In The Loop
Play as an undercover agent who infiltrated the ranks of Pentacorp Industries as a mailroom clerk. By swapping out words between letters, create confusion and mayhem within the company's internal communications in order to make their new product, the Gizmo 3000, fail miraculously upon launch.
Made in 4 days for the GMTK Game Jam 2025, with the theme "Loop"
Our interpretation of the theme plays off of the phrase "In The Loop," meaning to "be aware of information about a particular matter." In this case, you're the only one who's in the loop about the true communications going on between bodies in this company. You're able to leverage this in your favor in order to misdirect their communications, and cause their product launch to flop.
- How to Play:
- Every week, you intercept all the letters being passed between the branches of Pentacorp industries.
- Carefully analyze their messages, then make one swap. You can swap any two highlighted words of the same type from one letter to another.
- The smarter you play, the harder Pentacorp crashes!
- Credits:
- Shovelfish: Script, Art
- Peas_N_Carrots: Programming
- Credit to Zapsplat for all sfx!
Thank you for playing!!!
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I have to know: What is the reason that there's only 1 bit of red text on the final day? Is it a specific combo you have to do to get it to have a specific pair of red words show up? Or is it just unfinished
There's only one by default, but if you make certain swaps in the first two rounds, you can get certain follow up letters in the third round that also have red text. There are lots of branching paths to explore! (There are three potential blocks of red text you can find on the third week, but two are hidden behind specific branches)