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Totally NOT a Game

A corporate spreadsheet idle game where you climb the ladder from Intern to C-Suite by generating KPIs, automating busywork, and satisfying a Board that demands exponential results. Totally NOT a Game.

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About the Game

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Your productivity is now being tracked!

Totally NOT a Game is a corporate incremental / idle experience disguised as a spreadsheet. Start as an Intern performing simple office tasks and work your way up to the C-Suite by generating KPIs, unlocking automation, and surviving executive expectations.



📈 Turn Busywork Into Exponential Growth

  • Send emails

  • Make copies

  • Run coffee

  • Coordinate projects

  • Lead departments

Every task generates KPIs.
Every KPI fuels your rise.

Watch your output scale from 10K to 100K to 11M as systems compound and automation takes over.

🧠 Manual → Automation → Optimization

New tasks begin manually.
You perform them yourself.

As you gain:

  • Competency → tasks become more efficient

  • Delegation → tasks run automatically

  • Department Buffs → global multipliers stack

The spreadsheet grows.
The numbers accelerate.
The Board notices.

🏢 Climb the Corporate Ladder

Progress through roles including:

  • Intern

  • Junior Employee

  • Specialist

  • Team Lead

  • Manager

  • Director

  • Executive

  • C-Suite

Each promotion unlocks new responsibilities, new mechanics, and new ways to scale productivity.

💬 Corporate Communications

Receive updates from:

  • HR

  • IT

  • Finance

  • Operations

  • The Board

Your performance is monitored.
Expect feedback.

📊 A Spreadsheet That Fights Back

The entire game lives inside a dynamic spreadsheet interface.

  • Every multiplier is visible

  • Every calculation is shown

  • Every KPI is accounted for

If the numbers go up, you’ll see exactly why.

🔥 Features

  • Incremental / idle gameplay with manual interaction layers

  • Transparent calculation system

  • Role progression with escalating complexity

  • Department-based global upgrades

  • Corporate satire tone

  • Clean spreadsheet UI aesthetic

  • Exponential scaling systems

Remember

This is a professional productivity simulation.

It is Totally NOT a Game.