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Do Your Job!

By thomas-higgins

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4653.1725
Fun5032.8424
Innovation5312.6925
Theme1923.8425
Graphics4053.1925
Audio4722.4420
Humor3052.7623
Mood4792.8424

Comments

forgin-bits 2022-04-04 12:03

Very simple but effective concept. The pixel art is nice ! Unluckily no sound design and I had trouble understanding what the bed, fridge and water dispenser were for at first. Thanks for the game :thumbsup:

yamzho 2022-04-04 12:05

I tried to delay the inevitable, but obviously, I suck at that... I got fired so quickly, so many times !...

lighty-the-light 2022-04-04 12:19

Job is inevitable. Being fired is inevitable. Nice littile game! Nice game!

roryh 2022-04-04 12:26

Good execution of a simple idea!

To reiterate the previous commenter's points, some feedback for using the watercooler/bed/fridge, particularly sound, would add a lot to this. Also, minor but failing from neglecting thirst told me I didn't deliver enough coffee, which had me a bit confused before I figured out the watercooler/bed/fridge.

thomas-higgins 2022-04-04 12:30

Thanks guys on the feedback so far, 100% agree on the feedback loops had plans to address this with custom death messages, missing sound does lack impact for sure, I think a tutorial or guide screen might of helped to make them clearer

balgorode 2022-04-04 13:09

Working oneself to death, classic

I think some variety could have helped, namely if the customers moved around, and maybe if there were random pickups. Still, good work!

pirate-rob 2022-04-04 20:12

Very stressful, would have been nice to have icons on the food/water/sleep gauges :D

zubspace 2022-04-04 20:13

Cute little game! One of the most stressful jobs ever, failure was inevitable. I gave up and simply wanted to go to bed and the bed just told me 'E'. For some strange reason I found this incredibly funny! xD

Good job making a game about a bad job!

nima 2022-04-04 20:14

Great game! Fun game once I figured out how to play it. Also really liked the art!

rasblo 2022-04-04 20:22

Shitty job! Selling coffee that is, not by you ;) Got to 320$. Would like to see a way to spend my cash after all my hard work! Lovely graphics and well implemented idea

ordineu 2022-04-04 20:43

lmao these four people really love standing around chugging coffee and screaming for more.

lisyarus 2022-04-05 14:32

Nice idea, but the gameplay gets extremely repetitive: you just endlessly move to the coffee machine, to the visitors, and back. Couldn't figure out what the progress bars on the bottom left are, and what do the fridge & cooler do.

lcstark 2022-04-06 20:45

No, I was too slow and got fired! It captures the spirit of working in customer service perfectly. After a short time I've started to hate all customers (the left one was the worst), I've learned how to optimize my work time (if you stand in the perfect spot, you can grab two coffees at the same time!) and decided that I probably didn't really need any food, water or sleep anyway.

The game (and gameplay) is pretty self-explanatory, but it could probably use a few icons here and there to help people understand it better and at a first glance. It could probably also use a "Quit" button, so we don't have to kill the process to exit the game. ;)

lako 2022-04-06 21:28

The usage of the theme is very good. I think putting labels on the bars would've made it far easier to understand that they were supposed to represent water, food, and sleep. The gameplay was super basic, just running to give unhealthy amounts of coffee to people and to also take care of your needs. I feel like the needs fill up very slowly. I think that some audio cues for the people who need coffee would be nice to notify you. The game needed an exit button so that you won't have to Alt+F4 it when you're done. The graphics are pretty nice. I like the funny little story. The controls were simple and easy to understand. Overall, pretty nice entry.

skleembof 2022-04-06 22:54

Very simple but hectic game, I think you should explain what the colored bars mean because I thought it had to do with the customers wait time.

I was going to write that the music was very dull and repetitive but then I realized that it was the exact same sound that I had playing in my head all day when I worked at a fast food restaurant, so I gave you max points in audio for realism

a-d-chaos 2022-04-09 09:16

The theme is well executed and the core feature of the game is easy to understand. There are some small things that can improve the experience of the game. The hitboxes to pickup coffee and deliver coffee seem rather small, so you have to ram into your customer to deliver the coffee. And at the coffee bar is a hitbox a bit out of place. It would also be nice to have different endings like: "you are dehydrated, remember to drink something yourself next time". It was very confusing for me that I got fired the first two times, until I recognized the shrinking bars on the left corner.

foursay 2022-04-10 01:28

Simple but easy to follow! Was wondering if the audio is normally working because I was hearing buzzy all the time

zimny11 2022-04-11 16:28

Cool idea and nice execution! Nice pixel art too. I do not know about others who played this game, but for me sleep was going down so slow it didn't even make it to halfway down, before I lost. So maybe it is a bit too slow. Good job with the game.

milan8890 2022-04-11 18:23

Vrey simple but pretty fun! Would have liked more sound effects. Cool game!