Remote Work

by frozedon

co-authored: @corbin-mcbride, @fermak, @helenangel, @mettra

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.13

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.98

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.35

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.93

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.98

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.33

Everyone is familiar with working remotely... but do you really know where all your work is going? Remote Work challenges you to navigate through distractions and chatty co-workers to keep your nuclear reactor from meltdown. Part clicker game and part puzzle adventure, Remote Work features multiple mini-games and text-based intrigue. There's something suspicious about your new employer, Forward Thinking Energy. Can you unravel the mystery while keeping your cool?

Controls

Mouse Only

Left click - interact

The Team

Alexander Wilkinson - Designer

Wesley Pesetti - Programmer

Rhen Niles - Programmer

Corbin Mcbride - Programmer

Helen Zbihlyj - Writer

Credits

Extra Art

- game-icons.net

Sound Effects

- mixkit.co
- Blastwave FX
- Bfxr

Music

- Chill Choir Glitchy by mixkit.co
- Piano Horror by mixkit.co
- Epic Cut by Damiano Baldoni
- Divide By Zero Remix by Soularflair

Bug Fixes

- Chat screen no longer goes blank
- Added Hint text files for those getting stuck

Tools: Bfxr

Comments28

RumiaObsessed4 Oct 2021, 22:41

Very unique game! I love the idea and its executed perfectly. The only glitch I had was the text messenger went blank once and I had to restart. I thought the tomogachi was a nice touch.

HelenAngel4 Oct 2021, 22:48

YAY! We're so glad you liked it & thanks so much for voting! :)

SamarthMP50025 Oct 2021, 03:45

Cool concept! As @rumiaobsessed said, the text messenger got buggy, but the rest is EPIC!

Skyeward5 Oct 2021, 03:50

What a brilliant concept. This is fantastic, really well implemented. Without the comfort of a game window it feels almost surreal. Very well done!

Mateu5 Oct 2021, 04:20

Wow... this is so amazing. Like other comments have said, it feels so real. I got to the part where I got to the commands, but I couldn't get any further :( and then the text glitched out... I'm really sad about that I wanted to complete the game. Anyways, I really like how different this is. Probably my favorite game I've played so far. 10/10

Mateu5 Oct 2021, 04:21

Oh, also I forgot to mention, I loved, loved, loved how you interacted with the text files and programs and stuff it was awesome

Big Play Ben5 Oct 2021, 04:42

I LOVE this concept. I've been playing for a half hour and I'm super stuck. I can't figure out what to do with the override commands. Do i have to enter them in morse code? It's hard to get one in between the other errors that stop the button. I gotta review other games for that sweet sweet Karma. But I would love to see a walkthough or something. It's reward to figure it out myself. But at a certain point, I just want to know what happens.

Frozedonauthor5 Oct 2021, 04:46

@big-play-ben Ask christopher in the chat window. They might be able to help you if you tell them about what you found

Big Play Ben5 Oct 2021, 05:08

Thanks for the hint. I think I won? That was pretty excellent!

kbf1235 Oct 2021, 05:17

I love this concept! Really fun to manage all the desktop elements.

Teegan6 Oct 2021, 05:19

This game was insanely cool! Everything was executed so well and so cleanly. Really neat minigames incoporating the filesystem and such. I only wish there were a couple more minigames, but I'm glad the ones that were in were done so well. I think I may just be bad at puzzle solving, but I couldn't figure out the thing Christopher was telling me about. Overall really neat game and pulled off really strongly!

Sceef6 Oct 2021, 05:24

It is 2021)

Gucio Miszcz6 Oct 2021, 05:28

So far it is the best game I have played in the last 5 jams. Interacting with text files on your own pc is just an awesome idea. Great game! :)

Frozedonauthor6 Oct 2021, 07:26

@teegan Thanks for the feedback! We have decided to add a folder full of hints if you want to give it another go. There may be much more to this game to see.

Leumas6 Oct 2021, 07:38

Hey, great game! I love the idea and gameplay is also really nice. I had fun playing it :)

Lisky6 Oct 2021, 08:34

That's really nice idea o.o I actually like it. Keep working!

Not an apple a stone6 Oct 2021, 08:48

Whoa!
Ive never played a game like this before so this was quite the experience, loved everything about it!

GHubert6 Oct 2021, 09:08

Need pause the work when chatting...

Erukolindo6 Oct 2021, 11:45

That was an absolutely fantastic experience. I don't even have any criticism. It's a clever, well executed idea.

Mordrick6 Oct 2021, 11:54

Argh! I'm on vacation right now and that reminded me so much of my regular work ^^.

Nice approach to the theme and it really didn't help me to have about 14 windows open when I started that game ^^.

Love it! Keep up the good work!

UglySwedishFish6 Oct 2021, 18:22

Spectacular stuff! Love the idea, and the execution is brilliant.

LucDeligne7 Oct 2021, 03:58

Fantastic idea and flawless execution. It kinda blows my mind that you were able to make such a complex game in such a short time.

Chairshot Games8 Oct 2021, 22:39

Best game I've played of the jam so far! So creative and I have no idea how you made the text files work with the game but it was amazing. Really funny writing and an interesting story. Such a well thought out game, it's amazing you built it in a weekend. Only problems I ran into were that Security code X9 wasn't working for me, so I had to restart the game. Also the game crashed at what I assume was the end, but because of the format of the game I couldn't tell if this was intentional or not. The way your game worked was like nothing I have ever played before. I'm really impressed and would definitely pay for an expanded version. Great job!

JoeShanahan11 Oct 2021, 18:47

Super unique idea here! I have to confess I felt a sudden injection of stress as soon as the Slack window appeared :sweat_smile:

I also spent far too long trying to find where the key codes were, I didn't realize it was being added to the filesystem. That kind of breaking the boundary between the game and the game files was really interesting (once I got the hang of it)

JoeShanahan11 Oct 2021, 22:27

I've uploaded a recording of my playthrough that you can see here at 08:28