A downloadable game

It's the last week of the semester. For the students at the local high school, that could only mean one thing: Hell Week. For Kai, however, who lives alone and has no support from relatives, it might as well be literal hell...

For five days, help Kai prepare for the day, go to school, and work until evening. At the end of each day, decide if he should rest or study until morning, but choose wisely: Kai can only afford to rest once this week...

How will Kai end up by the end of Hell Week?

Credits

  • Submission for the DevelUP Game Jam 2122B-2
  • Contributors
    • Michaela Olalia: Character Art, Scouting for Background Art and Music
    • Aljo San Pedro: Game Code, Art and Music Code, Minigames
    • Aljo and Micha: Concept, Planning, Design, Script
  • Backgrounds: Noraneko Games @ Noranekokgames.itch.io
  • Minigames Art: Kenney @ kenney.nl
  • Music: 
    • All music licensed to YouTube by TRACKS Inc. on behalf of DOVA-SYNDROME
    • YouTube playlist of all tracks used here
  • Made using the Godot Engine


More information

Download

Download
Hell Week v1.zip 53 MB
Download
Hell Week - Mac.zip 66 MB

Install instructions

Download and extract the folder, then open the Robot 🤖😇

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klepton1 year ago

Just found this now! I haven't played it yet though I would like to thank you for having a Mac version available <3 qq

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Frances2 years ago(+1)

I enjoyed playing through this! Life as a working student is tough and this captures some of that vibe. I like the detail where when I tried clicking on rest a second time and Kai was like "I can't rest" since they already rested once that week. As a student who once had a part time job for some time, I know that feel, at least to a slight extent.

The aesthetic is also pretty; I like how the backgrounds, minigames, and sprites have similar "vibes" in terms of color, like the saturation and value levels of the colors are similar to each other and so nothing seems to be out of place. 

Another thing that I liked was the flow: the minigames and visual novel sections are balanced (meaning there's not too much minigame time that you're taken away from the story, and there's just enough minigame time to keep you paying attention). It's just the right mix of VN and gameplay for me!

Overall, it's nice! The working student life sim is a cool concept that I'd like to see expanded further in a longer game in the future.

p.s. The Google Docs part was my favorite minigame and made me smile, ("why are you running"). This game brought back some fond memories of my student life.

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