Crunch Time!

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Crunch Time! is a single player casual strategy game. It was developed by David Teruel and was released on December 31, 2014. It received neutral reviews from players.

"Crunch Time!" is a humorous card game based on video game development, where you manage your own company and compete to complete the best projects. Use cards representing developers, positive cards to speed up work, and negative cards to hinder opponents. The game features over 100 unique cards and 28 available projects to complete, providing insight into the video game development process. A physical version of the game can be obtained through the developer's website.

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Single-Player

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52%

Audience ScoreBased on 66 reviews

humor8 positive mentions

replayability2 negative mentions

The game features a humorous take on the absurdities of office work and game development, making it enjoyable for those familiar with the industry.
The mechanics are simple and easy to understand, allowing for quick play sessions that can be fun and lighthearted.
The art style is charming and adds to the overall appeal of the game, making it visually engaging.

Gameplay quickly becomes repetitive and lacks depth, with minimal strategy involved and a heavy reliance on luck.
There is no multiplayer option, which limits replayability and makes the experience feel isolated.
The game suffers from design flaws, such as the inability to discard cards, leading to frustrating situations where players are stuck with unplayable cards.

gameplay
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
64%
18%
The gameplay is characterized by simple mechanics involving card play, but it suffers from a heavy reliance on luck due to a flawed draw system that often leaves players with useless cards. While the concept is polished and unique, the lack of strategic depth and the presence of frustrating mechanics detract significantly from the overall experience, leading to a gameplay experience that feels shallow and unengaging.
- “The mechanics involve using cards representing developers, tasks, and obstacles to succeed.”
- “The gameplay is pretty simple; you have 5 cards, and you can play as many as you want per turn as soon as they have a valid target.”
- “The mechanics of the game are relatively simple and not a whole lot of explanation is required to understand what you must do, which is a good thing, because card-battling games at times can get very complex.”
- “Shallow, underdeveloped card game with tons of rule pitfalls and 90% pure luck gameplay.”
- “Polished and relatively unique, but the actual gameplay boils down mostly to pure chance, with no deckbuilding and little strategy involved.”
- “The biggest drawback is the mechanics (you always get up to 5 cards max), which means you'll be sitting around with unnecessary cards in your hand while your opponent pulls combo after combo.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
24%
38%
The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with many players criticizing the outdated 2D visuals and lack of depth, especially given the advancements in 3D graphics since the mid-1990s. While some appreciate the nice art style and HD graphics, the overall consensus leans towards disappointment in the visual presentation.
- “+ beautiful HD graphics and nice animations”
- “- nice art style”
- “The game features really lackluster 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?).”
- “Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs and the latest 3D graphics cards to play 2D games.”
- “Even mobile phones and game consoles can do 3D graphics now.”
humor
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is a mixed bag, with some players finding it genuinely funny and others noting that many jokes fall flat or are hindered by translation issues. While the programmer humor and quirky writing can be entertaining, the overall comedic experience is inconsistent, with some praising it as a highlight and others feeling it lacks replayability.
- “This game is so obviously broken that the only thing that got me to finish a full match was the programmer humor, which is its only redeeming quality.”
- “Either that or the writing is just idiosyncratic enough to be funny sometimes, corny sometimes as it makes fun of the game development process.”
- “This is a very funny game.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The game features a fun theme and humorous text, but it suffers from very low replayability, as players quickly exhaust the interesting content and find a lack of strategic depth to encourage multiple playthroughs.
- “After one game, you would have exhausted all of the interesting cards, but there's no strategy to fall back on for replay value.”
- “Very low replay value.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
100%
The music in the game has received largely negative feedback, with many players finding it awful and repetitive, leading some to mute the game entirely. While the sound effects are considered acceptable, the inability to turn off the music has been a significant point of frustration for users.
- “The quotes on the cards are awesome, especially if you've had any exposure to the game dev industry. The art is cool too, and the music adds to the overall experience.”
- “The music is awful, and you have to mute the game entirely to turn it off (the sound effects are okay).”
- “My biggest problem with the game is you can't turn the music off!!!”
- “The music is okay, but gets a little repetitive.”