Chief Emoji Officer

This game is super charming. I’ve used Slack before and I’m a big hater but the UI of it actually works really well for a narrative game. The emoji response gimmick is really fun—sometimes what you choose has unexpected consequences, which is an added challenge. 5 stars although dang it really is unexpectedly difficult to avoid getting laid off!

This game reminds me a lot of the game Tender. I love these kinds of narrative stories told through an every day interface but it’s hard to ever feel immersed in this game because of the fact that you have to do things through chapters. I want to be able to open up the app, respond to someone’s message and the close it. It also feels very prescriptive that as soon as you respond to someone’s message, you will always receive another message in a different channel. Tender takes things a little slower and makes it more realistic, sometimes you will have conversations that are longer but then sometimes you have to wait a little bit for a response. I really want to love this game but it feels just a little too rigid/linear for me to feel fully immersed in this world.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to work in Silicon Valley? Chief Emoji Officer will open your eyes to the interpersonal relationships in that setting. Can you start and have a relationship with your director (a fox)? Sure, if you are willing to work hard. Do you want to help change the (third) world? ☀️ Start a revolution? 🔥 All of these can be accomplished while climbing to the top and becoming the C.E.O.