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Home Office Hero

By lexi and finntastico

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3563.7150
Fun2383.7850
Innovation6183.2649
Theme1494.1550
Graphics7633.3450
Audio6662.9049
Humor1483.7749
Mood5493.4750

Comments

mrbamboo 2022-10-03 22:48

Very nice theme, very actual ! Try our game, we have the same theme of avoid getting fired of your job haha !

fermingimpel 2022-10-03 22:50

nice game

bigbadollie 2022-10-03 22:57

Really cool! Nice game. Love the little character. We also did a game of not getting fired!!

caerul 2022-10-04 00:25

Haha get stuck on an object, panic and got fired... This was really fun to play, good job.

ayced 2022-10-04 08:43

This was a great idea :smile: I was one second from being fired because I got greedy bringing a shirt to the washing machine

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probe2 2022-10-04 09:07

Hah @ayced, I beat you!! imagen_2022-10-04_110631252.png

ayced 2022-10-04 09:25

@probe2 The home office hero speedrun scene is developing. I got you back!

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lexi 2022-10-04 09:34

@ayced A sub 50...that's what people have been dreaming about for years :laughing:

kromeboy 2022-10-04 09:35

Done in 47 second on my third attempt. On my second attempt i think that a shirt has clipped trough the level and become unreaceble.

Fun game!

finntastico 2022-10-04 09:35

@ayced You're the current record holder :trophy: :v:

finntastico 2022-10-04 09:38

@kromeboy Nice, I guess you just broke the record hehe, but we need proof :wink:

Yeah, unfortunately sometimes there are clipping issues..

kromeboy 2022-10-04 09:50

Another Record! Immagine.jpg

cobrajs 2022-10-04 10:11

Very frantic haha! I was basically just doing a task and then emailing the boss immediately once I went a few rounds of getting fired. Game art was very nice, but the HUD could use a little work. Overall very nice game, and a lot of fun to play! Well done!

finntastico 2022-10-04 21:06

@kromeboy Nice one! You're the new record holder. My best recorded time is 46.83 so I should try to beat it hehe.

@cobrajs Thank you for the feedback! :)

wakobu 2022-10-04 21:27

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This is definitely my record :smile:

The game is fun and simple. The audio loop is too repetitive however

lukas0842 2022-10-04 21:29

Very cool game and good usage of the theme. Good job!

thanks4allthefish 2022-10-04 21:32

@finntastico It's a really funny game :smile: I played for several times and my best record is 52 seconds. The boss is such a control freak so you must check in with him every 10 seconds. I think it would be great to have a timer in the UI to see how many time left before next check-in. Well done!

keip 2022-10-04 21:34

nice job. nice modeling for a short time. minimal but good

gonzalol 2022-10-04 21:54

As a home office worker I can easily relate with Bill. Go Bill!

ayced 2022-10-05 01:02

My best time so far is 18.41 seconds!

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Here is a video of the strategy I used, think I can do my plates better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1kc8S3EfnM

fnelix 2022-10-05 08:33

Cool take on the theme and fun hectic gameplay! Great that you managed to build a complete apartment for this, very well done!

finntastico 2022-10-05 11:18

@ayced Wow! That was amazing to watch haha. So cool to see you "exploit" the throwing mechanism with the T-Shirt. @lexi and I need to try to beat this. This is way under our best times.

@fnelix Thank you! :)

finntastico 2022-10-05 11:20

@Thanks4AllTheFish I'm glad you enjoyed it :D We thought about putting the timer in the UI but then we didn't do it because we kind of liked tha it added to the game being hectic. However I feel like the game should have at least some warning for the last 3 seconds or so, so that you still have a chance to get back to the laptop.

simplepotential 2022-10-05 11:33

Wow, I was fired a lot! Good use of theme, easy to understand mechanics, and the game looked good too. Nice job!

betovf 2022-10-05 11:33

Nice game! We all are Bill :laughing:

kitmani 2022-10-05 11:35

Damn, it's really addictive. A couple of times I managed to knock out 30 seconds (there is a screenshot of only 43), which, as I saw, is quite a lot. It looks finished and it's nice. And I think I will definitely come back to play again, it's super fun! Keep it up !43s.png

sterco-raro 2022-10-05 11:45

Great entry! It was really fun to panic around the house while checking in with the boss :grin: I love how you're using the theme in a different way compared to other games I already played

deepfreeze 2022-10-05 13:00

Yeah, this is pretty neat. I can see how a speedrun community's already developed around it. Interesting and unique use of the theme too.

