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A jam submission

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Close pop-up ads, earn money and save enough to go on your dream vacation in this cozy office game!
Submitted by Maxime Bastien, Jens De Brabanter — 2 hours, 31 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Artwork#2944.4264.426
Narrative#11533.3823.382
Audio#12943.4853.485
Enjoyment#30283.2653.265
Creativity#30643.5743.574

Ranked from 68 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?
Counting down the days until you can go on vacation

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Used the "Painterly Normals Shader" from the Unity Asset Store

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Maxime & Jens

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Submitted(+2)

This game is really pretty, but it gets kind of stale very quickly. I think more types of pop-ups or items would keep the game feeling fresh as the player slowly gets more and more money.

Submitted(+2)

super cool and unique game! really fun to play and has really good art and audio! keep it up :) !

Submitted(+2)

I really like the pc studio and the pop ups model (and the graphic in general). we did something similar as well so i'm biased (just a bit)

Submitted(+2)

Very polished game! The mouse was a little hard to control at first, but I got used to it after a while. I really love the warm and cute art style!

Submitted(+2)

super cute vibe and feel, love the music and graphics, do wish the pace was a bit faster/exciting/more variety, maybe some new mechanic on the 2nd-3rd day would be perfect! 

Submitted(+2)

Super cute!! I loved the cozy vibe and audio. The mouse kept on jumping around for me (there was an error popup when I first opened the game, so maybe that's why?) so I gave up around day 4 but still had a good time.

Submitted(+2)

This has one of the most beautiful aesthetics I've seen in the jam so great work on that. The pace was maybe a bit slow, I was surprised to see new mechanics coming in when I was almost at €1000. Unfortunately when the "select coffee" adds came in I think something broke and the rest of the day would continue with no ads. Really cool idea though, well done

Submitted(+2)

I think game drags for a lil bit way too long, I was able to get needed 1000 (I suppose that's how much you need), in 15-ish days, and honestly was already a bit bored, so I dropped the game at that moment, but if you would bring new mechanics such as multi click adds earlier that maybe could've done it a lil better for me. Nevertheless, great job!

Submitted(+2)

Cozy game! I like the art, and the concept. I could finally get to Bahama.

The most important thing I get is that, as long as I got what I want, I can leave bullshit work away:D

Submitted(+2)

really enjoyable and I had a fun time, I think maybe a little long (I know it's supposed to take a month but my wrist really hurts after playing haha) and maybe knowing what the money goal to win is would be good.

generally very well polished and I really enjoyed playing this game.

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Very simple game loop, very effective. These nasty BUY buttons appearing suddenly just when you're about to click the CLOSE button! Love the art style, beautifully made. Not sure if it is intended that during tutorial I needed to click on the buy to learn how to lose money? Right after that there is a popup with powerups, and I did not have enough to buy any. Got stuck for a second as I didn't see the button to close that menu before I realized I need to use play button below. Besides this one little thing - fun, and polished game!

Developer

Yes! It's intended that the buy button in the tutorial makes you lose money. The shop opening up after the tutorial is an error on our part. We unfortunately didn't have much time for player testing so we weren't sure how effective this would be. Glad you understood it though!! Thanks for playing and for leaving a comment! :) 

Submitted(+2)

Had a lot more fun than expected for how simple it is, I think the ambiance/pastel art style really make the stay comfortable and it's a pretty anchoring game mechanic that keeps you glued. Great entry, got some bugs from hitting a magnifier, it would make the "5 stack ad" not display correctly, and for one whole level no ads popped up for some reason and just waited out the timer. But a perfect game jam game, and I think others would agree this game has legs and can have a lot more mechanics and become a full release! Very cool!

An idea I had was what if you had an idle game you were also managing? Having something "fun" to spend your money on! Would force you to make choicess like "should I spend money on ad removal or the idle game I am invested in?"

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

I love the art and the tutorial was straight forward!

wish there were more types of ads that can get closed in different ways

other than that Really well done!

Submitted(+2)

Good game but the artificial mouse drag though useful for making gameplay better was annoying especially because I am playing on a trackpad. (that might be the problem)

Submitted(+2)

This refused to load on Firefox and caused a "this tab is slowing Firefox down error" I won't rate this as others don't seem to have this problem.

Submitted(+2)

Relaxing game and annoying popups. Overall great execution!

Submitted(+2)

Super cute game and wins the award for best game page! (jealous)

I would've enjoyed having to do actual work on the computer for longer days while getting interrupted by popups. Something like a minigame where you have to type out emails or do some data entry would've made the game more hectic, but it might clash with the cozy vibe

Good work!

Submitted(+2)

Really creative and I love the visual style of the game! Was a little too long to play all the way through but it was really nice and fun! Nice and cozy, great work!

Submitted(+2)

An exquisite and cute casual clicker game. Upon seeing the introduction, I thought there were 4 people in the photo, so I aimed to earn 4000 euros, but it seems not to be the case. The repetitive labor towards the end is really tiring, and the 30 day seem too long. There is no automation tool, so I couldn't persist in completing the game (I accumulated 1000 euros in about 15 days, discovering a combo of extended time + increased money).

Developer

We appreciate you taking the time and thanks for your feedback!

Submitted(+2)

Overall a good game but I think it's a bit too long, also I got to a 1000 euros by around day 20, I think it could've ended if you had a 1000 euros at the end of the day. The rest of the days felt pointless after I got the 1000 euro mark. Anyway, still had fun playing!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!
It is true, we received this feedback quite a bit now. Sadly we couldn't playtest this game a lot since we were busy with making the game, but we will take this feedback into our next game jam!

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