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Unqualified Success

By paul-nadan

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1983.5221
Fun2443.2321
Innovation603.9221
Theme134.3621
Graphics1913.4721
Audio1043.5220
Humor343.7621
Mood833.7220

Comments

jeremy-ryan 2019-10-07 03:48

Awesome entry! I appreciate the technobabble, although I feel like I'm really unqualified to be plorking fweezers.

Very 'Canon in D' vibes from the music, fits the waiting room atmosphere nicely.

toppervideogames 2019-10-08 04:15

This game really makes me feel the pressure of not being qualified. Just like taking a test without studying, it was hard to remember all of the different words being thrown around. I really like that they were generated each time, I played it through again and was delighted to see different words used. The humor was great, and having several different endings is neat. Some text spilled out of the box, but that can be easily fixed. Great work!

brokenmirrormedia 2019-10-08 04:34

A neat game about memorizing strange jargon. I enjoyed it, even though my memory is horrible haha. I should have been taking notes!

maximbegunov 2019-10-08 07:46

It felt so good answering all of the questions at the end correctly. Great take on the theme!

afroant 2019-10-08 17:23

I had no idea what I was doing, and I loved it! Really captured the anxiety of going into something you're not prepared for. I couldn't figure out how to trigger the actual interview, though :( Music was amazing, too. Good job!

paul-nadan 2019-10-09 02:33

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

@toppervideogames Yeah, the spill-over only happens when certain words are used, so I didn't catch it in testing. I definitely should have decided on a max word length in advance.

@afroant I'm glad you enjoyed it! The receptionist will call you in for the interview automatically once you've gathered enough information, so you just need to keep talking to people to get more clues.

erebus 2019-10-09 03:55

Really fun adventure game. It was a lot of gibberish to keep track. But I still had a great time! Thanks for bringing it by the stream!

stefanie-leitch 2019-10-11 23:52

Super interesting idea! I have a terrible memory so I was an abject failure at the end XD but fun idea! Great job!

vinnienovido 2019-10-12 08:05

Interesting puzzle game. All the words made me dizzy though. Couldn't remember a thing :) Well Done!

tomcus 2019-10-19 10:45

Superior game mate. Really good

mrtroy 2019-10-19 18:45

WOW, That was a lot to figure out. I should've brought a notebook before playing the first time. :D

avsc 2019-10-19 21:39

I think I found a bug about the stuff the company wants you be good at. People say you should have a favorite A, but when asked in the interview they ask for your favorite B.

It's hard to explain because the game changes what word means what at every playthrough, but what I want to say is that the words are different.

paul-nadan 2019-10-21 19:07

Thank you all for your feedback!

@avsc There was another clue in the waiting room about recruiters looking for applicants that use B, which is what the interview question was getting at. I can see the confusion though, "B of choice" does sound like it could mean "favorite A", I should try to make a clearer distinction.