wouter52 2022-10-05 13:23

Love your game! That boss is an ahole hahaha Very well put together and fun to play. I love the graphics and the music / sound effects are cute and fitting

I love how the timer is on the computerscreen, so that you don't have any idea how much time there is left while doing the dishes ^^

This game could use a leaderboard! I think people would speedrun this game even more I think :-)

pusheeneiro 2022-10-05 15:30

Great game, but I don't finish it because T-shirt stuck in sofa.

finntastico 2022-10-05 17:23

@pusheeneiro Thank you :) and oh no, yeah I think that happens sometimes :/

martin183 2022-10-05 19:27

Nice game and very relatable in the post pandemic work environment!

lame-rat 2022-10-05 19:42

simple, funny, vital skills ! a couple of times things got stuck in the walls

furano 2022-10-05 19:52

.... That's just exactly what I did this afternoon ! :laughing:

Nice little game, I finished in 41s ! I just has a small bug with the red shirt in the tv room vanishing...

lbrande 2022-10-05 20:20

Theme probably can't get more spot on, and the story is hilarious.

interface 2022-10-06 02:51

Very cool game. I did something not the same but somewhat similar for LD 47 but I think yours is better :-)

erlioniel 2022-10-06 19:38

That's literally my working day :smile: You are hitting me to my heart with this one :smile:

Anyway it's funny! Nice job!

etrealjunior 2022-10-07 14:17

Congrats on the game, I'm really bad at playing these skill games, but I really enjoyed it lol, fun game, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to play your game, a big hug.

caladrius 2022-10-08 13:13

If video games are supposed to be about escapism, how come you represented the remote work experience so perfectly? Cracked up at the underwear + shirt and tie combo. Spot on. Top points for comedy

jonah 2022-10-08 13:51

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Nice job making a fun game!

The silly physics really made me laugh and added to the game! (I accidentally catapult a shirt into the bookshelf😂)

Nice controls and intense gameplay!

tobiasd 2022-10-08 14:26

Good simple fun! Made me smile and just bloody **worked**. Did it in 75sec. Would've loved some unexpected surprises eg. the washing machine starts flooding, bookshelf falls over etc. but very nice indeed.

jackaljk 2022-10-08 15:01

What an accurate representation of smart working XD very funny, fun to play and polished, nice job!

digital-bacon 2022-10-11 11:29

Nice little game. Navigation is a bit unforgiving, trying to manoeuvre through the doors, and sometimes I'd pick up the "wrong" item (particularly in the living room, I kept grabbing the laundry instead of the books). Good graphics style though, well done!

lightterradog 2022-10-11 14:24

I amoust had a heart attack but I liked it ha-ha Really nice game! Waiting for the graphics update after the jam!! :hearts:

I also would be very happy if you'd check out my team first game :)

psychopompvtr 2022-10-14 22:39

This game is super fun and its so engaging! tried my best to beat the new 18.41 score but i think im not a match for that) Overall- great GAME!

firesplash-entertainment 2022-10-14 23:03

Forgot to take a screenshot but the game was funny and simple but still quite hard to manage. Good job on balancing.

Maybe I would have added a minimal time between two "resets". I mean xou can reset every time you pass by but what about only allowing to reset with <1s left? This could lead to more people trying to save time by doing more jobs in one cycle which makes things a bit harder

goateejoe 2022-10-15 02:58

Alright this ones pretty addicting, I thought it was pretty hard at first but quickly got the hang of it. It's a bit difficult to pick up certain items when theres a lot of them around but that sorta adds onto the chaotic nature of it.

mara 2022-10-15 11:37

I feel personally attacked.. Great game :)

deprecat 2022-10-21 20:12

Very realistic, especially with my ADHD just picking up whatever is closest to me lol.

I wasn't able to beat it because I just couldn't find the last two clothes for the life of me but I got close!

If you wanted to pick this up into a full game, I say add even more chaos. It could be fun to have an absolute catastrophe around you as you're trying to keep in touch with your boss.