Student Simulator

by athoka
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.53
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.07
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.56
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You are a student in a stressful day with a lot of work to do and you have to do the max you can without falling asleep, being overstressed or running out of time.

Controls: Mouse.

If you work, you rproject gets done, but you get tired, stressed and lose time.

If you sleep you rest, become less stressed and time runs out pretty fast.

If you drink coffee you get stressed, you rest and you gain a little time.

Comments19

kokirisandfriends
kokirisandfriends5 Dec 2017, 09:44
Nice idea, I feel all the students who were in tests hahaha. To be your first jam it's a nice executed idea, keep trying!
Ithildin
Ithildin5 Dec 2017, 21:38
Interesting take on the theme :)

I thought I'd managed to get the right balance between sleeping and becoming stressed through massive coffee consumption...and then I ed up only a couple of clicks away from delivering the project -_-UU

You have a good starting point here if you decide to expand it or dress it up with some graphics in the future (the time increasing as you drank coffee reminded me of a Futurama episode). Congrats!
Athokaauthor5 Dec 2017, 22:09
Thanks for your comments! I'm happy you liked the idea ^-^

I have a few ideas to improve the game, like graphics and powerups and stuff like that but I couldn´t do it for the jam.
Rob White
Rob White5 Dec 2017, 22:21
Good idea for the theme. Could be improved massively by adding art assets, such as a person who is performing these actions in the background and you can see how these tasks are affecting them.
arctic_allosaurus
arctic_allosaurus5 Dec 2017, 22:22
It was fun to figure out the right balance. Cool concept!
Athokaauthor5 Dec 2017, 22:31
Thak you both!
Nehvis5 Dec 2017, 22:34
Nice concept, but somewhat slow gameplay. Could be a cool clicker with some polish
NamInUz
NamInUz5 Dec 2017, 22:36
Nice idea, indeed some assets could greatly improve the feeling.
Athokaauthor5 Dec 2017, 22:50
Thank you both!

@naminuz that's the idea I have. I couldn't make the assets for the jam because this was my first jam and i've been making videogames since july so it was hard for me doing something in a weekend.

@nehvis I'll try to make gameplay faster
Nivbeth
Nivbeth6 Dec 2017, 10:05
Very basic idea, could have added some graphics and sound to make the game more interesting. But it was nice to figure the right balance as many said :3
aaforcebox
aaforcebox6 Dec 2017, 11:19
Good to know I need more coffee than sleep to finish my stuff... ahahhahah.. good job!
Athokaauthor6 Dec 2017, 11:25
Thanks!

@nivbeth Post LD i will add some graphics (i'm working on them right now) and some sound effects.
@aaforcebox It would be awesome if things work like that irl hahaha
Flubz
Flubz11 Dec 2017, 20:16
All this game does is remind me of how much work I've got to do :sweat_smile:

Still really enjoyed it! :clap:
Vasco Rodrigues12 Dec 2017, 01:28
Very nice idea! Had some trouble finishing the first project, but after that I found the right formula: a lof of coffee and sleep until I had 24 hours and almost no stress again, I could keep doing projects all day long :p
Had some fun with it, good job!
Carraka
Carraka13 Dec 2017, 12:09
Coffee! It slows time! I wish that had been the case with this game jam ... definitely could've been spiced up with some assets, but given the time constraints, another way to contribute to mood or humor could have been to add some text, perhaps to get different endings, or to explain what project you're working on, what you dreamed about, that sort of stuff.

Also, it would've been nice if the progress bars had started completely unfilled, and if there was some sort of indicator that one more click would have ended the game. Maybe color coding?

Well done! I'm glad I'm not a student anymore.
Athokaauthor13 Dec 2017, 14:00
@carraka Thanks for your feedback! Yeah, I'm going to improve the game with some assets and random events.
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