Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Regardless of what it says for play time, I played this for like 30 minutes and I got real sick of trying to get "What do the circled words mean?!" and... I don't have time for this. I appreciate wanting to seem edgy and 'in medias res' of this life they think they have, but I could have used a quick tutorial to get any sort of idea what I was supposed to do rather than spend 30 minutes wondering "what is even?" Miss me with this crap.
Playing this was like that friend who is so into pokemon that he couldn't fathom anyone not into pokemon and just expects you to know what a squirtle is.

Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a "simulator", where you got the opportunity to check how "primates" lives in their natural habitant, meanwhile you have to take care of yourself and keep going with the primates.

What I liked the most is the randomized gameplay. The game stay the same, however the different lives you can check is randomized. Some of them quite boring, a few of them quite dark, some of them quite exciting. Also, solving puzzles or finding out how to deal with different life situations and getting clues are quite interesting too. The game also got lot of Easter eggs and secrets, which is quite fun. Collecting clues are really important in the game, because you can change their fates with those and with your decision. Related to this, there is one thing I didn't quite liked it, which is sometimes you need to over search or hear different conversations to find a clue, even though you know what is that, but the game don't register it, until you found every possible words. Either way, the gameplay part of the game is quite good for sure.

I can say the same about the graphics. It's a bit retro, however there are a few really well made parts about it. Sometimes it's pretty detailed, too. I didn't find any graphical bugs, so it looks fine to me.

About the story, there are lot of different story lines to follow and also, there is yours, too. Some of them are quite interesting and fun to unravel, but few are just beyond stupid. There are different endings for the game too, so it's not bad at all, but you need to more than one playthrough to get most of it.

Sound design is another magnificent part of the game. There are not too many sounds, however when you are in your apartment, you can listen your neighbors and others in the house and sometimes it's so realistic, I thought the sounds from the game coming from my neighbors. Pretty awesome. I missed some music in the game, however it's still good enough.

The controls are really easy. You mostly need to use the mouse and at the beginning, the game tells you exactly what you need to use throughout the whole game, which is not difficult at all.

Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a really interesting and sometimes difficult game. One playthrough is not really long, however you need to do multiple playthroughs to understand the game completely. It has lot of original values and secrets, definitely worth to check it out and I recommend the game to get it. I can even get it for the full price.

Not many games will have me coming back for more but the way they went about very simple ideas made this game engaging and fun.
It's a time-management sort of game so if you love that genre, pick this one up. If you enjoy games with a more cerebral theme behind it, this is also good for that reason.
My only complaint is that the game's "campaign" feels rather short so it forces you to need to restart and go through all the initial intro stuff over again.

Love this game SO much. I just wish there were some more 'cages', you can only really play it two or three times and then it gets too repetitive.

This game is difficult to try to explain without ruining it. I'll just say it's interesting what people do when they think no one is watching them...

This is an unusual retro pixel game which consists mostly of a desktop/job simulator with a quirky theme, you're in an illuminati club and you watch people through hacked webcams. You need to collect various words to conduct web searches and solve puzzles in the game.

It's an interesting concept although it's very vague and unclear about what you're supposed to be doing at any given time. They chose to use obsolete retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. It wasn't for any specific desire to create an authentic appearing retro game, because they don't use retro pixel graphics everywhere, which is a tacit admission that they know pixel "art" looks bad, but they chose it anyway because it's a lazy substitute for doing the artwork properly.

As usual it's a shame to see an interesting concept ruined by sloppy/lazy implementation. Despite the lazy copout on the "art", they're charging a hefty $7 for this, which would get you games with 3D graphics from companies that hired an artist, so I have to go ahead and recommend people buy one of those games instead of this.

Very interesting concept, I was pulled into multiple story lines playing out on the cameras and was very excited to see how they played out. And with some simple puzzle solving you can usually complete the cases without any outside guides. Visuals are great, simplistic but some great pixel art. My only *ONLY* complaint, is that some of the "keywords" or information that I'm aware of, wouldn't tie together in ways I would have liked, or I had already pieced it together, but still had to click a random word to "Finish the bubble"

Engaging puzzle game that keeps you coming back for more. Can easily waste hours on it and has a ton of replayability.

This is an interesting idea for a game. You join a club that gives you access to hidden cameras which allow you to observe different people and gather info on them. You can sell some info back to the club when they request or use it for your own means, whether thats blackmailing or helping the people your observing its up to you.

I like that most cameras you unlock are basically a self contained story with multiple outcomes depending on what you do or don't do. You get different ones for each playthrough and there's multiple endings to the overall game too. A playthrough can be completed pretty quickly too.

There is some meter balancing to do in between so you need to eat and sleep to keep those meters up, as well as work to earn rent money and money to buy access to more cameras. I didn't enjoy this as much but there is at least an option to make things easier if you want to focus less on this at the cost of unlocking achievements. So it's nice that the choice is there.

Overall Do Not Feed The Monkeys is a pretty good game and worth checking out if it sounds interesting to you.

Eerie vibe at first, but before long I couldn't get enough of it.
The mechanics of the game are to watch video feeds for clues, click to add the clues to your notebook then follow up on them as you see fit. Your (in-game) tools: a search engine, an email client, a chat client, a phone, an e-commerce web site, your video console's night-vision and recording functionality and a 'shock TV' show that you can collaborate with.
You also manage some resources: money, health and sleep. There are paid jobs you can fit into your schedule as you see fit and a few ways to acquire food. And really, your attention (as the player) might be the other resource you have to manage, as the in-game distractions can pile up.
Put this all together and you get something that I found hugely engaging. It's the little stories that develop in the video feeds - especially if you decide to interact with them, which is what the game means by "feeding the monkeys" - those stories were what kept me coming back until it seemed I'd seen everything the game had to offer.