Review - A Day At The Office by David Whyld

[Hordriss]

I decided to download this one, as I had heard good things about David's works and that he is expert at incorporating humour into his games, which is always a plus with me. Another reason to go for it was that it had no reviews so far.

This is a single-room game, and looking at further info it appears to be a competition entry.

Anyway, the review:

FUNNY, BUT FRUSTRATING

This game is set against a time limit. You have so many moves to figure it out, and to be honest it's got me stumped.

I've done everything I can think of, and I'm unable to find the telephone socket, the pencil or the desk key, and I'm guessing some or all of these are vital to getting the good ending.

Also, a little bit of GTV, as it will accept armchair and comfy armchair, but not chair. And it will accept telephone but not phone. I also noticed one very minor typo.

That said, despite the frustrations I've had in figuring it all out, the author has done very well in getting a lot out of a single room and I very much enjoyed the writing. It's written in a very humourous manner and the style of humour is right up my alley.

3/5, as although I found the gameplay (and the very well hidden items) frustrating, the writing was very enjoyable.

[David Whyld]

Thanks for the review. Been a while since I last heard anyone mention that game.

[Hordriss]

I was drawn to it down to both your reputation and it's complete lack of reviews. Do you by chance have a solution for it? I can't load it up in developer as it's password protected.

[David Whyld]

After all these years, I can't remember what the password is. I used to keep a list of them at one point but I've no idea where that list might be now.

For a walkthrough, there's one over at http://www.delron.org.uk/walkthru/office.html

[Hordriss]

Nice, thanks.

I never thought of 'kick cabinet', if I'm honest! I'll go through that over the next couple of days just so I can see the proper ending where I don't utterly fail!

[ralphmerridew]

Password is "kylie".

[David Whyld]

Really? Ha, I'd totally forgotten I used to use Ms. Minogue as my password. Probably not a good idea as it'd be the first thing anyone who knows me would try.