Description

In this game, you are not the phone junkie, instead, you are the precious PHONE! Your goal is to maintain USER ENGAGEMENT.

Learn your user’s INTERESTS and sell them some cheap GOODS!

Distract your USER with a music game to keep their attention on you!

Max out the user's HAPPINESS before the timer runs out to win. Don't let them get BORED or ANGRY!


Controls

  1. Create Barks in BARKER by dragging Hashtags from the feed to discover the User's interests.
  2. Click and drag items in EPAY to advertise them to the User, and lower their price by clicking below the item.
  3. Click to set patterns for the User to copy in XYLOTILES. Don't go too fast or too slow!
  4. PUSH an app notification to force the user to switch apps


Team

Kat Donahue - Design, Art, UI 

Heming Ruan - Design, Programming

Hao Liu - Design, Programming

Sammy Chuang - Design, Art, Audio


Credits

Music: CC Attribution Short Plingy Loop

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
AuthorsSammy, katadog, Hao, HEMINGRU

Comments

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I've tried several entries and this has got to be one of my favorites! Super creative concept with nice, sleek execution. There's definitely potential for expansion into a full desktop title (or, more fittingly, I guess, a mobile app :P)

Hahaha, maybe one day it'll hit the app store B) thank you for playing!! 

This is very interesting and has a very important message too. It's hard to believe that some people will spend their time in pointless websites and silly little games. #shakingmyhead

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#smhmyhead

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Now instead of getting brainrot from my phone, I can give someone else the brainrot. The disease spreads!

Great game!

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Hell yea, oh how the turn tables B) 

Thanks for playing B)

It makes you think like corporate companies trying to exploit money from their users. It makes people question their life choices, nice!

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Ahahaha for sure, I've no doubt that all apps like Instagram and Twitter are in cahoots with ebay and amazon to get their hands deeper and deeper into my pockets >:(

really cool concept! it was kind of trippy haha

the phone stares back at you O_O

Amazing game I would love to see a more expanded version of it