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First Day at Maze Corp.'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #59 | 3.864 | 3.864 |
| Innovation | #74 | 3.955 | 3.955 |
| Enjoyment | #78 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Gameplay | #111 | 3.773 | 3.773 |
| Visuals | #160 | 4.136 | 4.136 |
| Audio | #173 | 3.682 | 3.682 |
| Theme | #249 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
It's your first day at work and "nothing can go wrong...", or you might get fired.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Sourced our main UI and input systems from our existing project; "Project Praelium". All of the rest of the code is original and open source on GitHub ( https://github.com/IceCavern-Games/BrackeysGameJam2025.1 ).
The assets we didn't make are all credited on the itch.io project page. :)
How many people worked on the game?3
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Very good game and Art well Done !
thanks c:
Really cool idea! I never thought I would catch me thinking "I just wanna work!" hahaha
The spray paint is a really fitting mechanic, well done. I also liked the notes in our working desk that provide some good but not too deep tips.
Great work!
thank you!
Damn this game was fun.
glad you liked it :)
Played it a few times and got to the shipping room, but couldn't find HR. It took me way too long to realize I should be using the spray can. Enjoyed the chill vibe of the game.
Aahh so close! Time for a speedrun? Thanks for playing!!
Never made it to lunch and starved to death. The spray can is ingenious! - Will replay.
Management is pleased… I think? Good luck on your next run!
I couldn't make it to my desk, I am the worst employee ever. I liked the visual style and controls! Nice work!
Happens to the best of us. Thank you!!
I SEARCHED FOR THAT BASEMENT ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WAS BEHIND THAT CORNER ALL ALONG!!! Nice game tho :D
>:) haaha thanks!
Loved the game, a really good idea and very polished too, i didnt get bored until i completed it, excelent!
glad you enjoyed it!
Took me 8 attempts to complete it!
Nice idea and aesthetics.
Only sometimes I was kinda tired because this game constantly needs you to think and search for the solution.
I would have added some time for the player to catch their breath and regenerate.
Nevertheless, really liked this game, especially this idea with HR (totally true, lmao).
Can't wait for other projects!
hahaha happy you liked the HR shenanigans! That's a good idea, I think if we expand on this it'd be nice to change up the gameplay loop so it's not always so stressful. Thanks for playing!
I WANT WHOEVER MADE THIS BUILDING FIRED
great game btw :D
You'll have to find your way to HR to file that complaint
haha thanks!
Nice game idea! I like how you make everything black and white, very fitting for an office! (I might be biased too) And then suddenly adding red, which really made me curious, and that makes it more interesting!
I'm no good with maze and having a spray paint that I can use to write anything sure is helpful! I can just write the room names with arrows.
The only problem is just that I got motion sick on my third try and ended up getting fired for the third time... I'll come back to it later when I recover!
I love the shift to red, was something that immediately felt good when we tried it!
Thanks for playing! If you do come back to it maybe give vsync in our options screen a try? I noticed the screen tearing on my home PC was really bad and I could totally see it causing some motion sickness
Oh, it actually makes it better! Thank you for telling me!
Cool game, great visuals. It gave me the The Stanley Parable vibes
thank you!
Made me anxious, in a good way.
sounds like we nailed the first day at work vibes then haha
nice game! I really liked the style of your game! keep it up!
thanks :)
Interesting idea. I played with paint a little and at first though it is just for fun but turned out that I really need it to navigate through the office :)
Visuals and sound make great aestetic. Good job!
thank you!
This is really cool. I looove the art. Wish I would have gotten further but I got a little dizzy. I could definitely see this one making it's way into more of a steam release. I'd love to try a more mature version of it.
Aw sorry to hear that but thank you for the kind words! If we continue working on it I’ll definitely look into trying to reduce that
I think this is one of the best games I've tried so far! Really liked the idea and how it looks. I got so lost :D
Thank you!!!
glad you enjoyed it :)
Wow this is a neat idea. Love the paint mechanic and the simple grayscale art style. Definitely one of my favorites so far. Will be playing again later! Heads up I use an ultrawide and the UI was messed up scaling wise. I still had a blast and its one of my highest rated of the jam. GREAT submission!
Thanks for the heads up! Just had a parameter on the scaling set incorrectly. Got the fix pushed up in the repo and it will be in the next build.
Thank you for playing! Glad you liked it. c:
thank you! such a kind comment! really happy you enjoyed it :)
this is great!!! i'm guessing that yours is inspired by severance? mine is and we ended up having similar ideas lol. i love the style for this though!! it's so aesthetically pleasing. i hope to make games like this someday >:D (i worked on A Day at WayWard Co. with boco)
100% Severance pilled right now. 😄
Thank you both so much! Really means a lot. 🥲
severance is my TOP show rn hahaha
and yes of course :))
you're too nice !!🥲 Severance was a big inspiration, definitely felt it in your game as well! Happy you enjoyed it :)
aww yes of course! :))
OMG! Love this game! I would love to see more of this! Good Job!
VR version 🤔
That would be crazy! It is such a game idea! I would love to see and play that! I would probably pay for it, if it was really fleshed out and finished!