The Loading Department --加载事务部

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The Loading Department --加载事务部

Behind every progress bar is a team of very busy hamsters.

You’re the one doing the running. Inside a tiny workshop in a computer, you and your coworkers handle the user’s digital requests—with good old-fashioned physical labor.

Need a file? Dash to the filing cabinet, find it, and deliver it.
Need a picture? Bring the paperwork to the drawing hamsters and let them work through it, one picture at a time.
Need to compress some files? Take them to the packing hamster, then carry the finished packages to the delivery window.

Fetch, process, carry, deliver—and don’t keep the user waiting. Nobody likes a progress bar that refuses to move!

And however busy things get, don’t forget to take a coffee break. Finish drinking to enjoy 30 seconds of extra speed!

Controls

Choose either control scheme, or mix them freely:

Keyboard: Arrow Keys + Z / X

- Arrow Keys: Move.
- Z: Interact—pick up files, place them, or use the coffee machine.
- X: Throw your entire stack of files in the direction you’re facing.

Keyboard + Mouse: WASD + Mouse Buttons

- W / A / S / D: Move.
- Left Mouse Button: Interact—pick up files, place them, or use the coffee machine.
- Right Mouse Button: Throw your entire stack of files in the direction you’re facing.

Other Controls

- Fullscreen / Exit Fullscreen: Click the button in the top-right corner to enter or leave fullscreen. Available in both the Windows and browser versions.
- Alt + Enter: Toggle fullscreen in the Windows version.
- Esc: Open the confirmation to leave the current level. The game pauses while this dialog is open. Choose Leave to return to the main menu, or Keep Playing / press Esc again to continue.
- R: Restart the current level.

Carry files in stacks, or throw them straight into a workstation’s input tray or the delivery window. The delivery window only accepts files needed by active orders.

Goal

Collect files from the cabinets, process them as requested, and deliver the correct labels, file types, and quantities.

Complete the target number of orders before time runs out to clear each level! The Tutorial has no time limit; Levels 1–3 each last four minutes.

Credits

- Licheng (Me): Game design, additional programming, and artwork.
- ChatGPT: Game design discussion and revisions, primary programming, and additional visual design.
- Suno: AI-generated music.