Paladin Studios and Nintendo recently released the amusing office-themed puzzler Good Job! on the Nintendo Switch eShop.
Paladin Studios lead producer Robert Abercrombie and Nintendo of America producer Takao Nakano recently participated in an interview and spoke about how they joined forces together.
Interview highlights
Abercrombie: The founder of Paladin (Derk de Geus) had been trying to get his foot in the door for around 10 years, and fortunately Nintendo wanted to proceed with one of our pitches and that was the start of Good Job! development.
Nakano: It’s been a long time since we first met Paladin. I think it was one of those game events somewhere. I’ve played some of their smart device games before, and all of them have a very cheerful atmosphere, and I got the impression that they make their games with great care.
Also, I heard that Paladin had experience working with Japanese game publishers previously, so from that standpoint as well, I may have been more interested in Paladin as a game studio. Since then, we had been looking for an opportunity to work together.
In 2017, our Nintendo team had an opportunity to visit Paladin Studios and at that time we discussed further about working on a project together. Nintendo requested Paladin to work on an experimental game idea, and from that experiment project the base of Good Job! was born. After discussions between the two companies, we agreed to polish this “raw stone” into a product, and the full game development started.
About Good Job!
Another day on the job
Rise through the ranks in your quest to become the new CEO of your dad’s company in Good Job! on Nintendo Switch! Together with a friend, climb the corporate ladder to take over the family business by tackling bizarre office problems – from building the company zen garden to delivering cubes of goo!
Office orientation
Travel up the office building and solve the unique problems facing each department! Whether a package needs crushing in Logistics or the plants need watering in Recreation, it’s your job to help out your fellow workers by whatever means necessary. With enough experience on each floor, you’ll be calling the shots from the penthouse suite in no time.
Carefully drag pieces of office equipment around with just the press of a button, or create a slingshot using electrical cables to fling that projector into a meeting room! Use cranes and forklift trucks to gingerly move a container to its destination, or smash through a wall to get it there as quick as possible.
Each floor comes with its own unique set of puzzles and tools with which to solve them, so think outside the box – or demolish it with a printer – when trying to complete your next objective.
Risk assessment
You’ll be graded on your performance for each task – based on how many things you broke, the price of any items you may have destroyed, and how quickly you got the job done. While using a fire hose as a makeshift jetpack or catapulting packages about may get the task finished fast, you’ll rack up quite the invoice! Don’t worry about getting the sack – dad’ll foot the bill…
Evaluate whether a careful approach is the best idea, or whether a bit of wanton destruction will get the job done right. If you aren’t happy with your employee evaluation, you can always retry and aim for top marks.
To me, to you!
Need a hand cleaning up the company pool? Pass a Joy-Con* to a fellow office worker and they can drop in at any time to help you on your journey to the top. Many hands do make light work after all – just be careful not to get in each other’s way!
Casual Fridays
Jazz up your business attire with a pair of butterfly wings, or perhaps a Viking helmet! Find the outfits and hats hidden within each level to make yourself extra stylish while on the job. You may have to cause a little mayhem to find some of them though…
