Do Not Shelve

A night-shift inspection horror. Check 30 pieces of furniture against the database, smash what doesn’t match, and clock out before morning.

For optimal experience it is recommended to play the downloadable version.

The warehouse is quiet and the job is simple: scan a label, read the spec, measure, compare. Most of what’s wrong is ordinary, like a wrong stamp, an extra leg or a desk three centimetres too narrow. Some of it isn’t. The tablet has been behaving weird lately, but IT says that’s just the update.

What you do

• Scan each item’s barcode to pull up its spec: dimensions, part counts, materials, handedness and stamps.
• Measure with the tape. Anything more than 0.5 cm off spec fails.
• Mark each item Clear or Flag. Not everything odd is defective, and not every label tells the truth.
• Smash flagged stock with the hammer and send the debris down the chute.
• Clock out for your shift report. Your supervisor’s note depends on how you did, and there are seven to find.

A shift takes about 5-15 minutes. There’s no timer and no way to fail, so take as long as you need. The building isn’t going anywhere.

Contains flashing lights and disturbing themes.

Controls

• WASD to walk, Shift to sprint, mouse to look, Esc to pause
• E or left click (hands) to inspect, pick up and push; with the hammer, left click smashes
• 1 / 2 to switch between hands and hammer
• Tab to raise or lower the tablet, F to hold it upright or flat, Q for the spec and notes pages
• V to mark, then 1 Clear, 2 Flag, 3 Undecided
• While inspecting: mouse to rotate, wheel to zoom, E or right click to put the item back
• M for the tape: left click to hook, Shift to square, wheel to zoom, hold middle click or Space to orbit, Shift + hold middle click to pan, right click to reel in
• R / N for new message / all messages

This is a prototype. I’m testing whether inspecting, measuring and smashing holds up as a horror loop before building more. If you have 20 seconds, this short form tells me what worked and what didn’t.

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