Do you know any good games to play at work?

Guerrilla · Sep 19, 2018

I can't handle that gaming downtime, so are there any good games that you can play on your office PC?
Requirements are:

- Doesn't need to be installed since we can't install stuff due to company guidelines (so a standalone executable Package or something that runs within the browser or a Google Chrome app)

- Can be played low key (so no games where you are fully immersed, something you can play and stop playing on the side)

I put some serious time into cookie clicker, but what else is there era?

MrLuchador · Sep 19, 2018

Yeah, there's a good game called 'Do your job'.

- signed HR Department.

Guerrilla · Sep 19, 2018

MrLuchador said:
Yeah, there's a good game called 'Do your job'.

- signed HR Department.

Tried that, but the progression is too slow

Edit: I'm not trying to avoid work, just something for the downtimes or to relax to for a couple of minutes at a time

Mendrox · Sep 19, 2018

Mobile phone games. I see many people at my work doing that...I dont know if they think nobody notices, but nobody cares too. IT here

Elven_Star · Sep 19, 2018

That's a very bad idea.

"I can't handle that gaming downtime."
Seek help?

JusDoIt · Sep 19, 2018

Guerrilla said:
Tried that, but the progression is too slow

Got'eeem

leenbzoold · Sep 19, 2018

What about mobile?

Fyurix · Sep 19, 2018

Sounds like you are just a *little* bit addicted?

Dust · Sep 19, 2018

Have you tried gacha shit on mobile?
It's my to go for when I have breaks.

You have to like anime in some capacity though.

Datajoy · Sep 19, 2018

Looks like you should probably be pouring more hours into the game of life.

Menome · Sep 19, 2018

When I worked in a call-centre, I used to play GBA Pokemon or JRPG games. They were all turn-based so you can leave it whilst dealing with a customer, plus being a GBA, there's no method to take down customer details so it wasn't a security risk.

Guerrilla · Sep 19, 2018

Oh come on guys, don't get caught up on the "can't handle the downtime part" It was a joke.... (nofunallowed.jpg)

Mobile is great and all, but not low key enough

MrLuchador · Sep 19, 2018

Guerrilla said:
Tried that, but the progression is too slow

Edit: I'm not trying to avoid work, just something for the downtimes or to relax to for a couple of minutes at a time

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Legacy · Sep 19, 2018

Stick to mobile gaming, don't play/install video games on your office PC

Rob2K19 · Sep 19, 2018

I brought my USB from home. It had the GBA emulator to play GBA games like Golden Sun (yes, I own it) at work. Made the window small and Put the window in the corner of the screen. Great time.

Ombala · Sep 19, 2018

FFBE just set your computer to TM farm at home while you work.

Deleted member 11018 · Sep 19, 2018

Program your own at lunch break !
i made a port of puzzle bubble inside a console i programmed for my team, so they can have some down time while waiting for their query/scala executors to finish

Pankratous · Sep 19, 2018

Menome said:
When I worked in a call-centre, I used to play GBA Pokemon or JRPG games. They were all turn-based so you can leave it whilst dealing with a customer, plus being a GBA, there's no method to take down customer details so it wasn't a security risk.

You could catch Pokemon and name them the information of customer details.

CAUGHT.

Dust · Sep 19, 2018

Try installing Crysis and then complain to management that office PCs are weak ass shit than can't even run 10 years old games.

Sean Mirrsen · Sep 19, 2018

There's plenty of idle clicker games that aren't cookie clicker. Clicker heroes, etc.

I could also recommend something like Desktop Dungeons. Fun little thing.

Menome · Sep 19, 2018

Pankratous said:
You could catch Pokemon and name them the information of customer details.

CAUGHT.

"Hello, Mr Smith? Could you hold on the line an extra twenty minutes please? I just need to catch another twelve Rattatas and put them on the PC at the Centre in a precise order."

Skronk · Sep 19, 2018

Cookie Clicker, I got everyone on my team addicted to it for a while.

Acquila · Sep 19, 2018

Clicker games.

Every good clicker game was a blight that infected me and my colleagues for a while.

Tzarscream · Sep 19, 2018

Print off a crossword.

XDevil666 · Sep 19, 2018

Guerrilla said:
- Doesn't need to be installed since we can't install stuff due to company guidelines (so a standalone executable Package or something that runs within the browser or a Google Chrome app)?

