Factsheet

Developer:
Canteen
Based in Brighton, UK

Release date:
Feb 22nd 2024

Publisher:
Playtonic Friends

Platforms:
Steam

Website:
http://www.corponation.net

Regular Price:

tba

Description

You are a low-level employee, sorting through a mysterious collection of genetic samples for the Ringo CorpoNation, an oppressive, corporately-owned state. Keep up the appearance of a productive citizen, whilst aiding a growing rebellion.

History

Early History

CorpoNation was first prototyped in August 2020, using Unity. We wanted to create a game loop that humorously recreated the monotony of working life and examined greedy corporate power.

Features

  • Memory Game: Earn your living sorting genetic samples. Gain a sense of mastery as you memorise all the unique sample characteristics and manage different escalating situations each working day.
  • Dystopian Narrative: Get caught up in a hand-crafted, linear dystopian narrative, working with a rebel faction to uncover the secrets of your situation.
  • Desktop Computer: Choose how to spend time away from work. Chat with your state-mandated social cluster. Indulge in micro-transactions in the State-Approved 2D-fighter and Solitaire. Complete corporate feedback surveys. Pay your bills. Read the honest and authentic news. New content for each in-game day.

Videos

Release Date Trailer YouTube

Announcement Trailer YouTube

Images

CorpoNation_Computer_CustomDesktop.png
CorpoNation_Bills.png
CorpoNation_UltimateRingoFighter_Battle.png
CorpoNation_News.png
CorpoNation_Elevator.png
CorpoNation_RingoHelp.png
CorpoNation_Payslip.png
CorpoNation_WorkStation_Beginner.png
CorpoNation_YourComputer.png
CorpoNation_Surveys_DoesMoneyMakeTheWorldGoRound.png

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Selected Articles

  • "You leave this stylish, compact and clever game feeling relieved to be free, but then an hour later as you sit at your computer answering endless work emails or grinding in some identikit live-service fantasy game, you have to ask yourself – am I really?"
    - Keith Stuart, The Guardian
  • "With much inspiration from speculative and science fiction, it's in the how CorpoNation puts players in its world that it feels like a stellar work of interactive fiction."
    - Autumn Wright, PC Gamer

Request Press Copy

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About Canteen

Boilerplate
Canteen is a two-person indie team, living and working in Brighton, UK. We want to make games that inspire the same feeling you get when you read a really juicy sci-fi short story.

More information
More information on Canteen, our logo & relevant media are available here.

CorpoNation: The Sorting Process Credits

Sam Scaife
Design and Art

Vicki Tingle
Programming, Narrative and Sound Design

Contact

Inquiries
hello@canteen.games

Twitter
http://twitter.com/CanteenGames

Web
canteen.games

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