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Work · May 17, 2023

A nihilist all-hands meeting simulator

I was just digging through some old projects to find a link for a potential new employer and stumbled upon this reminder of how much I enjoyed middle-management office politics.

A nihilist all-hands meeting simulator launched on May 17, 2023 with 49 votes, #1,505 of 4,910 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

In plain words

A nihilist all-hands meeting simulator lets users experience middle-management office politics in a game format. Designed for those curious about workplace dynamics, it recreates the atmosphere of corporate all-hands meetings from a nihilistic perspective. The simulator offers a darkly comedic take on office culture and corporate environments, appealing to anyone who has worked in or wants to understand corporate settings.

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From the sources

an an action-deprived non-adventure game

A short (3-6m) walking sim recreating the experience of attending a useless corporate meeting. Featuring illustrations done by Rafal Pastuszak , music by Chopin . The game was made because of burnout, but hey it's fun to watch others playing it. Do you have an enemy? Fake becoming their friend, share the game, watch them play. I don't want any money for this, I just want to see you stream. Thank you for downloading, please enjoy this complimentary hedgehog! If you're running the game on Mac, you might need to right click the application icon then then select Open from the content menu. Oh my god, I’m so sorry, why would you do this to yourself? :D He's not joking about this game being a…from rafsters.itch.io

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