SHADOW BYTE STUDIO PRESENTS

TGIF

THANK GOD IT'S FATAL

A satirical top-down office-survival game. The modern workplace is trying to kill you, and quitting is not an option. They haven't approved your PTO.

JOIN THE WAITLIST MEET YOUR COWORKERS

THIS QUARTER'S ENGAGEMENT TARGET: SURVIVE

MANDATORY TRAINING

HR CIRCULAR: THE 4:30 RUN
COMPLETION IS COMPULSORY

Before the Redundancy reaches your floor, Human Resources requires all remaining staff to complete a short survival simulation. Each colleague has an approved response. Selecting the wrong one is noted in your file.

It takes about ten seconds. You will not pass.

Click the simulation once before using your keyboard. Open it on its own floor for a bigger view.

SITUATION REPORT

INTERNAL MEMO: FACILITIES
RE: THE 4:30 PM REDUNDANCY

It is 4:30 PM. The redundancy exercise has begun, and something has gone wrong with the staff.

Your colleagues have been transformed: brainwashed by consultants, optimised into KPIs, and turned loose on the open-plan floor.

Please remain at your workstation. Do not attempt the fire exit. The consultants are here to help. That is the problem.

EMPLOYEE FILE: AMIT

STATUS: Un-optimised (last known)
ASSETS: One (1) stapler. Survival instinct.
VOLUNTARY EXIT: DENIED
NOTE FROM HR: Slapping coworkers is permitted only as part of an approved wellness check.

THREAT ASSESSMENT: YOUR COWORKERS

PHONE ZOMBIES

Heads down. Thumbs scrolling. Drifting toward you on autopilot. They have not looked up since Q2.

THREAT LEVEL: AMBIENT

CREDIT KLEPTOS

They take what's yours and present it upward as their own. Great deck, by the way. Really strong work from them.

THREAT LEVEL: QUARTERLY

HR CULTURE MANAGERS

Enforcing the vibe. With menace. The pizza party is not optional and neither is the smiling.

THREAT LEVEL: MANDATORY

MICROMANAGERS

They will not stop watching. They will not let you work. Quick question. Just checking in. Any update on that update?

THREAT LEVEL: CONSTANT

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION CONSULTANTS

They don't attack you. They convert everyone around you. They are here to help. That is the problem.

THREAT LEVEL: CONTAGIOUS

H.R.A.I.

There is an AI running HR. That is all you are cleared to know.

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EMPLOYEE SURVIVAL HANDBOOK

PACIFY, DON'T JUST FIGHT

The signature loop: slap → heavy stun → detox. Knock sense into an infected colleague, then walk them through a wellness check. Curing beats killing.

WEAPONISED OFFICE SUPPLIES

Keyboards: throw them or swing them. Fire extinguishers: aim generously. Everything on a desk is a tool or a threat.

BUSYWORK AS OBSTACLE

Printers jam. PTO forms must be filed. KPIs must be met. The bureaucracy is literally in your way.

CONSULTANTS CONVERT; YOU CONTAIN

Stop the spread. Manage the room, not just the enemy in front of you. An unattended consultant is tomorrow's headcount problem.

SPEC SHEET

VISUAL

2D top-down pixel art. Office-diorama staging. Deliberately readable.

AUDIO

Original score by the team, including live guitar and Indian-instrument experiments.

STATUS

In development. Chapter 1: one floor of the company. There are more floors.

DEV LOG

OFF THE RECORD: NOT AN HR COMMUNICATION

Everything above is written in the company voice. This isn't.

Two first-time developers are making this game, and we're writing down what actually happens: the wins, the nine-hour bugs, the week our own website went down. No polish, no synergy.

READ THE DEV LOG