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A jam submission

Natural Machines, Inc.View game page

Your internship begins today.
Submitted by Misha — 5 days, 4 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#393.4763.476
Graphics#403.7623.762
Gameplay#453.5713.571
Overall#743.3143.314
Theme#1733.1433.143
Audio#2112.6192.619

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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Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

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!

Submitted(+1)

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

Submitted(+1)

I like the W98 aesthetic quite a lot, and the animals are quite well made. I've enjoyed playing it.

Submitted(+1)

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!

Submitted(+1)

It took me 2 mins to load puzzle 3 after completing puzzle 2. The loading indicator kept spinning.

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

The spinner indicates the simulation is running. It does not automatically stop or progress to a different puzzle.

Submitted(+1)

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?

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

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 :)

Submitted(+1)

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.

Submitted(+1)

Like the windows looks, cool concept but not so machine related in my point of view

Submitted(+1)

Very great game, I really into it !!!

Submitted(+1)

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.

Developer

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!

Submitted(+1)

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

(+1)

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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