Keep IT alive - The daily struggle

picusbgames 2020-04-21 12:49

341 seconds, many points, not enough coffee :) Sounds like my day haha. Well done. I actually quite like the idea and implementation. There might be some notion of making it to day end and the next day being harder but that's just another layer on top for later, not sure if there is currently an end game, seems like it could go on forever! If you continue working on it, some variety of task descriptions and solutions could be cool too, I saw a few problems and a few solutions, maybe there is more I didn't see :)

ninsky 2020-04-21 12:52

Really liked the game! It really feels like I'm at my old IT job again :joy:. The effect when you've had too much coffee was a really nice touch!

At some point though, the phone stopped sending me messages so all I had to do was drink an adequate amount of coffee. But maybe that just makes it more realistic ;)

sunnray 2020-04-21 13:01

It's a really fun game! I survived for about 8 minutes and then suicided with coffee. I like that it's actually impossible to fulfill ALL the tasks. I wonder why is the interactable emergency exit there, but maybe that would come up later in the game.

staircase27a 2020-04-21 13:08

Fun little game. As a few people have said above, I like that you couldn't manage everything so had to decide which tasks to accept and when to prioritise.

hiisileiri 2020-04-21 13:26

"Too much coffee is not healthy" HOW do i know with that?? Anyway the game has fun elements and all the textures are very kind. It's also fun to carry stuff to different places and explore the whole office building and there's still seem to be a lot things to do, and the Carol's computer is now fixed and some other stuff have been done - but still wondering why i 'died' next to the coffee machine

skosnowich 2020-04-21 13:33

@hiisileiri The tutorial tells you, that too much coffee isn't healthy. Also if you get the coffee flash, one could think, it becomes unhealthy.

djn 2020-04-23 21:29

Good game! I had fun putting out server fires and turning things off and on again. It's just like real IT work, 10/10.

big-evil-corporation 2020-04-23 21:39

Very good! My walkig speed started going down after putting fires out, is that just because I'd not had enough coffee?

skosnowich 2020-04-23 21:45

@big-evil-corporation Yes, if you are running low on coffee, you are getting slower. Although I wouldn't say "just because of not enough coffee", as not having enough coffee is definitely not a trivial problem. :smile:

captaindreamcast 2020-04-23 22:35

Got a lucky run in where I was able to do everything. At some point tasks stopped coming in, so I felt that I earned that coffee feast. Incredibly fun take on the theme! I loved the setting and I loved the character blurbs when the characters didn't have a task for you, those added some nice personality (like Bill's tragic past). Gameplay was fun too, I liked the idea of dashing around costing energy, I felt like that provided a nice tradeoff between time/energy. All around a very good game, great job!

sheldonzs 2020-05-01 00:54

Oh man, so stressful trying to keep up with everyone. I love the IT Crowd references, though at some point I misplaced the one fire extinguisher I could find, so it was only a matter of time until game over with that (lasted 12 minutes)

vizitas 2020-05-02 10:42

This was really funny :D, good job!

eugenik 2020-05-04 14:10

Myself being an IT guy, I really enjoyed this game :D Good job!

davidsheadgames 2020-05-06 07:05

Pushed Bill out the window, ignored all the IT calls, and just drank coffee all day.

Best IT job.

I liked this one, because of the IT references, and kudos to you for trying to use libgdx!

A few notes of improvement: - It would be nice if the tutorial was skipable. I tried skipping it and broke the game drinking too much coffee. - As mentioned above, ignoring the phone calls seems to have no penalty. - I did encounter a bug where I ran out of calls, but happiness was at 100%. Game win? - I really like that you added some dynamic 2D lighting. It's a nice touch.

skosnowich 2020-05-06 21:27

@davidsheadgames Thanks for the feedback. Normally ignoring phone calls have a penalty, but you have to ignore a call three times, before it causes the penalty. Running out of calls, is a bug, that was mentioned several times now, I don't know what causes this, but yes let's count this as a game win. You can now drink coffee all day long. :D I agree on the need of the ability of skipping the tutorial.

johnny-turbo 2020-05-08 14:08

Another IT guy here... thought this game was really funny. Especially liked the joke about the people calling about the microwave being broken :laughing: :laughing: I knew I wasn't the only one who made a game about keep IT alive :wink:

Would love to see more minigames similar to putting out the server fires, but I think what you guys made in the jam is great! Art looks really good, game is fun to play, and of course very funny. Great entry overall!