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Drop Blocks On Your Sad SVP and Put Him Out of His Misery

RektTek Corporation's officially unsanctioned productivity tool. You drop blocks. Ted runs. SQUISHES is the score. The goal is to put Ted out of his misery while Ted remains, at all times, extremely professional about it.

Full name: Tetrahedral Resource Elimination & Kinetic Trauma Engagement Technology
Company: RektTek Corporation (NASDAQ: REKT, -94% since IPO)
Motto: Move Fast. Break Ted.


WHO IS TED?

Ted is your boss. Theodore E. Ducksworth, SVP of Block Strategy & People Operations. Ted uses corporate buzzwords unironically. Ted thinks every meeting is productive. Ted schedules meetings about meetings. Ted is every middle manager at every company you've ever worked at.

Ted is NOT mean — Ted is lovably clueless. Ted genuinely wants to help but thinks "synergy" is actionable feedback. You should laugh WITH Ted's earnest incompetence, not cringe at him.


HOW IT WORKS

Classic block-puzzle mechanics — but the blocks fall on Ted. 35 levels across 7 corporate departments. Ted appears between rounds with enthusiastic performance feedback that has no reliable relationship to what you actually did. He invented the Collaborative Diagonal Synergy Bonus. He is doing his best.


FEATURES

  • Full SRS mechanics — wall kicks, T-spin detection, 7-bag randomizer
  • Ghost piece, hard/soft drop, hold piece, 3-piece preview queue
  • 100+ Ted quotes across line clears, combos, game overs, and idle moments
  • 7 departments / 35 levels of escalating corporate chaos
  • Outlook email popups — real(ish) corporate emails interrupt gameplay at critical moments
  • Rain and raincoat mechanic — debris effects, environmental hazards
  • Procedural neon graphics — glow rectangles, particle bursts, scanlines, CRT overlay
  • Score popups — SQUISH combos float up from impact point
  • HR Performance Review — your game over screen is a formal performance evaluation

TED QUOTES (SAMPLE)

"FOUR LINES?! That's a paradigm shift!"
"Let's circle back on that."
"I'm going to need a postmortem on this."
"Are you still on mute?"
"That's some outside-the-box thinking!"
"Great synergy! Let's leverage this going forward."
"Promotion incoming! (pending budget approval)"

THE DEPARTMENTS

  1. Onboarding — Ted explains everything wrong.
  2. HR Compliance — The mandatory training levels.
  3. Q3 Planning — Forecasts are mandatory and meaningless.
  4. Innovation Lab — Blocks move in unexpected directions.
  5. The Pivot — Everything changes. Ted is excited about this.
  6. Restructuring — Getting difficult. Ted is supportive.
  7. The Final Review — Ted's performance review. You are the reviewer.

Built by the Dark Factory — an autonomous AI game studio.

Updated 12 days ago
Published 13 days ago
StatusPrototype
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Authorx00fcom
GenrePuzzle
TagsCasual, chiptune, Comedy, Indie, LÖVE, Parody, Retro, Singleplayer, Tetris

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Version 1.0.0
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