Synergistic Management Solutions

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.18
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★36%
A game about pretending to be busy at work.

See how many random tasks you can complete without doing any actual meaningful work! Beware though, people will eventually notice you don't contribute anything... Just organise a meeting or an impromptu fire drill! They'll be too busy to notice how little you do then!

Controls:

-Click and drag to move the camera around
-Click on objects that highlight red to interact
-Mouse wheel to zoom in/out

David Kilford @dkilford Code
Nicholas Zaharias @ngzaharias Code
Yosha Noesjirwan @HozZAaH Art
Jacob Connelly @cgbocaj Code
Jared Hahn @Element_105 Writing

Comments18

Sam Twidale24 Aug 2015, 15:12
In fullscreen mode mouse input had an incorrect offset of about 500px to the right. Also I didn't realize you had to click objects rather than the floor to move, so was confused until I tried windowed mode where it worked.

That aside it was funny and caught the pretentious business mood in every way. The atmospheric office background track was a nice touch. Great job.
dkilfordauthor24 Aug 2015, 23:15
Thanks for letting us know, I'll update the build tonight.
Rani_Sputnik25 Aug 2015, 03:13
Perhaps rename link to Windows? I'm on OSX so can't run :/
someone999925 Aug 2015, 03:52
The art and humor in this game is fantastic! The minimalist style looks great. The gameplay is quite enjoyable as well.
Wevel
Wevel25 Aug 2015, 14:44
Cool idea, seemed quite difficult to get jobs done as some of them required doing things multiple times
teknic25 Aug 2015, 14:57
cute portal-clone visuals. not really sure how to play - too much happening on screen. i clicked around and got gold stars, but also inexplicably suffered red ones too...
dcolgan25 Aug 2015, 20:23
Really cool visual styles.
pereubu25 Aug 2015, 21:49
Really neat idea, I especially like the visuals.
I had to replay the game several times before completely understanding it but it was great :>
Chadivision25 Aug 2015, 23:41
Here is my TPS report:

This is a really cool game. I love the humor and the look of it.
Ninja Garage26 Aug 2015, 05:22
Awesome entry! You have an eye for educational tools and stuff, I would love to be trained with something like this.
thomz12
thomz1226 Aug 2015, 13:56
Love the portal-like artstyle!
PixelPerfect26 Aug 2015, 14:01
I have absolutely no idea why I'm losing. Seems like a good concept but I can't figure it out at all
SvenFrankson26 Aug 2015, 14:01
Nice visuals and pretty cool animations ! What are the rules ? Keeping having red crosses for non-understood reasons.
Ithildin
Ithildin26 Aug 2015, 20:58
I really liked the humour, but it was a bit confusing to play.

Controls weren't apparent, and I didn't quite get why I was failing at times if I was actually performing the task. Could it be because of the counters, or was it related to the constant job assignment popups appearing to the left? I wasn't sure if that was a meta reference on the game setting or if it was related to the tasklist (sometimes it seemed it was, sometimes it didn't seem to).

Despite this, the game looks really cute with the iconic art, and corporate management mocking is a theme I'll never get tired of, so congrats!! :D
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley29 Aug 2015, 15:46
Quite the fun game, though I really dont know why I keep losing. I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/L1fCW_I8xho
Riftpoint29 Aug 2015, 16:02
Haha, this game is so creative, I really liked it
HotBoxGames
HotBoxGames29 Aug 2015, 16:04
Interesting take on the theme!
I love the portal demonstration video graphics, they made this game awesome for me. 5 stars on graphics!
KaiseanGames8 Sep 2015, 12:02
Nice idea. It was a bit hard to grasp at the beginning, but then I realized what I need to do. It's a nice game. Well done.

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