NIGHT OF THE CONSUMERS: Intense PS1 Styled Retail Horror Game Where Shoppers are VERY Persistent! Available to Purchase on Itch, Here: germfood.itch.io/nightoftheco...
As a former retail worker it’s quite literally the perfect resemblance and the feeling knowing your at the back stock room and turn back to look though the glass and you see everyone is walking pass feels so great in way
This is absolutely genius 1. The anxiety produced by the music when approached by a customer + helping them to right shelf 2. The way the products change names to ominous messages of losing hope/wasting time 3. The repetitive music 4. The store rooms being safe havens/the doors being loud and scary 5. The threat of the manager 6. The dreary colours and empty feeling Anyone who knows the be misfortune of working retail can definitely relate
"Gonna lay the smackdown on some roasted peanuts. Got any?" "I was gonna take my third shower but ran out of soap. Gotta stay clean for the ladies!" They actually nailed customers having bizarre wordplay or sharing pointless information about their routine/personal lives related to the product they want to buy perfectly
Now the devs need to add customers regaling you with a pointless anecdote about why they need X item. And it causes you to auto-fail because you "took too long" to help the customer because you were talking to them for too long.
It just got “worse” because there was a phase where the only people going out frequently were the most callous, selfish, and entitled assholes of the bunch. At least that’s what it was like from my food service perspective. Most of the reasonable people were staying home earlier on while the shitbag customers became more concentrated by this pandemic. I put in my resignation lately because it’s been several months, I’m high risk, customers are caring less and less each day about my wellbeing, and management still doesn’t even encourage masks in the cafe, let alone enforce the city mandate .
In reality ... This is real When someone work in this kind of jobs its really stressing for the peaplo who want to know where is this item or that item Its job i know i know.... But nobody its patient when you do some other thing what you been order to do by your boss or manager or some other superior
Jason Mongar That makes the Manager here probably the most tragic fictional character, other than the fact he probably only makes a few dollars more than you do.
Oh, man. I wish I got excuse me all the time. Some people just approach from behind, and without acknowledgement, they just start spouting off their demands. I always match my service to their tone so it all works out
god the soundtrack when you have to help a costumer is like the horror-satan version of sonic drowning. I can feel my insides being gnawed from the stress and tension
The first consumer that came in actually gave me a heart attack, when I watch these type of games I either get startled or mentally disturbed. But seeing that face pop up and say "ExCuSe mE!" was just too much, but it was still cool.
And then add a bonus level called "Black Friday" where nothing is labeled by signs and you have to follow a half-assed map that's in the employee areas
Just noticed some products have different descriptions -Ketchup: You are wasting your life -Paint: Pain -Cleaning Spray: You are a loser -Cream: Wasting away -Dog Soup: You're stuck -Drink: Get Out If you noticed more, tell me in the replies and I'll add them
I love the visual style in this. While it's not exactly accurate to a PS1 look from a technical standpoint, it takes the best aspects of it, almost like how actual developers would try to push the PS1 to its very limits at the time. Gives it that look on 'how you remember it back then' feel. Would rather see this approach in retro graphics compared to games when they just try to make it look old to hide the fact they lack an actual art style.
@Winston Smith Well it's pretty much the low-poly PS1 aesthetic. i think it's characterised by the lack of texture filtering and the sometimes floaty-looking polygons
Wait, there's a difference? Oh. Well, their skin's not falling off, I can't see tattered clothes, and no organs are shown. There's *SOME* difference, but, they're dangerously similar.
Wish he would've stopped to read the note Lester left on the wall. Probably went something like, 'Dear Mom/Spouse, I'm sorry I couldn't get back to you..., I regret taking the job..., I remember the good times..., I'm going mad!.., I'm taking the cowards way out..., pray for me.'
I love how at 1:38 the employee throws up in front of the “EXCELLENT HYGEINE RATING ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” sign lmao Lots of small details like this, it’s clear a lot of thought went into this game
@@chadangeles3856 It actually is cause not everybody out here reading the posters. I sure as hell didn't read it when i played it the first time. Even if i did it would still be a small detail cause at the end of the day its not beneficial to your gameplay and is only there for people to just notice it and get the oxymoron...
Example on one of the orange soda things he was stocking one of them was named "get out" or something like that. Also one of the ketchup bottles had a saying on it lol. Also the dog food for cats..
1st try "wow this game is a representation of the horror of the modern consumerism and the erratic behaviour of the consumer themselves! This is a relatable horror" 2nd try: "nah it's a work simulator"
Ask us politely, thank us when we help you out, and be understanding when we don't have what you're looking for. We won't be mad if you just treat us like people, novel concept I know.
