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340-0-300 with hackathons, spam pipe bombs, infinite run
why can i mail people pipebom b
developer response: a very persuasive way of getting them to use your product
The javascript alert whenever you go to begin a new startup takes you out of full screen every time. Very annoying
i got kinda bored of it
in the end you just press 2 buttons and wait for energy to run out
Extremely accurate portrayal of how startups work. 5/5
i love it when the protagonist claps back
Mail People Pipebombs: The Game
good game
That was cute and fun, thank you! My final one that I got to say no on was Tinder for Squirrels lol
this game is very silly and wacky (extra silly points for pipe bomb)
5 stars just for how hard I laughed at the "ideas"... also cried. Too realistic. FML!
That ending with "(1) new message" is a clever way to make the bad ending.
fun fact: you have to purposely lose to progress so you can gain wisdom and eventually say “no”
Cool game, short and fun!
17 mins :)
I finished this game. It's short and neat. I just wonder is it possible to have a sustainable startup running for relatively long, without completely relying on free AWS trial?
developer response: My strategy when balancing the game was to pump LoC into features early on and then go all-in on Monetization. I could usually make the startups last for a fair bit after the trial ended with that strategy.
Of course though, the game is balanced around never being able to have a permanently successful startup :)
I think I hit an accidental purgatory state? 80 lines of code, keep mailing out pipe bombs, and the money I make seems to consistently be outgrowing the AWS upkeep cost. I'm still missing the post-mortem and say no upgrades, possibly one or two more.
developer response: You need to make the startup fail in order to make the game progress. The ability to keep a startup going forever was actually a bug, but it's pretty silly considering the theme of the game (and I am incredibly lazy and do not want to fix it)
beat the game!
It would be nice if you could see how wisdom gain was determined as well to decide whether short runs or long runs are better
developer response: I believe the wisdom formula is shown to you in the modal upon having your first startup fail. Not sure if you can view the modal another time though
It took me way too much time to realize that all you need to do is to ignore the marketing and dump all the code into features