required.

9/10, would play again.

linuus 2013-08-26 20:10

Nice graphics and use of the theme! Some music would make it even better!

mjiig 2013-08-26 21:19

Fantastic to see an original take on the theme for once. Good to see not everyone went for a 10 second timer.

cardboard 2013-08-26 21:50

The clicking madness started to hurt after awhile, but I'm sure managing in real life hurts a lot more, which means this was a good simulator. The clicking gets painful after awhile, but the game was solid enough to get me to play it a bunch and try to better my score. The mood was pretty good, and I felt like a jerk for constantly working my workers, which was nice. I like the graphics as well: simple, but not too simple. The buildings in the back could use a bit more detail to fit in with the rest of the graphics, possibly. Also, nice use of the previous Ludum Dare's secret theme on the building on the left.

HS: 145.9 seconds, 678 points

cryovat 2013-08-26 21:58

I was about to comment that it would be better if the difficulty ramped up gradually with an increasing number of employees (the core mechanic is fun).

Then it dawned on me how genious this game's take on the theme is. daOyster, my hat off to you!

sephiroth87 2013-08-26 22:11

Pretty fun game, really hard on a trackpad though D:

m110 2013-08-26 22:50

Pretty cool pixel art and original idea, liked it!

pedroka 2013-08-26 23:23

A good game. Nice sprites.

aurel300 2013-08-26 23:27

Fun! ... Very challenging, the 'WORK' button was a bit small.

lordhellmax 2013-08-27 00:16

Quite challenging, nice idea, good job!

seconddimension 2013-08-27 00:52

Nice art for such a frantic game. A very original take on the theme I think

umu 2013-08-27 02:06

I enjoyed that. It did take me a little bit to figure out what I was doing. The art is excellent and I love the aesthetic. Dingy offices, poor lighting, the occasional false hope of success, it's all there.

it's also an interesting challenge considering how simple it is. Also, why does my cursor move while I'm typing?

Well done!

surrealix 2013-08-27 02:11

60 seconds, 209. I didn't realise you lost synergy for false clicks the first few times I played - after that I had to watch my accuracy a lot more. It got easier if you zoomed the screen in, and used a drawing tablet for pointing ;). Fun idea, and slick execution.

kevinzuhn 2013-08-27 04:19

I'm not quick enough to make it for very long. I also had a bit of trouble recognizing when workers were slacking off (since the offices looked so dark, and I had to squint). That indecision cost me all the synergy.

nickw 2013-08-27 04:25

Funny stuff man, good take on the theme and the graphics are pretty nice too.
Pretty hard on the hand though.

lordjosephdeburg 2013-08-27 16:25

Its all about synergy. These lazy employees are damn hard to keep in shape!

tetha 2013-08-27 16:35

Well done. I'm not entirely sure what to say, it probably would have been nice if the difficulty scaled up slowly, so you start with just a few seconds and then more and more come around.

netguy204 2013-08-28 02:19

Wow. You've taken frustration, purified it, bottled it, and given it to me and told me to like it. And, strangely, I do! Is this stockholm syndrome?

daoyster 2013-08-28 03:17

@netguy204 Thanks for the compliment I think? Mind if I use the comment as a quote on the games web page?

gigabass 2013-08-28 04:03

I like very much how you bended the theme's usual interpretation!
Very pleasing pixel art, liked it.
Game doesn't have much depth to it though. But fun concept. :)

sinuath 2013-08-28 17:38

I was having some flash plugin issues running windows 7 64 bit processor.. Not really sure what's relevent, i could play it but i think it was broken, i just kept hitting the work button but there wasn't anyone there to click on.

integershift 2013-08-28 17:40

Great game, like the art but the game gets a bit repetitive but amazing concept.

anmorales 2013-08-29 00:39

Nice game, I liked the graphics, I wish I could make pixel art!

angrygeometry 2013-08-29 13:44

so frantic!

kibertoad 2013-08-29 20:22

Graphics are nice, but gameplay is way too fast to be enjoyable.

canvapps 2013-08-29 21:14

We at canvapps do not like micro-management, but your game makes it so much fun! WORK WORK WORK!!!

lcarpentier 2013-08-30 15:21

Nice game! I liked the gameplay and the art. It works really well congrats.

bombjack 2013-09-03 10:38

incredibly addictive!

emveyh 2013-09-07 20:46

Cool and very exhausting game :) This would work great on a touch device