u/OutplayJ

Hello folks!

Our announcement trailer has just dropped and the free demo goes live on steam tomorrow. I can speak confidently for the whole team when I say we are very excited to get some real roguelike/roguelite player feedback in so we can polish and improve the game. It's got a lot of emergent lore. Everything in the game is intentional. But, we also really think the gameplay hook is great and feels good. Please do pass us on your thoughts.

 So, this is The Incentive Program and the Demo releases tomorrow if you are interested in helping us out!

I don't want to reveal too much, as the game has a LOT of emergent lore for players to discover as they play as we move towards final release at the end of the year (like, we have a book worth of written content so far...). But, the design team have been heavily inspired by the backrooms, by books like "There is no Anti-memetics Division", and games like Stanley Parable and Control.

We thought some of you here might be interested to check it out to get lost in a joyful mix of liminal vibes and addictive gameplay. The game is called The Incentive Program and the Demo releases on Friday!

I just wanted to share some screenshots and a quick note of admiration from our dev team to The Stanley Parable. We’re working on our own strange little corporate themed game, and whether we like it or not, Stanley is in its DNA. Every time we build something weird, or let the player step outside the “intended experience”… that’s got SPs name all over it. Even in our "First Day" achievement for the player playing for 24 hours.

So, this is just a small thank you from people who probably wouldn’t be making the thing we’re making if you hadn’t existed first. And we thought this community would also appreciate the art for the surreal world we have been creating.

…we also promise not to include a broom closet. Probably.

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I don't want this to pivot into a disingenuous marketing post, but I figure the first question I will get from people who share our love is "what is the game called"? So, this is The Incentive Program and the Demo releases on Friday if you are interested.