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!
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Natural Machines, Inc.'s itch.io pageResults
| 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.
Comments
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!
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
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! ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌗





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