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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall (Shortlist Vote - Community) | #58 | 2.526 | 2.526 |
Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Really funny and surreal atmosphere, but I think the game lacks some instructions and context to help the players fully appreciate what it is about.
I really liked the artstyle with the hand-drawn look of everything and I of course also loved the inclusion of our beloved
overlordBundeskanzler, Merz!Now, I might be shizophrenic but I could swear I was sometimes pressing the right button and the game still failed me.I've literally recorded a screen capture right now and while watching it noticed that it said "Now, match the word". I am truly an intelligent person.
As for feedback, I think having some audio clue or just a bigger popup with the new task would be appreciated. Also, I might be having a skill issue, but I did not manage to complete the game after the task changed. Please say that this is an endless runner and I did not miss an ending or something...
But all in all, a really fun game with a fun artstyle, a fun gameplay idea, and most importantly, a
funhard working Merz.Fantastic vibe, reminds me of the show Severance
Oh my god, this made me laugh so much. Fantastic visuals! 😄
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if a huge chunk of the development time went into that "Merz" model, because it turned out absolutely brilliant
thank you, the research for the model was quite painful, kinda have to recover from that.
Es fehlte nur noch eine Packung Mehrzweckeier
Sehr cooles Spiel, ich habe ungefähr 15 Minuten nach dem Passwort gesucht(Inkompetenz), der Computer mit allem drum und dran war es echt der langen Suche wert! Hoffentlich werdet ihr nicht bald verklagt...
interesting core idea(und das merz model ist mega)
Danke dir! 😄 Freut uns sehr — das Merz-Model war definitiv eines unserer Highlights im Jam.
Herr Merz wann darf ich nach hause gehen?
I have no idea what all of this means but I was working so I did what I'm supposed to!
Great game, we laughed so hard! <3 We need more games like this!
Haha, genau so sollte sich der Arbeitstag anfühlen 😄
Und wenn ich von der Map falle und sterbe liege ich zumindest nicht mehr dem Steuerzahler mit meinen ganzen Arztrechnungen auf der Tasche 😂
Took me a while to get the controls...and eventually... I did not get it? I don't see the connection to the theme here... or is it the mini game matching the colors while using the hands to do so? The mails and thoughts were quite funny though!
A second game slowly appears when you start matching the colors for your work. The second game can be a bit hard to see if you match not fast enough.
Yes, I played the game :D
Thanks for the feedback! Our idea for Mind & Body was to contrast the mental pressure of office work with a more physical dream/combat world, with both sides affecting the player. We had the connection planned more clearly, but in the end we were missing roughly another 2–3 hours to properly tie the systems and ending together. Glad the mails and thoughts still landed though!
Thank you for participating in the ARD Game Jam 2026.
Unfortunately, we have to disqualify your submission from the competition. During our review process, we were unable to access the game and therefore could not evaluate or play it.
As all entries must be accessible to participants and judges for voting and evaluation, we are unable to include the submission in the rating process.
We appreciate the effort that went into your project and thank you for taking part in the jam. We hope to see you again at a future ARD Game Jam.
Hi, could you please explain further how you were not able to access the game?
Sorry, we requalified you, we had a wrong link in our check.