CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

The Debt Alliance swept over the kingdom without warning. Suddenly Free Time Mountain and Hobby Oasis were lost, and the debt monsters were attacking the walls of Castle Sanity itself.

Cubicle Quest is a game about how life can suck. Dead end jobs, repetitive obligations, irritating coworkers... Cubicle Quest takes all of those things and turns them into enemies you can fight in an old-school RPG.

This isn't a bunch of financial advice repackaged as a game, and it's not going to hit you over the head with lectures. The enemy in the video is about as blunt as it gets: kill "Unpaid Bill" enemies fast, or they turn into nastier "Late Fee" enemies.Your skills and elements boil down to a few intuitive categories, so I think it makes for a fun RPG experience even if you don't care about the financial foundation.

But at least part of the fun is the ability to take a character from deeply in debt to a more fulfilling life. In real life, even if you have things under control, your finances can move pretty slowly paycheck to paycheck and it can take years to attain some goals. Cubicle Quest packages the feelings of moving up in life into a fun gaming experience.

Xeno wrote:Deffo gonna get in on this.

GeneD wrote:Congratulation on getting funded. I'm curious, apart from places like Steam or Desura and of course the Kickstarter backers, what do you have planned in terms of distribution?

goldenspines wrote:Mav's art and a new game project from UC? I must be dreaming. \(*u*)/

It also makes me happy that you are well on your way to your first stretch goal. I hope to contribute soon if I can.

Also, this is making me not regret finally downloading Steam. I look forward to seeing how the project progressed and eagerly await the release date.

uc pseudonym wrote:A few other small channels and GOG.com if I can manage it. What specifically are you interested in?

GeneD wrote:Mmm not specifically interested per se, I really was just curious what encompasses indie game distribution between something like Steam and "I'm part of a forum where I'll post a media fire link".

Peanut wrote:Finally a game that allows me to forget about how mundane my life is by letting me live out someone else's mundane life! Definitely backing this.

Peanut wrote:Curses. I was hoping to use my sandwhich empire to put my kids through college.

It definitely needs a nerf since as it stands you can fix all your debt in a little over an hour after you get to societyville however I think the more broken part of it is the fact that you can make unlimited things during a single month of game time. Its also just a bit silly. I'm not sure if you could implement this without any other problems (or if you would have the time), but a cap to restrict how many items you can make in a month. It doesn't have to be too complicated either, you can just have time advance a month after you hit the cap. This way the player can still feel like he's an entrepreneur establishing his own virtual Jimmy Johns while dealing with the reality that there is a limit to how much you can produce at any time. I'm saying this also because I'm assuming there are other items that can be produced later in the game that make you more of a profit if you mass produce them so if that's not the case then ignore my idea.

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Voting cause I'm all about meta-games and stuff.

Peanut wrote:So I ran into a rather frustrating, game ending glitch that I figured I'd report here. Basically, I went to buy a house, succeeded and then the game froze. I couldn't move I couldn't access the menu or anything. The game literally locked up. I tried to buy a different house and got the same result. Here is the vod from the end of my stream that shows the problem. The only thing I can think of is that I fought one of those bosses on the top floor of this area (the one that lets you move to a cheaper area) and maybe its causing some sort of weird conflict or something. Really not sure though.

uc pseudonym wrote:Which version of the game are you playing? I know what this bug is (it's actually a weird and involved issue with different relationship conditions), but I'm pretty sure I fixed it multiple versions ago. Desura should have the newest version, but it doesn't update your copy automatically. You can also dodge the bug by not buying a house at all (second top floor boss).

uc pseudonym wrote:It took a long time, but eventually we worked our way into the top ten games on Steam Greenlight, at which point it was accepted by Valve, and now the game is released on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/349500/

If you enjoyed the game and have a Steam account, I'd much appreciate if you left a review of your thoughts on the game. It doesn't have to be long or in-depth, just honest.