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Programmer Nightmare

By cary-stanley

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2573.5037
Fun3553.1737
Innovation1853.5837
Theme2573.7137
Humor64.2738
Mood2793.2235

Comments

david-hunter 2020-10-04 23:17

I do not know what sort of strange mind came up with this game. The doctor proscribes sleep and lots of it. Seriously though I used to love those old adventure games, this a pretty good version of the them. Very funny.

alec 2020-10-05 00:28

"tabs or spaces? Both" made me chuckle

neonjeff 2020-10-05 01:57

Alternating space/tab is the only way to go! I got stuck after animating the jumping jacks guy, but I like the idea! I wish it had sound.

aarimous 2020-10-05 01:58

Love the tabs/spaces joke :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsoOG6ZeyUI

cryptomnesic 2020-10-05 02:00

???

chickencastle 2020-10-05 02:04

Haha tabs vs spaces, nice. I got confused when he hated both answers, took me a while to come back for the 'both'. I then got stuck at 'true { console.log }'. I think maybe some instructions or how to play details in the submission description would be really helpful. Nice work!

yeomsley 2020-10-05 02:12

After much wandering it was worth it for the ending haha

cary-stanley 2020-10-05 02:13

@david-hunter Yup, this is a weird game, I need to get some rest now :sleeping:

@aarimous Yes! I had to rewatch that "Silicon valley" clip when I was writing the dialog for that section of the game.

spacemyname 2020-10-05 02:57

Great Game!

timeloopedpowergamer 2020-10-05 07:52

Lots of inside jokes. Reminds me fondly of old Roberta Williams games. Not exactly nailing the theme, but this great game nails just about everything else.

masaru 2020-10-05 11:47

Does the { not do anything ? I got stuck trying it on every character until I randomly clicked the computer... outside of that, these of true r/programmerhumour memes. Concept is very cool.

joonamo 2020-10-05 14:00

I love the walk animation loop! :runner:

aterlamia 2020-10-05 14:50

well that is javascript, truest comment i have seen. Fun take, but i do miss some sounds

gironimo4 2020-10-05 15:18

Tabs. That's the end of the discussion. Fun way of picking up items by debugging!

cary-stanley 2020-10-05 17:02

@chickencastle If the markdown had a way to hide spoilers, I would definitely add a strategy guide.

@timeloopedpowergamer Thanks for the comment, was nice to hear my game likened to a old Roberta Williams games :smile_cat:

@masaru Yes, the "{" does not have a use in this game, but is needed to complete the game.

wongkongphooey 2020-10-05 17:21

What a nice, unique idea! Simple, but engaging. Exactly what you want from a jam game!

raddishradish 2020-10-06 04:27

Loved how you executed the theme! I didn't expect to actually see a game jam game about making a game jam game.

emily-pitcher 2020-10-06 06:49

What a fun game idea! I love how you interpreted the theme especially.

louiejams 2020-10-06 13:47

Really fun idea, was unable to figure out how to escape the dream but enjoyed the experience!

cary-stanley 2020-10-06 18:14

Thanks @emily-pitcher & @louiejams I really enjoyed your game as well!

fpoli 2020-10-07 02:25

Very funny and engaging! I felt bad for the poor guy who got stuck on the animation loop. One thing to point out... I used all all the "items" except for the opening curly bracket. Can it be used somewhere? Anyway, it was fun!

lucas-helfman 2020-10-07 03:40

This really is a nightmare! If your goal was the mess with the player, job well done!

cary-stanley 2020-10-07 16:33

@fpoli yes the opening curly bracket is not used as an "action" in the game, but must be obtained for the ending

@lucas-helfman sorry to hear you had a bad experience

shelvid 2020-10-07 18:56

Simple and fun game, slightly confusing but managed to beat it all by myself

cary-stanley 2020-10-07 20:07

Thanks for playing @shelvid! It was great to watch your twitch broadcast. Helps me see the players challenges and understand how I can better improve in the future.

netmute 2020-10-08 19:25

Lot's of great programmer humor in here :joy: I love a good point n click, and this one was very unique. Well done :grin: :thumbsup:

ramble-house-games 2020-10-11 00:21

Neat idea. I hope you sort out that sleep issue.

island-jam-2-group-3 2020-10-11 15:22

Simple but original game. I missed some music / sounds but other than that good job ;-)

mandarad 2020-10-11 16:03

I liked the humour in this game a lot and really enjoyed the interactions with the characters. Great job!

nandelind 2020-10-14 20:37

Very creative and fitting! I did have trouble sometimes with putting an instruction on something, where it would sometimes drop/disappear before I got to where I was going or clicked to try using it.

cary-stanley 2020-10-15 21:22

Thanks @nandelind for the feedback, I saw another player struggle with the "actions" cursor, if I have time I will try to fix some day.

ruthiepee 2020-10-16 22:27

I was bout to be MAD at that wizard before I realized what the right answer was... haha! I love the originality of this game, which is reminiscent of an oldschool adventure game with a looping environment. It'd be nicer with some audio but I really appreciate the inventiveness of it and the funny dialog.