Rush Hourk

by ethery
co-authored: @kamivara, @robin49
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Welcome to your new dream job !
You'll have to do simple tasks to begin.
But you know, time is money so you'll have very few time to do your tasks.
Okay ! Stop talking ! It's time to meet your new boss !!!

Comments20

zeichn3 Oct 2022, 22:17
I like the premise, you are challenged to complete the tasks, tho they might be a bit too much for the time. Or it is because i only used the mousepad
nullval
nullval4 Oct 2022, 19:46
I like the interpretation for the theme. It nice that it has a lot of escalation for each level :D
ManTou
ManTou5 Oct 2022, 12:57
Do some work every ten seconds is an interesting idea. Maybe it could be simulation game
gibberingtaylor
gibberingtaylor5 Oct 2022, 16:32
Office work sure is stressful. I like the Papers Please-esque presentation. I got to Day 3, but couldn't beat it.

A few minor things-- It was a bit frustrating starting over from Day 1 every time I failed. Also, it would have been nice to know if I failed because I messed up, or because time ran out. And I wanted the tasks to advance once I completed them, especially when I had to keep repeating Day 1 every time I failed; it got a bit annoying waiting for the timer to run out.

Also, that boss is full of himself. Nice work!
jabsatz5 Oct 2022, 22:47
neat game, I wish there were checkpoints though, I lost in the 3rd day and I had to play all over again
LDJam user 277851
LDJam user 2778515 Oct 2022, 22:56
It was very difficult to reach day 4

I think the player should use the keyboard to enter the password. It's a bit more realistic that way

Anyway, it's a fun game.
Sailors
Sailors5 Oct 2022, 23:06
I really liked the audio, I really felt in the office and I could sense the tension. Your graphs were on the point too. Your game logic was releted to theme so that was nice. Only thing is starting all over from day1 each time we fail can be a little annoying. But other than that great game, good job :)
BlushingCrow6 Oct 2022, 10:11
Good office-sim, "mundane stress" vibes.. I got a Papers Please feeling from this one! Restarting from Day 1 on a failure was a bit of a grind but it's a short jam game so eh. Well done!
SayuriNyooko6 Oct 2022, 11:03
What a boss! This is really hard game you made! But I like it. No problems and bugs, sound is wonderful, like I'm at the real office. Good work!
Itskdog
Itskdog9 Oct 2022, 01:54
Seems like a dream job!
fabula_rasa9 Oct 2022, 19:11
It's a perfect simulation of an office desk job :laughing: I really liked the sfx (especially the office ambience).

The game gets very difficult fast. Allowing the player to use the Enter to push the A button and/or use numpad to type in codes would make for smoother gameplay, I think.
broodjethomaat10 Oct 2022, 08:03
Love the SFX, difficulty could build up a little slower tho
fizzbark
fizzbark10 Oct 2022, 08:11
The art and audio are impressively dystopian. I thought the game wasn't working at first; took me a minute to realise you were meant to click on the speech bubble. Good work making the boss so aggravating - I was hoping for a boss fight!
epeachyband
epeachyband12 Oct 2022, 18:41
Very interesting idea. I like the artstyle and its simplicity
Sethios
Sethios12 Oct 2022, 19:39
I didn't survive 3 days on the job, I guess I'm terrible at manipulating sliders, buttons and key codes lol

Jokes aside, the game was very interesting, and multitasking was fun! I also really liked the art, it sets up a pretty dystopian mood. Only issue I have with the game is that I wish there were checkpoints because starting all over can be a bit frustrating
BathPirate19 Oct 2022, 19:14
What a pity there is no web version:(
Robin4920 Oct 2022, 17:33
@bathpirate Yes, we were planned to do a web version but it doesn't work properly :/
Hacktier20 Oct 2022, 21:15
Cool game. The game looks good and plays well. Nice work.
Snowdrama
Snowdrama21 Oct 2022, 15:55
Nice! Good stuff, the game gets really hard really fast haha, once it added in punching in the code it was really challenging!

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