Big Boss
Summary
A satirical VR game created for VR Jam 2021 where you play as a giant boss managing a miniature office. Hire, fire, and shred tax returns to meet your capitalistic goals!
Project Overview
Big Boss is a short, satirical VR game developed over a single weekend by a team of three for VR Jam 2021. Having a dedicated 3D artist on the team was a game-changer, allowing us to polish the visual style and focus heavily on interactive, physics-based mechanics.
The theme of the jam was “Small World”, so we decided to flip the perspective: instead of making the player small, we made the player a giant overseeing an office full of miniature employees.
The Gameplay
You take on the role of the giant boss. Your job is to fulfill your capitalistic needs by hiring new employees, assigning them to roles, and collecting the money they generate.
- Hiring & Firing: Push the big red button to hire miniature employees and drop them into free cubicles. If an employee isn’t making enough money, simply pick them up and throw them into the trash can.
- Bonus Mechanics: Aim for the basketball hoop above the trash can when firing someone — if you make the shot, you’ll earn bonus cash and give the rest of the office an employee speed boost!
- The IRS: When a tax declaration spawns, you must grab it and bring it immediately to the shredder, or you will lose money.
The game is heavily physics-driven, utilizing intuitive VR controls (grab, teleport, turn) to create a frantic, tactile management experience.
Reception & Post-Jam Development
The game received fantastic ratings during the jam and was specifically featured by the jam’s host, Valem, in his “Best Games of VR JAM 2021” video. He highlighted the game’s humor and the fun surprise mechanics, such as getting rid of unionizing workers with a golf club.
Following the very positive community feedback, we released a post-jam update. The game is now fully playable and available for download on our itch.io page as both a Windows PC VR build and a standalone Meta Quest APK.