I liked the concept of this game a lot! Making a good looking game in unreal can be hard, but I think you did a great job! I am glad you had graphics options, because even on my decent gaming PC, it struggled a little on the lower graphics settings. My only other comment would be a second to gain your bearings before the punches start landing, but it definitely adds to the chaos! Overall great job :)
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Vacation Hours's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #175 | 3.030 | 3.030 |
| Enjoyment | #205 | 2.818 | 2.818 |
| Audio | #227 | 2.515 | 2.515 |
| Overall | #233 | 2.703 | 2.703 |
| Creativity | #237 | 2.909 | 2.909 |
| Video Pitch | #290 | 2.242 | 2.242 |
Ranked from 33 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?
Our main character got sick of working in a cubicle, feeling very "stuck in a box," and the gameplay experience is them escaping it or "getting out of the box"
Video Submission
https://youtube.com/shorts/72C-x3VR6DU?si=xbL8drMNXQeaq-7F
Comments
This is a really cool game, I love how fast the action starts off right away. The camera was a bit too spinny and fast, so it was kinda dizzying, but once you get used to it, the gameplay is pretty neat. I was surprised by how short it was! The art was really great too, I love the direction of it.
quite the fun game! Very short though. Loved that the keyboard had a sword icon in the inventory lol
Cool game and concept! The only thing is I'm not sure was I able to actually die there. I got kicked so many times during the run but simply nothing happened.
That's interesting, you should be able to die, we confirmed in testing. We haven't heard of this issue till now, we'll have to investigate further. Thanks for the feedback! If you have any clips of the issue you're running into we'd really appreciate it to be able to trouble shoot further if you'd be willing to connect through discord or other means!
Really liked the art! The concept of the weapons all being the stuff in the office was cool, though I do wish there were a few more options personally. Not bad, just a little bit short for my liking!
I liked the character design and the screen crack effect you get when you take damage. I felt like the music didn't completely fit but it was not bad music. The music was good but the vibe of the music wasn't shared with the vibe of the visuals. Otherwise I enjoyed it, although it was a bit short.
I'm loving everything going on here. The music is maybe a little too intense compared to the satirical tone of the visuals, but it still works. The character design is instantly iconic feeling, and the idea to use office supplies as weapons is both hilarious and genius. I would love to see this expanded on in the future to add more content and polish. Excellent work.
Cool little game! wish it could have been longer! It was fun for what it was though! Great job!
Very fun if not short game - could definitely play more! Would love to see an expansion of the combat system like dodges/blocks and sliding, kicks, something along that vein - the music was really awesome and had me bpping my head wanting to run around crazy like I was playing Doom 2016 or something.
Some sound effects and some sort of feedback for landing punches or getting hit would be really cool too!
Artstyle was great, as is the premise, nice one :D
Feel free to check out ours for a game also about beating people (bugs) up :P : /jam/bad-ideas-game-jam-2026/rate/4417439
short but sweet game! artwork is really nice, and gameplay's fun, though the game itself is a little rough around the edges- the camera feels a bit finicky, but overall nice job!
Short but really fun experience, the humor lands really well and the whole “escaping the cubicle” idea is super relatable. The staple gun is honestly the highlight, it feels way more satisfying than it should
The pacing works great for a jam game, though I’d definitely love to see more content or maybe a bit more progression if you expand it. Also some better audio balance/settings could make it even smoother
If you get a chance, check out my game too, I’d love to hear what you think
Nice funny and simple game! The artstyle is really charming. This has been said a lot but the staple gun is just so great
I think it ended too fast but it was really fun to play!
Very simple but funny as hell, I was laughing the whole time. The music was super intense for the main character to just be running around so slowly, but that only added to the comedy. Not to mention the unemployed win screen. I think it's by far one of the funniest games I've played in the jam.
Really fun and short experince! loved the audio and look of the game!





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