10 Second Bureaucrat

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.83
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★82%
A text-adventure game composed in Twine.

You're a lowly bureaucrat. You live in a Class F Dwelling in South Vasilev.

What can happen in 10 seconds?

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Comments18

Nizan26 Aug 2013, 02:52
Really compelling, played it all the way through. Great writing - some really nice image systems in there, warmth cropped up a lot, really helped to build a mood. Will make a note to play through this a few more times to see the other endings! :)
ben26 Aug 2013, 12:54
Great to see a twine game! Funny idea for a narrative, this poor guy..
Holofire
Holofire26 Aug 2013, 12:55
Wow, that was pretty interesting. Great little game overall!
PaperBlurt
PaperBlurt26 Aug 2013, 14:20
I like the setting, not that often you see that in a game.
RobotParking
RobotParking26 Aug 2013, 15:09
Excellent writing. Really enjoyed this.
Liz England26 Aug 2013, 20:06
If only I had been there 10 seconds earlier...

This was fun. Pretty much the perfect game to play at work. I love all the repetitive elements (music, "10 seconds", series of short events, etc.) with the bureaucrat theme.
Tegu
Tegu26 Aug 2013, 21:54
I was impressed by the length of the text. Some branches were surprisingly different which is nice. The technical implementation is pretty good and clicking around is very quick and easy. A lot easier than the paper stories where you have to always search the right page and paragraph. The funky music didn't irritate and was easy to listen to while reading. Didn't really expect to see this kind of game here but it's neat that you made one! :) The visual descriptions probably count as graphics btw. :D
vladimirdlc
vladimirdlc27 Aug 2013, 00:12
I knew that it had to be a trap those tempting offers! But I fell on it anyway... this had a great balance in presentation and narrative, it was really funny to see how you applied the theme.
withoutpillow
withoutpillow27 Aug 2013, 10:42
the music and writing really fits the theme. it's not often you see these jonah twine games either, and this was very well done.
Dew
Dew27 Aug 2013, 18:36
You must be a writter!
nikkesenauthor28 Aug 2013, 15:42
Thank you everyone for your feedback. :)
KunoNoOni
KunoNoOni29 Aug 2013, 02:26
I love text adventure, so I found this a delight to play.
theholychicken29 Aug 2013, 02:38
Felt like there were some nods 1984 and Fight Club. Amusing writing, quirky music.
Really cool!
moomoo112
moomoo11231 Aug 2013, 21:00
interesting game, I liked how decisions seemed to perpetuate through the rest of the story
tryzor5 Sep 2013, 13:32
This was a nice story ;) Furthermore a nice way to implement a text adventure.
Christina Nordlander
Christina Nordlander7 Sep 2013, 21:17
Nicely made (and with appropriate music!), and pretty immersive, even if the place where it immersed me wasn't one where I particularly wanted to be. That said, being depressing was probably the point. It will stick with me for quite some time.

The theme felt shoehorned in. The writing is very minimalistic, and it became a bit dull to read after a while, but some lines were very well written.
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