wageslave
A short, narrative, dystopian office survival game. Play as Job Cyphus, a newly-hired programmer eager to deliver value. Ship code to eat. Optimise your nootropics stack. Stay sane. Cope with HR’s passive-aggressive pings. Climb the career ladder. Retire early (if you can).
- Web demo is limited to the first 120 in-game days
- More events, endings, characters, job titles, and consumables in the final version
- Can be completed in one sitting
- more if you want to see every ending.
I hope you have pleasant associations with DM pings. You are going to hear them a lot.
Your KPIs? Lines of code. You don’t produce, you don’t eat. It’s that simple.
Find the optimal balance of stimulants and mood-stabilisers to increase your output while staying sane. Unlock new consumables with each promotion.
Each promotion brings higher earnings and pressure. Save enough to hit your retirement target and escape the rat race.
Purchase
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Development log
- Wageslave Release30 days ago
- Steam Demo Release!98 days ago
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i think this is fire!!!! idk whether its just my laptop but when im at the sign up for mailing list post, everytime i try type in the box, it comes up with the pause menu? Otherwise love this shit, especially the office-home and the fact the player is called Job
Thanks! Glad to hear you had some fun! (And the player’s surname, Cyphus, is a nod to the Sisyphus of Greek myth) ;-)
It’s not your laptop, it’s actually a bug, I was able to reproduce it: I imagine your email contains the letter “P”. It’s conflicting with one of the pause buttons.
I’ll provide a fix. In the meantime, if you’d still like to sign up to the newsletter, you can do it here: https://cauldron.games. Thanks for reporting it!
Darkly funny take on the depressive / oppressive corporate office worker's life
Curious to see the full version :)
hey, just a small nickpick but the crackling sound effect is kind of annoying. Can you get rid of it or at least have an option to turn it off? I find it really distracting.
Would you describe it more like an electric humming (think AC) or is it actually crackling?
If you do you hear a very annoying persistent crackling sound then it’s not intentional. I saw some play testers having the same issue, and it seems to resolve on its own after a few refreshes.
I thought it was caused by a specific low frequency sound and I removed it, but looks like you’re having the problem as well.
I’ll investigate the issue. Thanks for reporting it!
crackling
I’ve made some changes yesterday that should solve the problem. Let me know if you still experience it :-)
"Who needs home-office when you have office-home?"
Gold.
Glad the line resonates! 😉