Lost my job on Tuesday. Shipped a game about it by Wednesday.

His role was cut on Tuesday morning. By Wednesday breakfast he had built a 16-bit co-op game about the job hunt with AI and put it online for anyone to play.

How it works

Builds a 16-bit co-op beat 'em up about the job hunt with AI
Ships it at opentowork.immatt.com within about a day

Why it’s worth knowing

He went from losing his job to a playable game about the job hunt in about a day.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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