COWorker

COWorker is a 2D point-and-click game where players assume the role of a cow's coworker, assisting in producing required goods while maintaining vital signs. Beneath its minimalist mechanics lies a critique of contemporary workplace exploitation and gendered labor. The interface displays three continuously decreasing progress bars: Nutrition, Milk Production, and Labor. Each bar quantifies demands placed on the cow, calculated precisely as percentages: Nutrition must be replenished promptly to prevent collapse, Milk Production requires constant optimization to meet unspoken expectations, and Labor reflects the cow's limit for sustained work before breaking down. Delayed player response to any bar causes its value to steadily decline. With no pause function, players face only two choices: intervene or witness exhaustion.

This is a student project from Northeastern University 

Made by: Binghe Yi, Caiyi Shen, Yizhang Li, Yuxuan Chen, Zesheng Chen