Advanced stealth mission: you have just had your shit in peace and realised theres no paper in your cubicle…
You are in a meeting room.
“Kallgeese used Flexitime! It was super effective!”
Filing Fantasy VII
‘I’m really filing it!’
Oh hang on a ‘J’ RPG. The dating part of it would look like this this right:
and your team would look a bit like
Your friend would be a wise cracking animal and your boss would be an older man with lots of wisdom who eventually double crosses you and becomes the villain.
Very good.
I reckon there’s mileage in the cuddly sidekick thing. Maybe in the plot you’re an office worker who games a lot in your spare time, and your perception of the quest narrative is really just a probably breakdown induced by stress and the struggles of late capitalism - and your little foam stress toy cat on your desk is suddenly talking to you!
This is bound to pick up some awards.
Sounds like a winner to me mate. Clearly the main character is an Otaku salaryman. Throw in some evil corporate types with demonic possession and we can get this thing greenlit.
Meta-mini-game in which you play an 8-bit JRPG on your phone whilst sat on the toilet avoiding actual work.
That would be a great Easter egg.
Stealth mission: Avoiding a co-worker who is commuting using the same method of public transport as you.
Coworker is loudly sighing. How can you avoid finding out what’s bothering the twat this time?
But unbeknownst to you she has set into motion the plan that will help you defeat the final boss (she has emailed hr with a formal grievance on your behalf)
Put your headphones on. Intelligence +5
Co-worker leaves for the day, then comes back for their scarf
‘Monday already, is it? Aha ha ha ha haaaa!’
Critical hit, 2000 damage!
Your DiS stops working and you’re forced to attempt to chat to coworkers about the philosophy courses you took at uni
Option B: anything else.
I’ll just say now dis tried to autofill my postcode into the reply - seems a bit sinister
If this is the end I’ll make a sub Reddit called DiSers_reunited and we can discuss what to do from there
Im as yet unaffected. Or am I as Im leaving work now so will stop posting. Or was I ever really here at all? The philosophy of DiS!