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Corporate Confusion: Holidays. D.I.M. Corp.'s holiday parties. With rubber bands.

Five company Christmas parties, three rounds each, each grander than the last. Touch the room, pull back and let go. HR will log your festivity.

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The Open Office Christmas Celebration from your desk: balloons, a gift exchange with a $5 limit, the manager, and a banner over the windows that reads MANDATORY HOLIDAY ENJOYMENT

This season's celebrations

Five parties. Each grander than the last.

Three rounds at each: the same room, set up a different way, with its own tasks, its own surprises and its own memo from HR. Each party opens when the one before it is done.

  1. Presents stacked on the supply table under a D.I.M. CORP. HOLIDAY PARTY banner, with the manager behind them and a small tree in the corner

    Party 1

    The Cubicle Christmas Party

    Cubicle area, by the supply table

    Fifteen minutes of approved festivity. Light refreshments. Attendance mandatory.

    Also present The Cookie Rationing Unit

  2. Balloons over the open office, a pyramid of party cups, and a gift exchange with a $5 limit, under a MANDATORY HOLIDAY ENJOYMENT banner

    Party 2

    The Open Office Christmas Celebration

    The open office. All of it.

    Department-wide. Catering, a gift exchange and drone delivery. Enjoyment is mandatory.

    Also present Holiday Logistics' drone

  3. The boardroom table laid with presents and desserts, under a screen that reads EXECUTIVE FESTIVITY COMPLIANCE: 100%

    Party 3

    Management's Holiday Gathering

    The Executive Boardroom

    Management only. Robotic hospitality, an executive dessert tower, and procedures.

    Also present Robot waiters

  4. The Grand Ballroom: a tower of sparkling cider on a gold platform, an ice sculpture of a snowflake, the executives' awards on their display, and LEADERSHIP JOY RETENTION INITIATIVE on the stage's screen

    Party 4

    The Executive Christmas Gala

    The Grand Ballroom, top floor

    Black tie. Automated hospitality, a cider tower and an ice sculpture. Most of the budget is here.

    Also present A sparkling cider tower

  5. The Grand Hall: the Corporate Cheer-O-Meter, giant baubles on winches, and a tall tree in front of the glass wall

    Party 5

    The D.I.M. Corp Grand Holiday Celebration

    The Grand Hall. Every department, all at once.

    The whole company. A parade, the Cheer-O-Meter and the Ultimate Gift Machine. Cheer will be limited.

    Also present The Ultimate Gift Machine

The Cubicle Christmas Party, as a new player first sees it: the sticky note of tasks in the bottom-left corner, and a note that says Swipe sideways to look around the party

How it plays

Touch the room. Pull back. Let go.

You sit at the party with a rubber band and a sticky note of things to do. The rest of the room is up to you.

  1. Touch

    Put your finger where the band should catch.

  2. Pull back

    Drag away from the target. The farther you pull, the harder it goes.

  3. Let go

    Presents tumble, balloons pop, cookies scatter. Things knock into other things.

  4. Keep celebrating

    Three tasks finish a round. The bonuses and the secrets are still there after.

Swipe sideways to look around, and use a second finger to aim higher or lower. How to Play has the rest.

Company policy

Nothing can go wrong. HR checked.

No manager watches, nobody gives warnings, and there is nothing to fail. HR's memo records what you did. It does not grade it.

  • No clockNo timers, no energy and no shot limits. Take as long as you like.
  • No warningsHit a guest and they have a word with you. “Hey! I'm holding cocoa here.”
  • No gradesNo score, no rating, and no rules to break.
  • Play it againEvery round you reach stays open. Starting over is one tap.
  • Keep celebratingFinished a round? Stay at the party. Every bonus is still there.
  • FreeNo ads, nothing to buy, and nothing tracked.

Holiday innovation

Management has ideas.

D.I.M. Corp. has installed machines to solve problems nobody had. Hit one and see what it does. Some have a big red button. The label says DO NOT PRESS.

The open office's machines: the Holiday Cheer Measurement Device, its dial at 64% and approved, and the red cabinet of the Automated Gift Distribution System beside a pile of presents
  • Party 1 · Supply tableReadout

    Cookie Rationing Unit

    ONE (1) COOKIE ISSUED

    EMERGENCY COOKIE RELEASE AUTHORIZED

  • Party 2 · Near rowReadout

    Holiday Cheer Measurement Device

    64% · APPROVED

    CHEER MEASURED: 4,000%

    CHEER EXCEEDS APPROVED LIMITS

  • Party 5 · Grand HallReadout

    Ultimate Gift Machine

    INITIATING COMPANY-WIDE DISTRIBUTION

    EVERY EMPLOYEE IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT

    SOME EXCLUSIONS APPLY

Human Resources

HR will log your festivity.

Every round ends with a memo from HR: what you did, the bonuses you found, and how many of the round's party favors you have turned up. It is entirely serious. It is never a grade.

Memo · Human ResourcesFiled
To
You
Re
The Cubicle Christmas Party
Round
1 of 3 · Fifteen Minutes of Festivity

Holiday Celebration Compliance — Cubicle Area

Findings

  • Secret Santa gifts: distributed.
  • Gift from Corporate: opened with appropriate gratitude.
  • Ornaments: confirmed shatterproof.

Party favors found3 of 8

Your festivity has been logged. Please return to a normal level of enthusiasm by 4:16 PM.

Join the party soon.

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How to Play Support
The Grand Hall from your table: giant baubles, the governance screens, the Cheer-O-Meter, and a tall tree in front of the glass wall