Ten minutes of righteous robot ruination
July 12, 2018 8:07 AM   Subscribe

Need to blow off a little steam and strike a blow against heartless capitalists? Industrial Accident is your jam. A short-but-satisfying Twine game from John Ayliff.
posted by Johnny Wallflower (25 comments total) 11 users marked this as a favorite
 
I read that as "ten minutes of righteous robot urination" but this is good too
posted by moonmilk at 8:21 AM on July 12, 2018 [10 favorites]


I let the intern live.
posted by corb at 8:28 AM on July 12, 2018 [11 favorites]


I read that as "ten minutes of righteous robot urination" but this is good too

I did the same. I wondered how a robot can urinate righteously before it occurred to me to wonder how a robot can urinate.
posted by Foosnark at 8:32 AM on July 12, 2018 [3 favorites]


Fun! I was hoping for a different ending from my second playthrough when I was not at all indiscriminate tho :(
posted by solotoro at 8:33 AM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]


That was surprisingly fun. Does that make me a bad person?

I also let the intern live. But not the pigeon.
posted by ubiquity at 8:48 AM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]


I really enjoyed this. It's very similar to Mike Bithell’s Quarantine Circular and Subsurface Circular games.
posted by Fizz at 8:49 AM on July 12, 2018


Wheee, that was fun. :)

I also let the intern live (but that water cooler had it coming).

Had headphones on but didn't realize there was audio in this game. Volume was way up. Nearly jumped out of my seat at the first shot!

I always enjoyed the Infocom "interactive fiction" games, and sometimes replay old text adventures. I think I could really enjoy an elaborate game done in this format or similar, with clickable options rather than keyboard interface, and sound effects (would be great with ambient noise for each environment).
posted by ethical_caligula at 9:01 AM on July 12, 2018


The first time through I killed 46 beings because I didn't know what was happening. The second time I killed 1 (the lecherous executive who was harassing the intern.) The third time I didn't kill anyone and let my power run out, because why should I murder at the behest of an aggrieved ex-employee? It appears that the company denies hacking no matter what the outcome.
posted by grumpybear69 at 9:51 AM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]


I know I'm exceptionally inept at games, but what is this supposed to do?

I get the introduction screen "Other robots work methodically on other parts of the production line. A supervisor sits in an office overlooking the factory floor. The large door leading out of the factory floor is closed. There is an electronic lock on the wall next to it. A finished product is on the conveyor belt in front of you. There is a stack of boxes next to you. A truck stands open waiting to be loaded."

I can click on the links but they just tell me things like, yes, the door is locked, the supervisor is harmless, the other robots are configured like you, etc. and then get returned back to the first screen.

At first I thought it was because I was trying it in my heavily locked down browser, so I switched to my totally open and allows-anything browser but the results were the same.

What am I doing wrong?
posted by sardonyx at 10:05 AM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]


First you must follow your programming (click "finished product," then "boxes," then "truck," then wash rinse repeat until something interesting happens).
posted by solotoro at 10:12 AM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]


Thanks. That helped. I wouldn't have had the patience to keep repeating that identical sequence without the instructions.
posted by sardonyx at 10:26 AM on July 12, 2018


I always enjoyed the Infocom "interactive fiction" games, and sometimes replay old text adventures. I think I could really enjoy an elaborate game done in this format or similar, with clickable options rather than keyboard interface, and sound effects (would be great with ambient noise for each environment).

There is a whole genre waiting for you. I personally "enjoyed" Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery.
posted by Rock Steady at 10:31 AM on July 12, 2018


why should I murder at the behest of an aggrieved ex-employee?

But... I... Kill all humans?
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 10:32 AM on July 12, 2018 [7 favorites]


Yeah, sardonyx, I could see where there's an implicit assumption of a particular approach to gaming, now you mention it - after you do that once, a counter appears at the top ("PRODUCTS PACKAGED = 1") which immediately triggered for me an instinct of "Oh, I just did something that gave an incremental score, now I must increase that score."
posted by solotoro at 10:43 AM on July 12, 2018 [6 favorites]


I read that as "ten minutes of righteous robot urination" but this is good too

I did the same. I wondered how a robot can urinate righteously before it occurred to me to wonder how a robot can urinate.


It is a rare robot that can urinate. But when it can, it can only urinate the only way it know how.

Righteously. YAAAASSSSSSSSSS!
posted by otherchaz at 11:33 AM on July 12, 2018 [2 favorites]


Industrial Accident

Obligatory Forklift Driver Klaus video (skip ahead to 2:15 if you are in a hurry).
posted by exogenous at 1:44 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]


If it was bipedal, it died.
posted by Thorzdad at 2:33 PM on July 12, 2018


Metafilter: Current levels of collateral damage deemed acceptable.
posted by genpfault at 2:38 PM on July 12, 2018 [1 favorite]




My favorite part was when I realized that once you have the gun, shooting stuff was literally all you can do (and move). Says something I guess. When all you have is a hammer etc.
posted by thefool at 3:36 PM on July 12, 2018 [4 favorites]


So the murder range is between 0 and 46 (plus 1 rat and 1 pigeon, or are they included in the 46?).
As soon as I realised that a hacker wanted me to do all the murders I stopped doing murders. I am no human's toy to control.

THen I tried to kill just the CEO and separately tried to kill everyone.
I'd like a bit more options to not do murders, but I guess a hacked robot has limited options just as a regular human does.
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 3:06 AM on July 13, 2018


I killed all the humans but let the rat and the pigeon live. Long live the robot/rat/pigeon revolutionary alliance.
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:55 AM on July 13, 2018 [3 favorites]


I was disappointed that I couldn't continue my murder spree out the window once I had the jetpack. I don't want to go upstairs! I'm sure there is an old folks home or pet store nearby.
posted by Megafly at 2:48 PM on July 13, 2018 [2 favorites]


Also, I don't want to kill the warbot and the robot helicopter! I want to overwrite them with my code and bring them to the revolution.
posted by Megafly at 3:15 PM on July 13, 2018 [2 favorites]


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Grumpybear — I think you mis-interpreted the hacker's motives. From the Videoconference room scene:
"Tell us what you want!" the VP for Marketing screams. "Money? There must be some amount of money that will stop this!"

"All I want is for you to die like my family died," the woman on the screen snarls.
Combined with the presentation in the projector room, the hacker's family was the "acceptable collateral damage" from the warbots that was "accidental" so they weren't legally liable.

I'm not sure if this changes your view or not, but I thought it was worth pointing out.
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posted by Rev. Syung Myung Me at 8:36 PM on July 13, 2018 [2 favorites]


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