Your First Day at Sequoia
A downloadable game for Windows
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Your First Day at Sequoia is a short horror game full of cardboard boxes and corporate questionnaires.
Congratulations!
First and foremost, welcome to the Sequoia team! Now that all that boring hiring business is out of the way, we can start getting you ready to do your job.
You should be proud to have made it this far. You’ll soon be a part of something truly special.
This is my entry into the Scream Lite jam, hosted by Caveware Digital!
Thanks for playing!
Content Warning: Blood, gore, unpleasant sounds
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Rating | Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars (5 total ratings) |
Author | dannymendiola |
Genre | Interactive Fiction |
Tags | Horror, screamzonejam9, Unreal Engine |
Average session | A few minutes |
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Your First Day at Sequoia 1.2 GB
Development log
- Graphics updateDec 17, 2022
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A very strange experience indeed.
YouTuber: Fellowplayer
Thank you for playing!!
Was a fun game and an interesting concept. The premise, ambience and also story was interesting. Not sure if there were multiple endings through the different choices, but was fun to get the texts between the box collections and seeing as how things went sinister towards the end.
Now while it is a fun game that one doesn't notice the time pass by while playing, there are a few things I suggest that could improve it.
First is making it more sinister. Things went sideways more towards the end but I feel that it didn't have a good buildup. The questions about the nearby worker crying or not being productive enough were intriguing at first, but it can be easily brushed off as a regular question as many real life offices might have similar surveys about coworkers, etc. So maybe making things more sinister by upping the ante earlier on. And also, a lot of people will be expecting the game to go sideways, so the building can be faster and start earlier on to divulge the player and keeping them engaged. You could add a creepy line about maybe the previous co worker not doing a they were told, or maybe some spooky personal question or something that makes the player question the surroundings.
Another thing that might have been better would be the game play and surround itself; specifically of the job. What is the point of the player being in between the conveyor belts when they could have just been connected and the boxes/. other items just be passed through? So maybe adding something in between like an inspection check or maybe a thing to add an approval sticker and/ or option to sign the package might immerse and make the player player feel more in the moment of the game.
Other than that, I think you've done a good job at the game and made it spooky- especially towards the end, and effectively made the player think about the sinister side of the game and the darker meaning.
Great game over all and good look for other projects!!
Wow thank you so much for playing, and for the feedback!
This was pretty good! I would love to see a wider variety of ensuing added to this! Great game!
Thank you so much for playing!!
Fun game are their multiple endings?
Hey, thank you!! There are a few small differences based on a few of the questionnaires, but yeah they all end up in the same place. Thanks so much for playing! :D
Ahh cool. Enjoyed playing.