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Announced during The Mix - Fall Showcase 2024, the Steam page is now live and ready for wishlisting!
November 21, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Games People Play :
21 NOVEMBER 2024 - Excel enthusiasts, puzzle prodigies, Win 3.11 worshippers and corporate climbers rejoyce: SpreadCheat by Norwegian studio Games People Play is the 90's themed Excel-like puzzle game you've (probably) always dreamed about!
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The Windows-nostalgic puzzler was announced during The Mix - Fall showcase 2024 with a shiny new trailer and the Spreadcheat Steam page went up alongside it, with a Demo and that ever-tempting "Wishlist" button to press! Spreadcheat’s Announcement Trailer:
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2966550/SpreadCheat
Press kit: spreadcheat.notion.site/Spreadcheat
Press contact: [email protected]
About The Game
SpreadCheat is an Excel-based puzzle game, where you solve increasingly difficult puzzles in a retro Windows 3.11corporate themed environment - the best of its kind*
*the only one of its kind.
Cheat your way up the corporate ladder by solving spreadsheet puzzles.
Work under the guidance of a seedy 90's finance bro-boss.
Use your nerd powers to build your career, screwing over your colleagues one cell at a time! "While other kids were dreaming of spaceships, I was dreaming of spreadsheets"
reminisces producer Jack Kristoffersen. - "Who needs rocket science when you have conditional formatting?" "Corel Draw was the Renaissance of the computer era. I've been studying the old masters to bring this aesthetic
back to life" says corporate artist Simon Nyhus between powerful draws from his asthma inhaler. With a soundtrack guaranteed to bring back crispy feelings of the web 1.0-era, SpreadCheat let's you forget all
about your work and worries as you delve into the work and worries of this virtual 90's corporate puzzle gig, with rewards that make it all worth it in the end... probably!
Key Features CELL BENDING PUZZLES!
Accounting has never been this exhilarating!
Thrilling math puzzles await you in SpreadCheat.
Progress through the main story, or solve an endless array of daily puzzles! CORPORATE SHENANIGANS!
Step into the fast-paced and finance world of the 90's, and dip into the wonderful world of corporate bro culture. Crunch those numbers, cover for your boss, and climb that corporate ladder.
Maybe you'll become a bro one day yourself?
WINDOWS 3.1 NOSTALGIA!
Indulge in the aesthetic pleasure of the ultimate 90's operating system. Complete with MIDI-music,
256 sparkling colors, hilarious e-mail attachments, and your own Clippy-like assistant, Corpy! DOZENS OF DISTRACTIONS!
Catch a break from cracking numbers by doing fun stuff around the office in a myriad of mid 90's minitasks.
Remove malicious malware, clean up dirty desktops, and unleash your inner artist by helping your boss figure out PowerPoint!
Games People Play is a Norwegian game studio founded by two best friends, Jack Kristoffersen and
Joachim Barrum, with experience developing recent titles such as Daze Before Christmas for the
Super Nintendo, Sega Extreme Sports for the Dreamcast, and Project IGI for the Pentium PC.
They assemble teams of individuals they enjoy collaborating with, to create games for people to play.
For this one, they brought onboard the following nerds:
Artist Simon Nyhus (Fruitbus, Sunlight)
Composer/audio designer Eirik Johansen (Vermintide 2: Chaos Wastes, Block N Load)
Writer David Skaufjord (Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley)
https://gamespeopleplay.co/
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