Summary

In Underpaid, you play as Mark, the IT guy for a large entertainment company. Someone has hacked the company’s servers and filled them with software bugs! It is up to you to venture into the code and various genres of media to exterminate the bugs, fix the code, and try to secure that ever-elusive raise.

Features

  • Incredibly responsive player movement
  • 4 unique levels, each with a different theme and objective
  • A boss fight with several phases
  • Interactable NPCs with very humorous dialogue
  • Repeatable final level with difficulty scaling for replayability

Controls

ActionMouse + Keyboard
Controller (Xbox)
Controller (Playstation)
MovementWASD / Arrow Keys
Left JoystickLeft Joystick
JumpSpace BarX
InteractE
AX
ShootRight Shift / Left Shift
Right Trigger
Right Trigger
Melee(/) Key / Z
Left Trigger
Left Trigger

Credits

Chris Antrim - Sound Designer / Writer

  • 95% of ALL dialogue in the game

Jamison Piper - Level Designer

  • Design of the first 3 levels in their entirety

TJ Meyer - Programmer

  • Boss fight, 3D turn effect, patrolling enemies, checkpoints, and confetti!

Tyler Nichols - Programmer

  • 99% of Final level,  dialogue system, player movement, load animation, and UI

Wesley Chun - Artist

  • 99% of ALL art and animations in the game

Inspired By:

Various forms of entertainment include (but are not limited to):

  • Star Wars
  • Star Trek
  • Halo
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Harry Potter
  • Every Hallmark Christmas movie ever made
  • Squid Game

Download

Download
UNDERPAID_WIN.zip 59 MB
Download
UNDERPAID_MAC.zip 69 MB

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