In development
A narrative-driven life simulator about becoming a successful stand-up comedian.
Stand Up is an immersive life simulator about chasing laughter at any cost. Guide an aspiring comedian from open-mic hopeful to household name. Write jokes, build your sets, develop your voice, cultivate venue relationships, and perform for increasingly demanding audiences. But success on stage doesn't make life any easier off it. Every opportunity competes with something else: your health, your relationships, your time, your sense of self. The choices that advance your career may leave other parts of your life neglected. Does ambition come at the expense of authenticity? Through fully diegetic interactions and deliberately pressure-inducing systems, Stand Up explores the tension between the person the audience sees and the person behind the microphone. After all, making people laugh is one thing, making yourself happy is another.
The performance is five minutes. The week before it is the rest of the game.
A loop the player lives with — quieter than most games, and built to add up over a season.
Turn ideas into polished jokes and organize your sets. Your delivery style defines your comedy persona, which you need to practice to master, but make sure it aligns with the topics you discuss in your jokes. You can leave some room for improvisation during the performance, but the more prepared you are, the better your chances of delivering a killer set.
Find venues who’ll let you book gigs and curate your relationships with the owners and the regulars. Understand what each audience prefers, and make sure to bring your best material for the <b>right crowd</b>. Having a solid fanbase might help, as long as they don’t turn on you.
A day job, distractions, demanding relationships. Writer’s block is real. Sleep matters. The set will not write itself while you are <b>exhausted and uninspired.</b>
No matter how prepared you are, when it’s time for the show, you must perform. Deliver your set efficiently, stay on your toes to adapt to picky audiences, and manage random interruptions as best you can. Whether in a dingy bar or a stadium, you just gotta <b>make ’em laugh.</b>
Captured during development. Subject to change.
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