Neckdeep

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.22
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.84
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.46
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.36
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.07
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.57
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Save your dog! "Neckdeep" is a virtual-computer adventure game where you must email your way to victory. Descend into the depths of a heartless bureaucracy to save your best friend.

Comments33

Quinn_Patrick27 Apr 2021, 01:41
Wow so I gotta say if anyone figures out the confirm numbers puzzle on their own I'll eat my hat. The rest of it made me feel really smart figuring it all out. Absolutely hilarious game, I was rolling the whole time, great job.
Im5x527 Apr 2021, 02:16
This was surprisingly fun considering I basically deal with this IRL.
mech_alina
mech_alina27 Apr 2021, 02:23
Love the startup sound at the beginning. Major nostalgia.
Cope
Cope27 Apr 2021, 02:30
Fun game.
dude_the_heroauthor27 Apr 2021, 02:31
@im5x5 Ha ha! thanks! That's encouraging to here. I was worried I might have accidently made the most boring game ever. XD
SuperGamersGames
SuperGamersGames27 Apr 2021, 02:38
That was hilarious. Even though it probably didn't need most of my messaging additions I did it anyway.

@quinn-patrick I actually figured that one out quickly. I only used the walkthrough once because I was confused why the monkey wasn't taking my "bannana" (Spoiler Alert: turns out I've been spelling banana wrong this entire time).
Emily Pitcher
Emily Pitcher27 Apr 2021, 02:47
This game was hilarious! I had a ton of fun playing this. My only complaint is that the text speed is quite slow so you have to wait a bit for the email to load. I loved your interpretation of the theme and very nice nostalgia factor -- high scores for me!
dude_the_heroauthor27 Apr 2021, 02:51
@supergamersgames Lol that's hillarious. I had to look it up as I was making it and I thought it had two "n"s as well. XD
dude_the_heroauthor27 Apr 2021, 02:52
@emily-pitcher Thanks for the feedback! You can hold the left-mouse-button to speed up the dialogue but I probably should have added an option to skip the animation!
Phobos001
Phobos00127 Apr 2021, 02:56
I had a lot of fun writing silly elaborate emails about how I was going to send an army of bees to their offices if they don't give me my dog.

There was a bunch of emails that also went:

Subject: DOG

Body: give dog

I loved everything about this game! But people who play it offline might not be able to do the translations for the binary sections (unless they're a programmer obviously). That's a minor nitpick in an otherwise fantastic entry. Great work dude!
dude_the_heroauthor27 Apr 2021, 03:01
@phobos001 Thanks for playing! That's a good point about the binary translations. Currently the game in only available in browser but that will be something to keep in mind if I upload a Windows port.
TheseusInABottle
TheseusInABottle27 Apr 2021, 03:24
I liked this. Big thanks to the help desk for the walkthrough because I am a first class smooth brain so I quickly found myself in high water and not sure what to do. I absolutely loved the portraits in this game and how they qucikly went from "Yeah that a person" to "Thats not a man thats a red rombus in a suit!".
TL;DR Gib d0g plz.
yobiscus27 Apr 2021, 05:44
Awesome. I'm not sure how you did it, but I'm impressed that my vague responses were accepted by the recipients. Well done, thanks for the laugh :)
dude_the_heroauthor27 Apr 2021, 18:04
@yobiscus Thanks for playing it! I can't tell you how I did it though, that's a trade secret. ;)
MandaRad28 Apr 2021, 14:49
I can't tell you how much I adored playing this. Thank you so much for allowing copy paste functionality as well, much appreciated :stuck_out_tongue:

Fantastic job!
David U28 Apr 2021, 15:39
100% accurate simulator about dealing with customer support. 10/10 watermelons.
dude_the_heroauthor28 Apr 2021, 19:17
@mandarad Thanks so much for the kind words! The copy paste functionality literally broke as soon as I uploaded it to itchio. I spent the whole submission hour panicking and trying to patch it back in lol.
dude_the_heroauthor28 Apr 2021, 19:19
@david-u Thanks so much for playing it! I hope I didn't give too many people PTSD flashbacks from customer support experiences. I know it was a little traumatic for me to make at times! XD
gramozilho
gramozilho28 Apr 2021, 20:22
What a banger! Had a lot of fun reading the emails. The start was painfully close to dealing with university matters online ahah visuals and sounds fit the experience very well, congrats!
dude_the_heroauthor28 Apr 2021, 20:39
@gramozilho Haha! Thanks so much! University matters were actually the primary inspiration for the game lol.
Carraka
Carraka28 Apr 2021, 22:46
Such a heartwarming story! Definitely one of the most original interpretations I've come across so far.
Lookit this doggo I will wade into customer service hell for you, puppers, won't I, puppers?
wizard sino
wizard sino29 Apr 2021, 00:09
Hoorah! fun fact, my emails slowly became less coherent as the game went on. in the end they were just

Want dog. How? Sad.
Wandersen29 Apr 2021, 03:01
This is a great entry with pretty good art to boot. I had fun changing my e-mail persona from psycho back to pleading back to just 'give doge'.
vanLeiden
vanLeiden29 Apr 2021, 15:58
Awesome game, 5 stars all around from me!
Ismael Rodriguez
Ismael Rodriguez1 May 2021, 01:13
Way more fun than expected! Good job! Are there any hidden Easter egg e-mails? :thinking:

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