Rough Day

Rough Day

NOTE (Oct 3 2022)

It looks like the issues with the hosting of WebGL games on Ludum Dare have been resolved (yay!), in the event they pop up again and you are looking to play in a browser you can do that here as well (hosted on itch.io). For the best performance you can download the build for PC below as well. Thank you and enjoy!

Youtube Video of GamePlay

ChangeLog and Post-Jam Updates (Oct 5 2022)

Thank you to those who played and left some great feedback! We've already made some changes to improve the experience which I will note here. These will have to wait until after the jam to go live to respect the rules but if you would like to check it out again when the voting is done and the itch page is updated with the new builds that would be great so you can see the results of your feedback :)

Version 1.1

- Improved Mini-Map: The mini-map/radar has been slightly enlarged, and it now shows walls, this makes it vastly more readable/useful in particular in the beginning as you get the layout.
- New events! (You'll have to play to find/see them)
- Many more sound effects for individual events and NPCs responding to various situations, including the much requested audio feedback for success/failure of events.
- Improvements to the map including an added door for less frustration navigating the space.

What is it?

Rough Day puts you in the shoes of the Office Janitor at "Running Man"

Can you keep a lid on all the madness in what is no doubt the roughest day of your career? Put out trash fires (literal ones), fix jammed printers, reset the server, bring people their caffeine fixes, deliver those crucial useless trinkets from Amazon the staff keeps ordering and fix those toilet clogs... All in a day's work...

Get through the 300 second day in one piece and get rewarded with a nice pat on the back and a high score. You got this!

How do I play?

- Rough Day supports keyboard and gamepad input:
- Left stick/WASD Movement
- East Button/E key to interact
- South Button/Space bar to jump
- Right stick/mouse to move the camera
- Left Trigger/Shift to sprint

- Move around the office and deal with incidents. Some incidents require items (package deliveries and coffee for example).

- Deal with each crisis before it's too late. Miss five events and your day will end early. Get through the 300 second day and you shall be rewarded.

- The mini-map shows you nearby incidents:
- Green are active incidents to deal with
- Blue is a recently resolved issue
- Red is a missed incident

- Music can be disabled/enabled or turned up/down from the options menu (available from the pause menu as well). It originates from the Juke Box in the lobby.

Share your score!

Share your score in a screenshot below to show everyone how much of an office here you are! :)

The team and the work:

While we used a number of assets in this project, putting it together in the timeframe was (as always with LD!) a challenge. Let us know if you encounter bugs of course! While extended development might not be likely on this project, we definitely had a ton of further ideas to make the game better (more engaging, longer, more funny, etc...) but we'd also love to hear your ideas!

We have opted out of the Audio category as the music and the sound fx are provided by third parties and other than the technical rigging of these, there was not much effort involved. The graphics on the other hand involved a significant amount of work despite assets being used for the 3d models (as credited below) (Design, lighting, rigging).

Assets/Tools Used

-Note these tools and any other assets are all licensed software and require the proper licenses to use.

Unity 2021.3.10f

Polygon Office by Synty

Polygon Icon Pack by Synty

Big Action Music Bundle by Muz Station Productions

Ultimate Sound FX Bundle by Sidearm Studios

Polygon Particle FX by Synty

Mixamo Animations

DoTween by DemiGiant