DON'T CRASH 95

IT'S 1995. ALL YOU WANT IS TO INSTALL A GAME. How hard could that possibly be? DON'T CRASH 95 is a short, chaotic comedy game about trying to install GAME.EXE on a computer that seems personally offended by your existence. Your installation is going smoothly. Then the PC demands another floppy disk. The CD drive refuses to cooperate. The CPU is overheating. The internet disconnects. A permission window starts running away from your mouse. And you're still at 37%. Your mission is simple: Keep the machine alive, solve its increasingly ridiculous problems, and reach 100% installation as fast as possible. ONE DESK. ONE COMPUTER. WAY TOO MANY PROBLEMS. You're sitting at a fully interactive 3D desk, complete with a beige computer tower, CRT monitor, floppy disks, CD-ROM, printer, and other questionable pieces of 1990s technology. Fight the software: Survive endless terms and conditions, fake updates, strange CAPTCHAs, annoying popups, and painfully slow applications.Fix the hardware: Insert disks, eject CDs, reconnect things, handle printer problems, and keep the computer from overheating.Manage the chaos: Multiple problems can happen at once. Some pause installation, while others make everything worse.Every run is different: Randomized events and unpredictable combinations make each attempt a new disaster.Beat your best time: Play Normal or Chaos mode, and replay seeds to challenge yourself. No two installations are quite the same. Every problem has a solution. Your patience might not. HOW TO PLAY Double-click GAME.EXE on the computer's desktop.Click INSTALL.Fix whatever breaks.Reach 100% before your PC crashes.Try again, but faster. CONTROLS InputActionLeft clickInteract with windows, buttons, and physical objectsDouble-clickOpen desktop applicationsMouse wheelZoom toward or away from the CRT, or scroll in an active documentRight clickDrop a held itemKeyboardType in forms and complete specific on-screen prompts TIP: The screen isn't the only thing you can click. Your computer tower, floppy disks, printer, and desk objects are part of the game. MADE FOR LUDUM DARE 60 Theme: OLD TECH A love letter to old computers, questionable design decisions, and the unique pain of getting software to work in the 1990s. Windows download. Unzip the game, keep all extracted files together, and run the game executable. If you encounter a bug, please leave a comment describing what happened and what you were doing. Feedback and speedrun times are welcome! GOOD LUCK INSTALLING GAME.EXE. YOU'LL NEED IT.