Mini Metro Dev Releases Passion Project RTFM

Dinosaur Polo Club, the developers behind Mini Metro and Mini Motorways, have shadow-dropped a new passion project they’ve been working on. It’s a “co-op tech support simulator” called RTFM, whose full title I won’t mention for reasons that will shortly become obvious. Let’s just say, if you work in IT and/or you’ve ever been the “designated tech support person” for your family, you probably know all too well what “RTFM” stands for. RTFM is available now and downloadable for free via itch.io. Here is what a press release from Dinosaur Polo Club has to say about their newest release:

“In Read The F*cking Manual, office terror unveils its hysterical side as two players work together as Troubleshooter and Operator, solving puzzles and staying one step ahead of a hostile ghost in the machine. The brief, replayable experience centers around social sleuthing and puzzle-solving, a bite-sized experience inspired by games such as Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, and sci-fi media such as classic creepypastas, The X-Files, Portal, and Control. Reciprocate trust and communication to hold reality itself together! Mysterious consequences are threatened by your corporate overlords as the two players must work together without fear of [fail-states.] Decode one another’s actions as trust either blossoms, or worse, erodes.

While reality defragmentation may sound horrifying, the real horror may be in your ear pretending to help. Or in getting a negative performance review. Crack open the User Manual and read the [expletive] thing as the Troubleshooter (pro[-]tip: print it out to help prevent prying eyes from seeing something they shouldn’t), or sit down behind the controls as the Terminal Operator to relay on-screen puzzles to one another. Work together or weave white lies into your teamwork to discover three different endings.”

Together, you and a friend will figure out whether the “problem exists between keyboard and chair.” RTFM is free and available now.