Score: 5

"Well, what IS here is alright, but..."

by: Neutron888

date: December 26, 2008

With this demo, there's no point to the game. I noticed that you have to earn money. But there's no point considering that the shop isn't open.
It would be useful if you couldn't go through walls too.
But there are good points.
You used some good music(The Waiting Room is one of my favourite pieces on Newgrounds, and sound clips from the movie was nice. I liked the little jokes in the room, too. (Bush makes fool of himself again)
So all in all, I found the demo to be a mixed bag. It only gets 5 because there is no game in here, but the music and sound clips make it feel like a game. My score will go up by at least 2 when everything works.

Score: 2

"i couldn't leave my home..."

by: b-som1

date: October 8, 2008

but isn't office space the movie with the guy who gets hypnotized?
i liked that movie

still, u shouldn't submit a demo...

Score: 2

"Most has been said"

by: Brownhead

date: October 7, 2008

Needs work, though I do like some of the effects (You did a very nice job on the building highlights)

But a bug that I found and I don't think has been mentioned. In the room with the water cooler, when you run into the wall to the right you are bounced back too far.

Keep working at it

Score: 1

"Okay"

by: Andragon

date: October 7, 2008

So, this is a demo for a game that you plan to release later on? Well, that's what Alphas are for, no?
THE 1 STAR IS ONLY BECAUSE YOU SUBMITTED IT IN THE WRONG SECTION. I'll play the full game when it's out.

There's many issues and things to keep in mind:
**The "character" shouldn't be walking through/sitting on walls and obstacles.
**You should tell the gamer what the controls are. It may be sort of intuitive, but you still need to mention the arrow keys and clicking on objects for interaction. **Speaking of interaction, I shouldn't be able to work out of my desk. I could click on the desk from far and magically "work" and get money.
**Speaking of the working process, you should at least make a 3-second animation showing that he's working hard between the clicks. Do the same with the characters chatting and the answering machine.
**Tell me that you're adding a lil more detail to the "characters." Yea, I know we're looking at them from a 2-D point of view, but still it doesn't look very interesting.

I really can't get in depth (yea I know), because it's not the complete version yet. I hope that what I observed doesn't offend you or make you feel bad, because it takes balls, time, and lots of coffee to animate and script games. So, don't let me or anyone bring you down. Now I sound like Oprah :(
Good luck, man.

Score: 2

"Please try again"

by: falariem

date: October 7, 2008

There is way too much wrong with this to keep this on the Portal. Let me sum it up.

1. The jump is glitchy. I can do an infinite jump if I keep tapping up.

Ok, that's minor, but we're just getting started.

2. The collision detection is sketchy at best. Half the time I jump on the platform, the character's feet either float above the platform, or sink half way through. The other half of the time, my character falls right through.

3. The character doesn't move with the platforms. This is fine and all for a horizontal platform, although it's still a glitch. But, at the end of level 3, I jumped on that black platform, and fell right through as it was coming back up.

That said, at least you're headed in the right direction. I like the challenge, I like the music for some reason, and the look on his face as he runs about is a nice touch.

Please try again. I'd like to see a finished version - platformers are one of the nest genres of gaming.