Summon the Intern

co-authored: @kiuun
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.77
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.91
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.89
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Welcome, intern. The company has taken your application in a positive light, you may join the ranks immediately.
Many of our current employees have been looking forward to having a new handyman, we hope you can deliver!

This game was made using Pico-8, controls are:
- Arrow keys or controller d-pad/joystick to move around
- keyboard X or controller X/B to dash
- keyboard C or controller A/Y to interact and work!

Itch.io and Splore have an updated version with slightly fairer difficulty increase (since 2024-04-16)

Current highscore: Day 7

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Comments30

LocksmithArmy
LocksmithArmy15 Apr 2024, 21:16
This is great, Ima try and load it on my pico ;)
Historymaker118
Historymaker11815 Apr 2024, 21:21
Woo! Pico-8! This was a lot of fun, it took me a bit to get used to what I was supposed to be doing, but once I got the hang of things I had fun piling up the papers and trying to get tasks done. I'm really impressed with the music too, I personally struggle a lot making music and sound effects in pico-8 (I didn't have the time for that this jam myself) so I always appreciate a great chiptune track! Did you upload this to splore too? I'd love to be able to continue to play this on my rgb30.
Bronino15 Apr 2024, 21:26
Always cool to see Pico-8 games !
Fun game, I love the music and the pixel art.
Tollona15 Apr 2024, 21:28
This is some stressful stuff in a cool game! Almost authentic work experience. Cute graphics, especially the little cat friend! I noticed way too late there's stats for petting the catto. Next playthroung I'm just petting the cat.
Speedphoenixauthor15 Apr 2024, 21:47
@historymaker118 Thank you! I just published a post on lexaloffle, this is my first time doing this, is that enough to end up in splore?
The cartridge id is summontheintern-0
Historymaker118
Historymaker11815 Apr 2024, 21:49
@speedphoenix yes that should work to get it on splore. I'm definitely adding your game to my favourites list!
TevasLiutauras16 Apr 2024, 13:17
Great job! Especially with the medium used, very inspiring
FramboiseDodue
FramboiseDodue16 Apr 2024, 13:17
It is very good but so hard haha ! Loved it though
BoroBoro16 Apr 2024, 13:23
The game is quite brutal, I barely managed to keep up... Such is life...
agentparsec
agentparsec16 Apr 2024, 13:30
Very well done, but quite difficult
LDJam user 384191
LDJam user 38419116 Apr 2024, 13:38
Great interpretation of the theme! Very hard, but I like the art style and music, and the game feels really polish. Nicely done!
Liu Pa Yueh16 Apr 2024, 17:05
This game is so humorous lmao, sympathize with all the interns. Really like the graphics.
NaPlz98
NaPlz9816 Apr 2024, 18:16
This game is very funny, I had a hard time playing it haha, it's quite difficult, it's very good! Good job!
wujood
wujood16 Apr 2024, 18:20
A very polished entry for a 72 hour game :grin: great job!
LDJam user 38931916 Apr 2024, 18:22
As someone seeking an internship currently this hit home 🥲
Timur_Bahadir
Timur_Bahadir16 Apr 2024, 18:27
Absolutely love the sprites and the unique interpretation of the theme is also really cool.
CaineTinyArms16 Apr 2024, 19:02
Great game, but I Pico-8 games so I might be biased.
Breaddysticks
Breaddysticks16 Apr 2024, 21:03
This game reminds me of my days as an intern :) A nice loop and a good concept and the sprites are well drawn.
Josion16 Apr 2024, 23:02
It's impressive to see such a well-received and engaging entry, especially in a 72-hour jam. Great work bringing fun and nostalgia to the community!
PieRo_PBeS_studio
PieRo_PBeS_studio17 Apr 2024, 08:25
typically the kind of game I like: arcade and brutal. The interpretation of the theme is great and the whole game is very well polished. The pixel art works wonderfully and a special mention for the music and the sound environment. excellent !
kuggenhoffen
kuggenhoffen17 Apr 2024, 08:40
Awesome game, very well polished and the music is banger! Good job!
Trevor Lentz17 Apr 2024, 21:12
I really appreciate the chiptunes and the comments from staff. Feels like real life tech support to me XD. The artwork, sound, gameplay and music all match up very well with this on. Well done. :)
JEMH2K
JEMH2K17 Apr 2024, 21:17
Capitalism Simulator
Life_Lich
Life_Lich18 Apr 2024, 00:52
The game feels very polished the art and music it great. I had a hard time keeping up with the requests, but that seems to be by design. therefore the difficulty is very well balanced. Personally I find it often hard to balance my entries. its impressive that you have managed to find a good middle ground between hard and unfair.
prcastro18 Apr 2024, 01:11
Great stuff! The graphics are specially great
ashleypox18 Apr 2024, 02:20
This was so fun to play!!! Love the art and sound. Adding the cat was such a cute touch :)
TRASEVOL_DOG
TRASEVOL_DOG18 Apr 2024, 16:18
This is a really cool entry! I feel like the difficulty curve may be a little too steep, I got to day 5 and I don't really see how it'd be possible to get past day 6, or at best day 7, so that's discouraging me from giving it other tries. But it was really fun to play, the graphics work really well, the music and sfx are great, and the whole concept is very funny / relatable. Loved it, great job!!
Archaeognathus
Archaeognathus18 Apr 2024, 22:24
Very tough, but also very fun and funny. Burned out after day 4. Guess I was not dashing enough... unlike the style of the game ;)
LDJam user 243193
LDJam user 24319326 Apr 2024, 07:33
I can see the idea here but too bad the intern is placed in bad spot and it's hard to get to other employees in this office room. But I'm glad I could pick papers diagonally so I could cut my run time.
Still need to figure out how to pet the cat (if possible).
samh
samh3 May 2024, 16:33
Thanks for the game, I loved angering n+1s. It's exactly the kind of game that tend to make me really too nervous, like Overcooked and the likes, but the humour made up for it. Excellent look and feel, and the controls are non-frustrating. Also loved the 80s vibe of the music.

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