GIGCO: Escape the Gig Economy!

Name: GIGCO: Escape the Gig Economy!
Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Jonathan Carroll

Do the job, or be automated!

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

4 Ratings
Ages

9+
Years
Category

Games
Developer

Jonathan Carroll
Language

EN
English
Size

188.4
MB

Deliver boxes, get the job done - or risk automation. Tap to dash between conveyor belts. Dodge robots that try to automate your job away. You find yourself in the bowels of GIGCO, a sprawling superpower in online retail. Tapping furiously on your phone (the tool that transportation, commerce and employment all run through) you dash across the screen, racing from one conveyor belt to the next. Your nemesis is the automated shipping robot, buzzing to take your job. If you can't maneuver around the robots and complete your task, the lights dim; the warehouse transitions to fully automated, machine-vision. Features: - In a world where Amazon, Uber, and Facebook have become one mega-corporation, you need to work, like, and subscribe to stay alive. - Defend your minimum-wage job against impending automation in quick-paced gameplay. - We all eat - play as four unique characters including men, women, non-binary folk, and furries. - Use the meta-app to uncover real world truths about contemporary labour conditions and the opportunities for organization. - A striking, generative soundtrack by recording artist and labour professor Ben McCarthy.

A Closer Look

Ratings & Reviews

3.5

out of 5

4 Ratings

Learn to Code!?!
01/31/2019

Gamer1st1
No that’s not a solution. (Unless you’re a fired borderline useless millennial/lefty “reporter”). Higher minimum wage boosts will only lead to more automation at a faster rate.As for the game...Meh.It’s ok, but nothing that hasn’t been done before. But the obvious reason for the games existence is it’s message. Which is why I put one at the start of this review.

Developer Response
Thanks so much for the review! Although it’s not very explicit in GIGCO, we think that organized labour is the best way to make working conditions more fair, and “escape” the precarious conditions of the gig economy. Pwr to the ppl!
Learn to Code!?!
01/31/2019

Gamer1st1

No that’s not a solution. (Unless you’re a fired borderline useless millennial/lefty “reporter”). Higher minimum wage boosts will only lead to more automation at a faster rate.As for the game...Meh.It’s ok, but nothing that hasn’t been done before. But the obvious reason for the games existence is it’s message. Which is why I put one at the start of this review.
Developer Response 02/02/2019
Thanks so much for the review! Although it’s not very explicit in GIGCO, we think that organized labour is the best way to make working conditions more fair, and “escape” the precarious conditions of the gig economy. Pwr to the ppl!
App Store needs more like this
02/03/2019

Bo Brannon
This game is simple and satisfying. I love it.

Developer Response
Thank you so much for the nice words!
App Store needs more like this
02/03/2019

Bo Brannon

This game is simple and satisfying. I love it.
Developer Response 02/03/2019
Thank you so much for the nice words!