The Last Employee DX
A quick game that I made over the weekend for Mini Jam 42: SNOW
The constraint for the game was that it could use no more than two colors. I also made it in two days so it's a very binary game!
This game works like a Game Boy game. Here are the controls:
D-pad= WASD/Arrows
A = Alt / Z / J
Start - Enter
It is more of a visual-novel style experience than a game. You can think of this as something that I would have done as a short comic if I had time. I am pretty happy with it artistically but I think that some people might not enjoy the fact that player agency is reduced as part of the narrative. For me this is the main reason that it is interesting but I know that I have sort of eccentric taste.
The following songs appear in the game and are credited to krümel (crumb)#0723 and used under the MIT license.
Sneaking Around- Main Song
Radical Victory- Overnight Jingle
Determined- Morning music
Short Hauntings- Office Music
Slow Death- Board Room Music
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Hi Ben, i just purchased The Last Employee and am keen to jump in but realise I cant play it on my Analogue Pocket as I dont have the .pocket file. Are you willing to make this available via Itch.io? Also, loved The Machine and am loving Metamorphosis - picked up the physicals of both! (and still bummed I missed out on Unearthed from Limited Run)
I think this is possible. I will investigate doing that but it may take up to a week just because of my current schedule. Really happy to hear that you have been enjoying my games!
Thanks Ben, take your time! Just rolled credits (for the first time) on Specimen 134 - wow, it's fantastic!
Oh awesome I'm glad you liked it! There's a couple of other endings you can get too. I did an investigation into exporting a pocket file for The Last Employee and unfortunately it is on a really really old version of gb studio where it's not possible to convert it to a pocket file even using the oldest methods. Unfortunately I don't have time at the moment to port it to a newer version of GB Studio because I'm approaching finishing another game. I will let you know if the opportunity presents itself to me though.
Hi Ben, ended up achieving about 3 endings on Specimen 134 (2 of which were brutal but amusing). That's okay re: the Last Employee, just excited to hear you have another game in the pipeline. Still holding out hope for Unearthed in physical form (kicking myself for not noticing it on Limited Run).
If you can be patient, I do suspect that we will be able to get Unearthed back on cartridges again and up for sale. It might take a little while though. It's tough to navigate making the games and properly distributing them. I'm glad you enjoyed Specimen 134. I think the various endings were one of the most fun parts of making the game.
I really enjoyed the narrative and thought it was executed perfectly.
Thanks for playing! I'm really glad you liked it! :)
I tried to be a good person the first time I played, and I wasn't too terribly surprised by the ending. Then, when I played it again and made the most evil choices possible... I mean, I shouldn't have been surprised by what happened, but it still hit hard. Now I kind of want to play it a third time to see what happens if you don't use the bathroom. What a cool game! And l love the music!!
Pretty funny discovering the goal after the game ends the first time. Kinda makes you want to play again.