The Night Shift
THE NIGHT SHIFT
Do your best at work on the night shift despite the inexorable advance of sleep. But remember that your work on nuclear power plant safety is vital. Don't make a mess!
A video game made for the game jam Brackeys 2025.1 with the theme "nothing can go wrong".
Overview
In this game, you are a security staff member at a nuclear power plant, and you just have to react to alerts via your control panel. The only little hitch is that you have the night shift and are very sleepy, but you only have to pull down a few levers and press buttons here and there, so what could go wrong?
Finish your shift without any disasters and take home the day.
How to Play
Look around by moving the mouse;
Lights and alarms announce when something is wrong. Don't ignore them, or the plant will be damaged. After 3 damages, you are fired (and you will probably have unleashed a nuclear disaster on the region);
Solve each problem with the nearest associated command;
To interact with the control panel, simply point to it with your mouse and left-click;
When sleepiness sets in, help keep yourself awake by slapping the space key, even repeatedly. Don't overdo it, or your cheeks will hurt, and you won't want to do it again for a while;
If you fall asleep, try waking up by quickly shaking the mouse;
If sleep is unbearable and you keep falling asleep, try coffee or wet your face with water;
Do all this and end your day successfully. Nothing can go wrong.
Credits
Game Designer - Mattia Solimeno
Programmer - Pietro Di Giovanni
Updates
- 25/2/2025 - Bugfix: sleeping animation cropped, menu minor problems, "shake mouse" text not visible.
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Nice work :) Loved the sleep animation!
Thank you for playing! Glad to know you enjoyed it :D
good job , this is a very funny game
Thank you very much!
Really nice idea, simple but fun! Good job :)
Thank you Diego!
This was a fun, stressful experience at the same time pretty chaotic, especially when going in blind with no prior info had me panicking lol
Thank you for playing the game!
Panic is the mood of the game, but more detail for an in-game tutorial should help for sure :D
It’s a super fun game! The mix of managing alerts while fighting drowsiness adds a great challenge. The tension match up very nicely.
Maybe adding random events or different failure consequences could add more depth.
Overall, an awesome game with lots of potential great job!
Thank you for your feedback and for playing the game!
the game itself is a great setup for what could be an even better game. WIth some extra development I think this game could be worth 5 bucks on steam.
Thank you for playing the game!
Of course, we have planned to add more features to the game after the jam! Stay tuned!
Thank you! We'd liked to add more things during the jam, but the time it's pure evilness ahah
Very funny idea! At the end became very difficult! Nice work
Thank you for playing the game, we have planned to add new features about gameplay difficulty. Stay tuned!
Thank you for playing the game!
Maybe you shouldn't sleep at work next time ahah
So it was your fault, wasn't it? Now I can feel you. Thank you for playing the game!