[ CODE ] PROJECT
Please Hire Me
A psychological horror survival game about unemployment. $20, 7 days, one laptop. Find a job before you're evicted.
The pitch
You have $20 and 7 days to find a job before eviction. Everything happens on a laptop on your desk: apply to jobs, go outside, work side gigs, doomscroll, sleep, repeat. Six endings depending on how you hold up. Inspired by Needy Streamer Overload and Papers, Please.
What I made
- Everything: game design, writing, all pixel art (Aseprite), code, UI, trailer
- Systems: stat-driven day cycle (hope, sanity, energy, anger, money), job applications that turn into phone calls, side gigs, chores, random encounters, and six stat-based endings
- Mini-games: quick-time events, a maze, timing and button-mash challenges inside job interviews
- Shipping: exported builds for Windows, macOS and Linux
Why it matters to me
I made it while job hunting. It's the most honest thing I've built.
