The Simpler Times
The Simpler Times
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein
The Simpler Times is a newspaper company, based in Simpler, USA, that is determined to deliver the simplest headlines in the nation. Gather words from around the office - while pushing through furniture and coworkers - and bring them to your computer to write your simple news story.
Controls
- WASD to move.
- E to interact with words, and to deposit them at your computer.
- Click and drag words in and out of the upper text field to create your headline.
Also, we'd recommend playing with sound!
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Attributions
Art:
- (most) furniture: https://sierrassets.itch.io/pixel-art-furniture-pack
- Walls and floors: https://gif-superretroworld.itch.io/interior-pack
- Characters: https://snoblin.itch.io/pixel-rpg-free-npc
Sounds:
- mouse click https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/computer-mouse-click-352734/
- plop https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/plop-sound-made-with-my-mouth-100690/
- typing https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/keyboard-typing-sound-effect-335503/
- swoosh https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/swoosh-026-454861/
- whip https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/whip-02-242215/
- stretch snap https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/stretch-amp-snap-rubber-173110/
- kitchen timer https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/kitchen-timer-87485/
- hair dryer https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/hair-dryer-179179/
- startup https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/startup-sound-fx-1-roland-mt-32-95204/
- step https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/st1-footstep-sfx-323053/
- room tone office https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/room-tone-office-12-59350/
- printer https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/printer-106935/
- clear throat https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/clear-throat-85636/
- phone ringing https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/phone-ringing-6883/
- stapler https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/stapler-99366/
- murmur https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/indoor-adult-murmur-small-groupwav-14573/
- vacuum https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/vacuum-running-idle-175614/
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made by JuniperDev and goobst in 3 days
for the Brainless Mini-Game Game Jam
Comments
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Well put together! I enjoyed the sounds, and the office is organized well. I think it would be nice if the string attaches where the player is rather than always being in the middle of the word. It would help the user be more strategic in the 1st phase. Keep up the good work!
I'm still playing it daily lol
I'm having so much fun
Ugly CEO dead, city celebrates!
Monkey says, rain burns local man often 👍
poor guy :(
Loved this game, very fun! Amazing work for just 3 days.
Cute little game. I like it.
I don't know if you are planning on updating it, but I think a retry button after publishing the article would be great.
Thank you for creating games and videos. :)
Lethal Monkey Cheese was Never Stinky
Fun concept, and nice polish! Was struggling with a getting a very good word for my sentence through a tight corridor because it was too long (ended up not making it..).
Breaking News: Sexy Stinky Teacher Behind Acid but prevents causes
I had ''Causes always special, royal says!'' :D
Lethal acid closes city but celebrates YouTube !
Rare! Police cat grows grandma and ends bad...
Just saw the youtube video on the game, my sentence was: Cat hates local janitor!
Awesome
This just in! Teacher says President was special but stupid.
Sick game!!! Love your videos Juniper de
cool game
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good game i give thumb up, sounds are best part
I love how the game sounds