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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #39 | 3.476 | 3.476 |
| Graphics | #40 | 3.762 | 3.762 |
| Gameplay | #45 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
| Overall | #74 | 3.314 | 3.314 |
| Theme | #173 | 3.143 | 3.143 |
| Audio | #211 | 2.619 | 2.619 |
Ranked from 42 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I felt so nostalgic playing this game, reminded me of the playing MS Entertainment Pack for Windows as a child. :)
Some of the puzzles were quite challenging and I was really invested into finishing all of them. Definitely one of my favourite entries - congrats!
The behavior when clicking repeatedly in the same spot was also natural, and with the SFX, fonts, and UI design, it was a very well-crafted game! (ツ)ノ
I like the W98 aesthetic quite a lot, and the animals are quite well made. I've enjoyed playing it.
Very cool puzzles - quite challenging and satisfying once you get them right. Retro esthetics and office chatter in the background are great and add to game's atmosphere - this looks like fun internship!
It took me 2 mins to load puzzle 3 after completing puzzle 2. The loading indicator kept spinning.
The spinner indicates the simulation is running. It does not automatically stop or progress to a different puzzle.
This was fun and I love the retro-theme. I couldn't wrap my head around what I could possibly do to win with only one turtle and one dog tho. Everything up until that point made sense but I wonder if I was finding an an unintended solution?
It's addictive, and it reminds me a lot of several classic games I used to emulate on PC. In fact, it really gives you the feel of a classic OS. I assure you I'll give it a 5/5 rating :)
As someone who's old enough to have used Win95 the art style is on point. The game play is addictive battle sim. Not bad.
Like the windows looks, cool concept but not so machine related in my point of view
Very great game, I really into it !!!
Very relaxing and entertaining. Plenty of variations, changes, context, and atmosphere. Very complete and with a rather unique style. I'd just add some background music; it's a PC, right? There must be an MP3 player somewhere, haha.
The ambient soundtrack is there - it’s an active office workspace! However, I’ve set the default volume quite low to avoid blasting people. I can definitely picture an old-fashioned MP3 application in a more fleshed out version of the game though!
I had to turn the volume all the way up just to hear "something". Okay then 😅. It's just a matter of turning up the game's volume a bit :P
Natural Machines, Inc. might be the most unique game I've played on the Gamedev.js Jam 2026! The concept is really unique and creative and I really liked the humor, although I'm not really much of a RTS guy, but in the 4th puzzle which introduces the turtles, I didn't know what else to do and died instantly. I might be missing something that's just on me, but I would suggest the turtles having the same attack power as the warthogs, just move slower than them. Still, a really solid effort in this jam, Misha! 4.5/5 stars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌗