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Posted February 18, 2016
A cultivated student is the perfect fertilizer for society's growth. Or something.



<span class="bold">No Pineapple Left Behind</span>, a playful insight into the fruitless methods of modern education management, is available now DRM-free on GOG.com for Windows, Mac, and Linux, with a 10% launch discount.

Do you remember that kid from junior high who reminded you of a pineapple? Always eager to please the teacher, sit quietly through classes, take tests, and compare grades? For a school principal, this is the stuff of dreams. But because life is a cruel hag, he is usually stuck with *human* children instead. Ugh. Well, thankfully, this travesty is finally coming to an end!

See, running a school is no child's play. The little devils are unruly, demanding, unpredictable beings. But pineapples express no desires and exhibit no tendencies towards insubordination. Good grades and unquestionable obedience are profitable for the school, so as a sensible businessman, your job is to turn children into pineapples and not ever let them change back. Some parents may raise concerns and you've also got the teacher's work schedules, the students' curriculums, and the needs of your staff to manage, but with spells like "Trigonomancy" at your disposal, this should be easier than reciting the alphabet. It starts with a "p", right?



Weed out the bothersome students and fill your buzzing classrooms with compliant fruit in the satirical manager/simulation <span class="bold">No Pineapple Left Behind</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com. And if you enjoy the whimsical sound of studious pineapples, make sure to also grab the game's <span class="bold">OST</span>. The 10% launch discount will last until February 25, 4:59 PM GMT.
Posted February 18, 2016
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Venita: As a professional weirdo, [...]
Really? How's the pay? =D

EDIT: Also, how come subalterngames' user account didn't get the orange-text treatment?
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Posted February 18, 2016
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Venita: As a professional weirdo, [...]
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HunchBluntley: Really? How's the pay? =D
Two pineapples a day.
Posted February 18, 2016
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HunchBluntley: Really? How's the pay? =D
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Venita: Two pineapples a day.
Touché! =)
I also edited a real question into my last post.
Posted February 18, 2016
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DancingEngie: Hey, I'm the UI designer for this game. Anyone has any questions?
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Darvond: Question: Is this only based on the shortfallings of the USA education system, or is this a game where all education systems are equally potshot?
It mainly talks about No Child Left Behind, but there are potshots at the educational system as a whole.
Posted February 19, 2016
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budejovice: Thanks for joining GOG to post this message!
No, their first post was this message.
Posted February 19, 2016
I just know I'm going to end up getting this. :P

Curse you DancingEngie! :P
Posted February 19, 2016
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yogsloth: Hunh.

I'm unlikely to buy this game as it appears to be less of an actual game and more of a heavy-handed political message.
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Here's the great part: nobody will force you to buy this. Hopefully you don't mind that other people have the opportunity to get something they might enjoy...
Posted February 19, 2016
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Chacranajxy: This game is missing something...

Tanks. It needs more tanks, and clunky gameplay. Fortunately, we got two of those today. However, those, too, are too niche for me.
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DancingEngie: May I recommend Girls Und Panzer?
Agreed, great anime.
Posted February 19, 2016
I've seen a couple of videos and I'm still not sure what to think about this...

but that's a good thing, mind you. This may not be a game for everyone, but I can see why GOG picked it up.
Posted February 19, 2016
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budejovice: Thanks for joining GOG to post this message!
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HypersomniacLive: No, their first post was this message.
You are both wrong: I made posts in two forum discussions prior to making my observations about Californium and No Pineapple Left Behind.

Relevant question: How long does someone need to be a member here before they're allowed to have an opinion? This is the second time veteran GOGers have attacked my status as a new member rather than the content of my posts.
Posted February 19, 2016
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Posted February 19, 2016
This concept is so crazy it got me really interested in the game. Now, I'm not in my bestest economical situation right now, so I guess I'll have to just wishlist it. But unless reviews are terrible this game is bound to grace my shelf sooner or later.

Also, having seen my own country's educational system closer than most people I can absolutely relate to the dev making a satire of his country's system. :)

Welcome Subaltern Games, and good luck!
Posted February 19, 2016
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vicklemos: If you could see my face now you'd jump off your chair, sir. I'm pissing myself in both laughter in here since I just saw the release trailer and heard the theme song. Another masterpiece. I'm speachless!
As a father/ex-teacher now I really wish a zapper like this one ;D

One more thing: what's with the pineapples? Are they the brainless fruit ever? To me, it's a metaphore for "hey now you don't have anymore desires of your own nor fun and you're a part of the 'system' now, kiddo. Be a pineapple, be another brick in this juicy wall".
Riiiiight? :D

Thanks!
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DancingEngie: Sorry, didn't notice that comment there.

During our (failed) Kickstarter campaign, we created a video answering this question, which you can see here. Basically, the pineapples are a reference to a reading comprehension test concerning a short story called "The Hare and the Pineapple", which perplexed many students, teachers and parents.
That test story is so famous for being completely idiotic and worthless as a measurement for reading comprehension, it was highlighted last year on Last Week Tonight when they focused on the problems of standardized testing in the US.
Posted February 19, 2016
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HypersomniacLive: No, their first post was this message.
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drmfro: You are both wrong: I made posts in two forum discussions prior to making my observations about Californium and No Pineapple Left Behind.

Relevant question: How long does someone need to be a member here before they're allowed to have an opinion? This is the second time veteran GOGers have attacked my status as a new member rather than the content of my posts.
They probably feel you're not adding anything but negativity to the community, so it's hard to value you as a good addition.

Moving onto the content of your posts ...

Personally, I'm really sick of people trying to nail new games for being "too niche".

No one cared how niche games were until recently, so I'm assuming GOG has used that phrase as an excuse for rejecting a game people wanted. I'm usually sympathetic in that case, because GOG have rejected games I'd really like to see here too. But just because you don't get your toy is no reason to go put down everyone else's. If GOG is rejecting good stuff because it's "too niche", it would surely be better to encourage them when they experiment with other less-mainstream stuff.

Instead we get the irritating stream of "I won't buy this. It's too niche" comments on any mildly unusual game. Your posts probably attract more attention because you take more lines to say basically the same thing, and your posts aren't balanced out by other more positive ones.
Posted February 19, 2016
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drmfro: You are both wrong: I made posts in two forum discussions prior to making my observations about Californium and No Pineapple Left Behind.

Relevant question: How long does someone need to be a member here before they're allowed to have an opinion? This is the second time veteran GOGers have attacked my status as a new member rather than the content of my posts.
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zlep: They probably feel you're not adding anything but negativity to the community, so it's hard to value you as a good addition.

Moving onto the content of your posts ...

Personally, I'm really sick of people trying to nail new games for being "too niche".

No one cared how niche games were until recently, so I'm assuming GOG has used that phrase as an excuse for rejecting a game people wanted. I'm usually sympathetic in that case, because GOG have rejected games I'd really like to see here too. But just because you don't get your toy is no reason to go put down everyone else's. If GOG is rejecting good stuff because it's "too niche", it would surely be better to encourage them when they experiment with other less-mainstream stuff.

Instead we get the irritating stream of "I won't buy this. It's too niche" comments on any mildly unusual game. Your posts probably attract more attention because you take more lines to say basically the same thing, and your posts aren't balanced out by other more positive ones.
To be clear, the whole "too niche" shitpost thing is entirely sarcastic. Nobody's offering that as a critique of this game. It's purely asking "how is this mainstream enough to make the cut, but X, Y, and Z aren't?" Which, I think, is fair.
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