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A jam submission

The RoutineView game page

Submitted by Mega Games Studios / Publishing (@MegaUtilities) — 5 hours, 36 minutes before the deadline
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The Routine's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#85501.3642.200
Narrative#89061.2402.000
Creativity#91011.4882.400
Artwork#91951.2402.000
Enjoyment#93420.8681.400

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
You complete the same routine every day

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Music from freesound.org (all copyright free)

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Mega Games Studios

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Congrats on what you achieved! I would suggest you to guide your player more because I was really confused about whether the toothbrush worked or was bugged. I could play more only when I saw to comment of TeamCarrot down below. 
Loved to see an other game about routine!!

Developer

Hey,

Player guidance is something I personally agree with but glad you were able to get past the problems you experienced.

Thanks for trying The Routine

(+1)

Well, it's a game! Controls work smoothly. Solid grafics. My experience:

- toothbrush doesn't work

- entering the correct input at the computer in the office doesn't do anything

- I could collect just two of the items in the supermarket. The on at the cashier's desk doesn't work

- I played some days but could find any differences but that the input in the computer changes which has no effect what so ever

- I didn't find any choices where I could do something else aside of wrong entries on the computer

Really felt a bit loopy - So your game goal was archived? :-D


Please, rate also my teammate's first solo project "Eversands": /jam/gmtk-2025/rate/3781063

Developer

Hey,

Toothbrush does work however there is no indication that it did work

You need to press submit then the blue man. If you hear a success sound, please move to the elevator and interact with the buttons to be moved to the next part of the game.

Thanks for trying The Routine!

Thank for the reply. I got that with the blue man button, else I wouldn't have been able to play on ;-)

Submitted(+1)

Congrats on releasing your game! I had some difficulties playing it, and here's my feedback:

  • I would have liked a reminder in-game or in the menu on interactions. Some games use E, some F, some Left-Click.
  • The toothbrush did not seem to work, only the picking up of the wallet worked
  • However, after picking the wallet, I could go straight to the office
  • Initially had some issues finding my cubicle, even though it's marked with YOU. A marker/indication or even different colors for the cubicle would have helped
  • I typed the entry into the PC correctly (I checked three times), and it made a 'success' sound, but nothing happened

Overall I can see what you tried to achieve, it would have made it clearer and enjoyable with some extra markers/indicator or explanation.

Developer

Hi,

First off thanks for your comment. We thank you for the congratulations.

The success sound is your queue to head to the elevator where you need to press the button.

For interaction we tell you about the button in the game description on the itch page, but I do certainly agree more in game direction would be helpful.

The toothbrush “works” but you just can’t see it working.

Again, thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Maybe its just me projecting real life, but I can't brush my teeth at all

Developer

Hi,

Toothbrush does work however you cannot see that it works.

Thank You for trying The Routine!