You'd be surprised how some people lack common sense and manners. They sometimes deliberately push our buttons just to get our reaction for their sick game. This is why i hate people in general because of this
the game would be more accurate if so many people started taking control of your screen and saying EXCUUUUUUSE MEEEEE that the game started glitching out and becoming nonfunctional. added points if customers would sometimes randomly follow you into staff rooms anyway because they can't read or don't give a shit. final level could include people asking for items that your store literally doesn't have, and you get fired if you can't give it to them anyway. also, added horror, like others have said, make it so the level's layout completely changes every single time you play it, or sometimes even in the middle of the level, because that's a little bit more accurate to what real life retail was like too
@@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace I think they just saying this is how Americans treat retail workers cuz we have messed up views about what's "good customer service"
I saw a skeleton in there, it was most likely the remains of the employee the manager mentioned at the end of the video that "stopped showing" all of the sudden.
Don’t they wanna see the manager even more with that technique? That’s at least what happened with me. Since then I’ve started to just point them as far away as possible from me if I don’t know where something is and they seem like trouble to me.
They left out a few things: 1# the customers demanding items you don't even sell. 2# the ones that saw your name tag and now ask for you everytime they come in. 3#that 1 co-worker you can never find. 4# the hiding spot by the back dumpsters where that missing co-worker hides.
"Dog food for cats", Clearners say "Kill them now". Orange juice say "Get out". Soup cans say "Dog soup" ,one of the ketup says "You are wasting your life". Hmm, i think the game creater did try to mention how stressful works in retail with horrible customers.
Jimmy: "You gotta go stock the shelves, we don't want to upset the manager." Also Jimmy: *"SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME!"* Sending a lot of mixed messages there, Jimmy.
@@SetsuneW Not necessarily. I worked retail for six years and was making a pretty good wage for the work I did. It was demeaning, soul-crushing work, but as long as I was being frugal and didn't drink my paycheck away I could be making bank. EDIT: I should clarify, I deliberately took the highest paying hourly wage I could when I started the job, as an overnight customer support manager. It was mostly dealing with angry customers, wrangling homeless paintheads, and frantically trying to return all the misplaced merchandise in the store to its proper place. I was expected to handle the end of day sales as well. I would frequently walk upwards of 7 miles a night around the store, and would usually end up having to stay late in the mornings to finish my work (and since our chain didn't want to pay it's employees overtime, that meant I would have to take longer lunches on my next night and subsequently lose that much more time I had to work.) It was basically a no-win business strategy designed to maximize the salaried managers annual bonus, while the hourly associates were viewed as expendable. I decided to quit after six years and find work that was less demeaning.
I like the little detail of every aisle being clearly labeled but people come and ask you where things are anyway. Really adds to the immersion, makes you feel like you're at work XD
ShekinahShy. lmao good to hear i guess. anything you wish an ideal customer would be for the next time i go to a store? i don’t want to unintentionally be an ass xD
@@nikojumpstyle8171 Please do not question the computer omg. They argue with me when I give them "incorrect" change. I'm just like "Talk to the calculator."
As someone who works part time at a retailer. This game is retail work in a nutshell. Only need to add kids running around and customers yelling for the manager and you never find them.
They also forgot to add the customer who walks up to you and just blurts out whatever product they're looking for. Customer: "TUNA!" Me: no thanks, im full Customer o.0
Also unrealistic that customers are not asking for stuff that your store obviously does not/should not carry. I work at a home decor store, and I have had to help more customers understand we do not carry hardware than anything else. We have all sorts of stuff, but the most "hardware" we get is inflatable decorations around the holidays, christmas trees, and lights. We get people constantly coming in searching for stuff like washing machines, blenders, ovens. Then there are other customers who expect massive discounts on items because of tiny scratches that can literally be erased with a marker designed for the scratch.
as long as you're patient and polite they probably wont mind. when i used to work around it was kinda liberating bc it was a detour from the usual stocking and moving products. its just when you treat us like robots or servents that its horrifying.
Kinda fell bad as I do that a lot, of course, always polite and all, but it actually never passed on my mind how it would suck if 80% of clients did that.
"I don't know my pin number," I'm going to make up a story now how rude you were to me. Seriously I'm not joking that happened to me. Almost 10 years in a grocery business now...
Stocking groceries while customers constantly bugging you where to find things is one thing since I’ve done it for 10 years... But try CUSTOMER SERVICE! Then we’ll talk about “horror”.