I wonder what the company guidelines say when the IT department remote desktops on to your pc mid game and takes a screen shot.

You may want to also consider Pokemon Go for your walk to the job centre

rckvla · Sep 19, 2018

I just browse ERA all day long while working. Time goes by so fast.

BAN PUNCHER · Sep 19, 2018

MrLuchador said:
Yeah, there's a good game called 'Do your job'.

- signed HR Department.

Raysoul · Sep 19, 2018

MikeNeko said:
Program your own at lunch break !
i made a port of puzzle bubble inside a console i programmed for my team, so they can have some down time while waiting for their query/scala executors to finish

Bless this post.

texhnolyze · Sep 19, 2018

I play this.

zenspider · Sep 19, 2018

Minit?

skeezx · Sep 19, 2018

i have gzdoom installed and dick around with wads. but i never really have time to actually play

ADee · Sep 19, 2018

Kittens Village(an incremental game) is perfect for that
http://bloodrizer.ru/games/kittens/

tommy7154 · Sep 19, 2018

I sometimes play a game I like to call "how little can I possibly accomplish in an 8 hour period of time".

ThreepQuest64 · Sep 19, 2018

I think OP is old enough for not having us judge him or give him life advice.

I would stick to mobile games on your phone. There a plenty of such low key games you're looking for. Plenty of clicker gamea, for example. I'd recommend Pocket Heroes, Alto's Odyssey, Battleheart, Dead Ahead, Traffic Rider, Knights of Pen & Paper. Most if not every game allows you to pause at your will, put the phone back, get back to work, put it out and continue later where you left.

Deleted member 419 · Sep 19, 2018

http://pr-if.org/play/

Text adventures. The originals. The classics. Still amazing. Have fun.

ShadowGP · Sep 19, 2018

I bring my Nintendo Switch with me. Dead Cells was great for this month. Now it is Captain Toad...

Alwayscrazybacon · Sep 19, 2018

Guerrilla said:
I can't handle that gaming downtime, so are there any good games that you can play on your office PC?
Requirements are:

- Doesn't need to be installed since we can't install stuff due to company guidelines (so a standalone executable Package or something that runs within the browser or a Google Chrome app)

- Can be played low key (so no games where you are fully immersed, something you can play and stop playing on the side)

I put some serious time into cookie clicker, but what else is there era?

Look for games coded in Microsft Excel.
https://mashable.com/2014/08/27/microsoft-excel-games/#KUbXlbbkfuqC

Lemstar · Sep 19, 2018

I started playing Granblue for this reason - runs in chrome with nothing fancy involved, safe to tab out or leave in the background if something comes up, tons of content with incremental progress to be made regardless of how much time you're interested in putting in.
Of course, at the end of the day, it's a JRPG with an MMO gear treadmill, so that might not be your thing.

Rendering... · Sep 19, 2018

Hook up a PS4 Pro and call it your Support Unit. Make vague allusions to "data" and "collation." Insist that you not be disturbed during "processing."

Deleted member 2321 · Sep 19, 2018

Desktop Tower Defense

Finalbeta · Sep 19, 2018

Any phone app games should do well

Discontent · Sep 19, 2018

Fly the Copter (original flappy bird)
Pang

matimeo · Sep 19, 2018

If your company already has installs locked down , as others mentioned I would stick to mobile.

No doubt they are monitoring browsers and internet usage.

I used to bring in a iPad mini at a job where I had downtime,waiting for builds,etc. I wouldn't use company resources for gaming during your work hours especially since most of the web games should run on your phone these days.

Nowadays I pop in and out of turn based mobile games when I have downtime in between meetings that isn't long enough to get anything substantial started or finished.

You should be careful on work PCs even just browsing, I've seen people end up getting their work pc infected with malware that had porn continuing to pop up. Embarrassingly they had to have IT wipe everything.

Also been at a place that had to send an email out about torrenting. HBO had sent a cease and desist because the work internet was being used to download shows. Now management never said who and obviously no one would do it purposely so we all assumed someone brought in a personal laptop, connected to the WiFi and forgot they had torrents in progress so they just continued in the background using company internet lol.

Mistouze · Sep 19, 2018

Agent Ottsel · Sep 19, 2018

How about Job Simulator? It's pretty nice to play at work. You don't even need a VR headset... or the game. :v

Do you know any good games to play at work?

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