Project: Manage
Story:
You play as the project manager in a team of indie game developers. It is your responsibility to remind the team when to start and when to stop. Each member has a different burn out rate and can produce at different speeds. You don't really mind, and you also try to inspire your colleagues.
You have a special communication device that you made for each teammate. It lets you know their current status. So if they are working on something, if they are stressed, or if they are feeling motivated by something you said.
You'll be able to review the status of everyone's tasks. Once all the tasks are completed, then the game will be published! Easy, right?
Just make sure no one loses their sanity trying to make a game.
Controls:
Main:
- Click the button on a dialog box to communicate with a colleague.
- Click into your messenger to type out a message.
- Click the X to send the message.
- Valid Actions will Execute (view action list below)
Actions:
Begin working on a task:
- Start
- start
- START
- go
- Go
- GO
- Begin
- begin
- BEGIN
Stop working on a task:
- Stop
- stop
- STOP
To Motivate others working on a task (gives bonuses):
- You can do it
- You are incredible
- This is amazing
- amazing
- terrific
- beautiful
- never stop
- keep going
- incredible
- Incredible
- Beautiful
- beautiful
- Amazing
- believe
- Believe
- inspired
- Inspired
- Great
- great
- good
- Good
- wow
- Wow
- WOW
- impressive
- love
- LOVE
- Impressive
- dynamite
- Dynamite
To Discourage others working on a task (gives debuffs):
- I Hate it
- That is the worse
- wtf
- Bad
- Terrible
- terrible
- disgusting
- bad
- nope
- Nope
- Worse
- worse
- hate
- Hate
- terribad
- Terribad
- disappointing
- Disappointing
- disappoint
- Disappoint
- try
- Try
- ew
- Ew
- gross
- Gross
Comments
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I think it is a really cool game, but you could maybe add a timer that gives you a higher score for completing the game faster. Currently there is no incentive to go fast. Adding a timer would make managing the game (making multiple people work at the same time / not letting your people burn out) much harder and rewarding!
I also love the music and art that you used.
I like this idea! I was thinking about doing something along the lines near the end, but I wasn't sure if it would balance well. In my next iteration I think I'll use a time mechanic. Maybe doing a calendar with days spent with stats at the end of each day C:
Glad you liked the music, I made it :) !
Cool concept, but there really isnt alot to do. I also find it confusing that you cant just hit enter to send the message. But cool simple game
Thanks for the feedback AmazingBKaiser, I'll be sure to add in the enter option for the console on the next build C: !
I like the concept, its just really confusing to play.
Thanks Barney! The last thing I worked on was the explanation/tutorial :c I initially intended to implement an IRC feature to work out the messages but ended up spending too much time tweaking each monitor's stats. Thanks for playing :)