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  1. July 14, 2023 - Day 195 - NewPlay Review
    Total NewPlays: 215

    Game: Going Under

    Platform: Steam
    Release Date: Sep 24, 2020
    Library Date: Dec 25, 2022
    Unplayed: 201d (6m19d)
    Playtime: 82m

    Going Under is a roguelite dungeon crawler set in a late-stage capitalist hellscape and I am absolutely here for it.

    I got almost 4 hours sleep on Thursday night, and woke up feeling pretty ragged.

    When I got home from work I was down to one cylinder, and went grocery shopping, then came home ready to crash.

    I figured I could knock 15 minutes of a game out and then write the review today.

    Almost an hour and a half later I dragged myself to bed.

    Dungeon crawlers are traditionally darkly-lit demon-infested horror-crawls, not brightly-lit, cartoonish, horror-crawls. The horror in Going Under comes from the biting satire of late-stage tech-startup capitalism in a VC-funded world, with nods to anyone who's worked in a knowledge worker / IT-related role.

    The game starts with your first day as an -unpaid- intern (because of course it does), watching an introductory video about your new workplace, a recently acquired subsidiary ("Fizzer") of a multi-national conglomerate ("Cubicle").

    You've been assigned to Fizzer by the company's AI (of course), and just as the video gets to the explanation of why no Cubicle employee should never enter the dungeons underneath the Fizzer office, your Project Manager boss assigns you to enter the dungeons underneath the Fizzer office to kill the "monsters" that are invading.

    The dungeons themselves, and the monsters, are previously acquired start-ups, with names like "Joblin" (a gig worker app), and "Winkydink" (a dating app).

    Between the roguelite elements and the quests to build up rep with your "mentors", Going Under really nails that "just one more run" feel.

    Going Under is:

    5: Excellent

    #GoingUnder #Roguelite #DungeonCrawler #StartUp #MastodonGaming #Gaming #Project365ONG #Project365 #NewPlay

  2. She won't hesitate bitch!!!!

    Going Under was the first game that got me into playing games. I was charmed by its art style, funny writing and premise of internship hell
    I didn't think I would ever play a non turn-based fighting game due to my bad coordination & reaction timing, let alone enjoy it, let alone continue playing it 2 years later, but whaddya know!

    It really helped me cope with art school burnout & its design reminded me why I loved art

    #MastoArt #GoingUnder #FanArt #Chibi #Sketch

  3. Have to say, I'm still enjoying #GoingUnder
    Beat the first dungeon. A bit of luck and good choice in weapons. Also Swomp "Swomplifting" for me really helps.

    Further, I like the posters in her apartment.

    #TourmaGaming
    #VideoGames

  4. I'm 🔴live on #twitch with #GoingUnder!

    🏢🔥⚔ Dungeon Delving Through Silicon Valley 🏢🔥⚔

    twitch.tv/hiscursedness

  5. Join me in ONE HOUR on #twitch, for #GoingUnder!

    🏢🔥⚔ Dungeon Delving Through Silicon Valley 🏢🔥⚔

    twitch.tv/hiscursedness

  6. I'll be live on #twitch at 7:30 PM (in 9.5 hours) playing #GoingUnder!

    🏢🔥⚔ Dungeon Delving Through Silicon Valley 🏢🔥⚔

    twitch.tv/hiscursedness