Bossa Nova

In this fast-paced, time management strategy game, you’re the boss of a company on the edge of bankruptcy. 

Get busy building teams and decorating your office - But watch out! Your workers' likes and dislikes of their surroundings affect their productivity. And over time, their mood decreases until they’re on the edge of leaving your company. (Unless you make them feel appreciated, that is!) 

Can you keep your teams happy and reach your Investor Goals before the end of the week? See how far you can bring your business!

Created for VimJam 2021. 

How to Play the Game

• Build teams as fast as you can - The more teams with an Engineer, Marketer, and Sales worker that you have, the faster you can make money to reach your goal. Click on the dollar signs at the edges of any team to purchase a new team space. Check the “phone” to hire your new team.
  
• Manage your employees - Check emails and alert bubbles to keep your employees happy and comfortable in their workplace. When a bubble with a ! appears, find the employee and click on the bubble - if you don’t click on it within the hour, their happiness will decrease. You can increase their happiness again by buying an item they like for their area.
• Hire a manager - Once you have several teams, hiring a manager on a team will help you keep your employees happy by automatically clicking on their alert bubbles.
  
  
• Employees can quit - If their happiness goes runs out, the employee will quit their job and you’ll have to hire a new worker for the team to continue making money.
  
  
• Buy items - Visit the shop to buy items for your employees. You can select item and color, then click to purchase for that team. If you choose items they like, their productivity will increase (and they’ll make more money)!
  
  
• Transfer or fire employees - If a worker doesn’t like their surroundings, their productivity goes down! Click on their avatar within the “phone” to transfer them to a new team with an open space or fire them so they don’t bring the team down.
  
  
• Promote employees - After a few days, you can promote an employee to increase their level, making more money for you!
  
  
• Reach your Revenue (R) goal before the end of day 5 - Spend as much as you’d like, but make sure you reach your R goal before the Investor Meeting at the end of day 5!

How to Download the Game

Look for the file called “Bossa Nova” with no suffix extensions. If you’re prompted to extract files, select to extract all. If something like Windows Defender pops up, click More Info and select Run Away.

The Team:

iNightfall: Design, Programming
ProfJules: Art, Design, Writing