I really like the game idea. It is so unique and fun.

I don't now if it's just my computer
but when i play the game in Webversion and shoot with the watergun the game lags.

I hope you can fix the bug and I am looking forward to a sequel.

Nice and pretty original entry!

Pros:

• Good approach to the theme, where you have to walk around your environment and analyze it.

• Tutorial panels, always a plus!

• You clearly set the objectives of the game with the top-right panel.

• The narrative is definitely the highlight—it creates a sense of mystery and really helps immerse the player in the game. There are surprise moments, and the universe feels alive. Really, really great job!

Cons:

• I found the first music track very repetitive, which made it difficult for me to get into the game at the beginning. However, I preferred the second one.

• Visually, it’s not very rich, but since you worked on this alone, it’s understandable, it’s not easy to do everything.

• I didn’t understand the purpose of the multiple empty rooms.

• I felt pretty lost at the end of Chapter 5. Up until then, I was used to having a clear objective, but in Chapter 5, I couldn’t figure out what to do and wasn’t able to finish it.

Anyway, even though I pointed out some "negative" aspects, that doesn’t mean your game is bad at all. You clearly have something original in mind, with a narrative that works really well. I was surprised to get emotionally involved in it! So yeah, you can definitely be proud of what you’ve create, great job, and keep up the good work! 😃

Very great entry!! The theming is totally on point, and I love everything about the story, and what it's going for. The almost horror-like barren hallways and emptiness really give it a cool feel that is unlike anything else I've played in the jam.  Like other reviewers were saying, I did find myself getting a tad lost, but I can appreciate this tying to the themes. Great work!

This was a very (unfortunately) accurate parody of the state of working for large corporations today. The tedium and ridiculousness of the formulaic and unhelpful online chat interactions made me exasperated in the best way - you really nailed it, haha. 

Needless to say, I loved your concept, and I was impressed with all the written content your game included. Usually I don't like reading a lot in games, but the way you did it made me want to keep reading to see what ridiculous corporate-speak thing would happen next. 

The main issue I had was sometimes not being able to engage with something I needed to, like using the computer, talking to the robot in Terminations, or picking up a keycard. It seemed like the hitbox for these things was a bit finicky, so if I wasn't far enough away or approaching from the correct angle, I couldn't get the little "hand" interaction cursor to click on these. I still persevered and was able to finish the game, so it wasn't too bad. 

Although the map was a bit difficult to navigate because everything looked the same, and you could probably find some points of interest to help orient players better, I wouldn't completely change it. I think the grey, barren, unremarkable and repetitive nature of the environment perfectly suits the story you're trying to tell. It is a sad soulless building owned by a sad soulless corporation. Nobody is decorating their cubicles. Everybody has been declared a cost center and terminated. Truly a scary scenario!

I can't promise I'd commit to 37 more floors lol, but I would definitely come back and play more if I saw an update here. Really love where you're going with this one. Great job!

Was really easy to get disoriented in the samey hallways, I feel like some of that feeling is intentional but I'd still appreciate a basic map of the floor layout - I had no idea where I was the entire time and found myself constantly running in circles.

Mechanics of this were pretty basic but it's clear that most of the effort went to the writing (really impressive that you were able to put this out in three languages!). I think the story and humor were generally pretty on point though the english could be a little shaky, and in particular the acronyms used seemed really inconsistent - the evil hr seemed to be referred to by a couple of different acronyms at random and it made things a bit hard to follow. I think maybe the acronyms for the other languages might've slipped into the English translation since I noticed a similar error on the game page where the English section uses "TI" instead of "IT".

A couple nitpicks I did have with the mechanics is that it felt particularly irritating to have to switch off your weapon in order to interact with things. Given you could freely swap at any time there didn't seem to be much of an actual reason for this and it made it harder to even recognize interactive objects since the prompt to interact would only appear after switching to an empty hand. I'd also like to be able to scroll the chat log at the beginning since I accidentally clicked through a couple messages too quickly and had them get immediately pushed off screen so that I couldn't read them. Making the message boxes a little smaller might also help with that.

Switching keycards seems like it'd get tedious really fast with many more than there are now. I think you should have the player discard any keycards that get strictly outclassed - after getting the A2 keycard there's not any reason to make the player switch through the now redundant A1 keycard.

Music fit the office vibe pretty well but it was wearing pretty thin by the time I beat the game. The metroidvania elements also seem to be limited to literal locks and keys here so not great on that front, maybe that'll be expanded upon in a fuller game.

...I feel like this review turned out pretty negative but I did enjoy the game! The humor and theming are really well done, and most of my issues are fairly minor. This is a pretty solid game, nice work.

This was fun! I really enjoyed the story and the exploration. Haha it took me forever to find the router room because I kept looking for "N1" instead of "M1" whoops :P Thank you so much for making a game where I don't have to jump across moving platforms that either drop me to my death in spikes, or cause me to fall 10 stories and do it all over again, it gets old. Have you seen the show Severance? I think the floors you've created here give a really similar atmosphere to the ones in that show. Great job!

Nice work, I really enjoyed the story and atmosphere. I like how you made boredom a tutorial. The strange physics really grew on me, though I’m certain it’s more of a bug; hitting the robots would really send them flying sometimes. At first it felt odd but it was fun knocking them around the halls. If you do expand another 39 floors, some variation in the rooms and enemies would be good but for the length it is, it works well.

That's a truly creative and original idea on Metroidvania games. I really like the atmosphere great job!

I love the atmosphere and setup. It really sells the dead, emotionless cooprate enviorment vibes,

Couldn't play much ( prone to motion sickness) so I won't rate. but it feels very cool!