The Margot Collapse
What is The Margot Collapse?
The Margot Collapse is an incremental game that begins as a workplace lab simulator and develops into an unsettling mystery. Players inspect and study microbe samples, log results, buy lab equipment, and read inbox messages about Project M.
The Margot Collapse is an in-development incremental simulation from Funday Games. The player works at TOPTECH on Project M, studying microbe samples at a workstation with a Bioscope, microbes, and a chair. Results are logged and sent through a pneumatic tube system; good work unlocks a research budget for equipment such as a DataMate or an Agitation Kit. Faster results lead to a performance review. The game mixes lab management, optimization, and a surreal short story. Company memos, HR notices, and coworker messages may disagree, and cubicle clues hint at what Project M really is.
How to play The Margot Collapse
- Inspect samples with the left mouse button; hold it for Super Inspect.
- Use E to interact, C to crouch, SPACE to tiptoe, and Q to go back.
- Study the microbe samples, log the results, and send them off through the pneumatic tube system.
- Use the research budget to buy equipment such as a DataMate or an Agitation Kit.
- Read inbox messages and search the cubicle for clues about Project M.
The Margot Collapse controls
Controls are taken from the developer's itch.io page.
Tips for The Margot Collapse
- Hold the left mouse button for Super Inspect when inspecting a sample.
- Read inbox messages carefully because memos, HR notices, and coworker messages do not always agree.
- Improve research efficiency to grow the budget and buy better equipment.
- Search the cubicle for clues about Project M.
- Expect the office and the upgrades to change as the incremental loop continues.
The Margot Collapse FAQ
What is The Margot Collapse?
It is an incremental game wrapped in an unsettling mystery, with lab-management and workplace-sim elements.
Who develops the game?
Funday Games develops The Margot Collapse.
What platforms are supported?
HTML5 and Windows.
Is the game finished?
Its status is in development.
What do players do with samples?
They study them, log results, and send them off through the pneumatic tube system.
About this game
Read the full developer description
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The Margot Collapse is an incremental game wrapped inside an unsettling mystery. Part workplace simulator, part optimization game, and part surreal short story.
Controls
- Left Mouse Button: Inspect
- Hold Left Mouse Button: Super Inspect
- E: Interact
- C: Crouch
- SPACE: Tiptoe
- Q: Go Back
You've been assigned to Project M. Your workstation includes one Atomisure Portable Bioscope, one container of microbes, and one chair (non-adjustable). Your responsibilities are simple: study the samples, log your results, and send them off in the pneumatic tube system.
Good work unlocks a research budget. Buy equipment like a DataMate or an Agitation Kit for the spores. Better equipment means faster results, and faster results mean a performance review your manager will be very pleased with.
You may leave your cubicle during emergencies only.
Some employees have reported that samples move when no one is looking. These reports are not accurate. Some employees have also reported messages from a colleague named Philip. Philip does not work on this floor.
THE MARGOT COLLAPSE is an incremental game that starts as a lab-management sim and doesn't stay one. Your numbers will go up. Your office will change. Eventually the upgrades stop being for your equipment.
Cultivate and study microbes in a satisfying chain-reaction incremental gameplay loop. Improve your research efficiency and watch your budget grow. Read your inbox carefully, because company memos, HR notices, and coworker messages don't always agree. Search your cubicle for clues about what Project M really is.
TOPTECH has a plan for you.
Welcome aboard.
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Description from The Margot Collapse on itch.io, by Funday Games.
Screenshots
Not listed by the developer: release date, mobile support, system requirements, save support, multiplayer, age rating. We left these out rather than guess.