"Congratulations, Candidate! You've been selected for a corporate job interview at Parallax Systems."

It’s not going well.

Don't Push is a short, satirical first-person puzzle-platformer created in 2 weeks for the 1-2-3 Scope Game Jam. You’ll navigate three questionable “test chambers” as part of a suspiciously vague hiring process.

Run, jump, wall-run, and slide your way through a surreal testing facility with all the charm of a motivational poster and the safety standards of a meat grinder.

Key Features:

• Surreal, mid-century modern environments with a retro-corporate twist

• Momentum-driven parkour movement: slide, vault, wall-run, and launch

• Three highly curated “tests” designed by someone who’s definitely read a physics manual once

• Narration inspired by Get To Work and The Stanley Parable

• A mysterious button. Do not press it. Seriously.

Inspired by:

• Portal (test chambers)

• Mirror’s Edge (momentum-based parkour)

• The Stanley Parable and Get to Work (narrative weirdness, corporate satire, and the illusion of choice)

Push your luck. Push your limits. Just... Don't push the button.

AI Disclosure:

This project used generative AI to help with code review/debugging.