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A jam submission

THE MACHINE HUNGERSView game page

Be proud of your WORK. Quality is a reflection of YOU.
Submitted by Clau, Pao, Pablo Ferrer, Sonoz - Alexander, Palarus — 1 hour, 20 minutes before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
ANTI-CAPITALIST POWER#104.2864.286

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+2)

Utterly oppressive atmosphere balanced brilliantly with the diabolically comedic break area. I love that the gameplay compelled me to not even bother walking over to it later on. It’s as if it was just a spectacle to admire from a distance and that my broken non-quota meeting body wasn’t worthy of its pitiful restfulness.

Submitted(+1)

Muy bueno! buena ambientación oscura y deprimente, me encantan los detalles de la "sala de descanso",  si se le puede llamar asi hahah

Submitted(+3)

I loved the use of lighting!!

Submitted(+2)

I love the concept and the dark, horror like experience. I think you captured the nature of factory work very well. It reminds me of the video for NAPALM DEATH - Smash A Single Digit.

Would be great if you could include the full screen button for the web build, because everything was super small.

Submitted(+2)

Lo he pasado mal, me ha encantado.

El agobio que creáis con la iluminación y el sonido es una locura y los momentos de descanso al final ya me estaban dando rabia (en plan bien), enhorabuena!

Submitted(+3)

Quina passada gent! Em va molar la estètica que vau aconseguir per la Sant Jordi Jam i aquí encara més. L'ambient és angoixant i el so ho converteix tot en una experiència molt orgànica. Les mini pauses em semblen una vacilada absoluta. Les últimes vegades ja he deixat d'acostar-m'hi per poder ser més productiu (com a la vida real upsss). 

Submitted(+3)

I think you did a good job capturing how workers themselves are treated like machines.

Submitted(+4)

Really great!

Loved the atmosphere, the visuals and the sounds. An almost industrial horror, with the harsh lighting, the fleshy subject matter, and that goddamn blaring noise of the alarm. I feel like it really hit the nail on the head of that oppressive pressure to do the work that results in the weird mix of stress and boredom. Just really hits the nail on the head with the vibe!

Submitted(+3)

Great allegory. Got me feeling depressed and powerless, which must be the intended effect. Nicely done!

Developer

Depressed? Powerless? That doesn't sound right, wasn't the the 𝓑𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓲𝔃𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓶𝓸𝓭𝓾𝓵𝓮 enough? ;)

Thank you so much for playing! We tried to go for a more visceral, horror-y approach to how capitalism devours until nothing remains.

Submitted

Dear Manager,

Please include more pizza parties and corporate mindfulness sessions in the 𝓑𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓲𝔃𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓶𝓸𝓭𝓾𝓵𝓮

Yours truly,

No worker, ever

Submitted(+4)

Me ha gustado la idea en general, aunque he tenido problemas para jugarlo desde Firefox (la visión del jugador se mueve aunque no mueva el ratón).

Igual se necesita pulir algo el juego, pero ¡buen trabajo!

Developer(+1)

¡Muchas gracias por jugar y por el comment! Esperamos que hayas tenido una buena jornada de trabajo.

Le he echado un vistazo a la versión de WebGL en Firefox y no he tenido ningún problema con el input 🤔
Si me das algo más de info de la versión que utilizas, puedo echarle un vistazo en específico.

Submitted(+1)

Estoy usando la versión 139.0.1 de Firefox. Y la jornada fue muy b̴̡̧̝͎̖̪̹̖̻͆́̔̿͑̉̎̾͋̚ͅi̵̛̤̖̭̠̯̤̜̲͒̋̆͂ḝ̸̢̞̯͍̱̯̝̼͋͒͗̑͐̀̄̽̐̇̓͝ͅņ̷͚̪̥̲̣̯̟̠̱̠͈͎̼̯͗̓́̍̕