Why is there no tutorial?

[kannakamui.de]

Hello,

I finally bought it and I had no idea what I was doing. I found out how to get water and that it gets dirty and how it sucks when you accidently kick the bucket over. But how to "clean" corpses, bodyparts and other stuff?
It would have been nice to have a feature that explains you each feature at least once or tells you a small routine and what machine does what.

Any readable thing about that?

[cannonf0dder]

Try my workshop map
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1116375568

[A JANITOR]

can also look at the wiki link in the games main menu
big instruction book
the tutorial map is good

[margotbean]

HA! I was complaining about the lack of a tutorial in 2016! So, BlackEagle made it a trivia question. You can read it (and the answers) here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/246900/discussions/0/451848855010827785/?ctp=58#c357284131795115214

[A JANITOR]

Blast from the past that one:)

[margotbean]

Yeah, it doesn't seem that long ago, though. *sigh*

[BlackEagle]

Dang, I should bring that back!

But yeah, I'd suggest cannonf0dder's workshop map, or a look at the wiki if you are in doubt.
We felt the game was best without telling you everything up front.

This probably worked better early on, but we now have lots of levels that stray from the default formula, making it harder to tell how you're supposed to do things.

In general though:
-Clean blood with mop and mop with buckets, get buckets from machines.
-Put viscera and dead bodies in yellow bins, get bins from machines.
-Put dirty buckets, bins, bodies and really anything messy in the incinerator.
-Clock off using the punch-o-matic machine when pleased with your job.

[The Evil Soultaker]

I think a lot of the maps teach you a lot that's needed to know very subtly.

For example I think that the legacy maps teach you to do the basic stuff (mop, incinerate, the sniffer, welder, etc)

While maps like pestilent penitentiary, incubation emergency, and penumbra teach you things that are very useful but not necessarily needed for every map (use the broom to push multiple large burnt chunks, use latterns to light up dark areas, use the welder to burn large bodies into chunks that don't leave blood.)

[kannakamui.de]

Thanks for all the answers.
I managed to clear ne tutorial map with a glorious -54% result.
Sadly it only tells you some stuff via PDAs but I still didn't get to understand the USB sticks. I put one into the punch-out machine to make a deceased report but nothing ever happend for the sticks. They just vanished.

There is a lot I still don't get, like those yellow crates. Do I have to use them?
If yes, do I need to burn them too?

Some other stuff too... Can't remember outside the game. Really seem to have to open the wiki while playing.

And since the devs still alive: Please make the "hack"-green flicker a tiny bit longer. I really have a real super hard time to see it and maybe allow numpad-input as it's really hard to hover over the numbers with the mouse.

[BROLY 32]

"use the welder to burn large bodies into chunks that don't leave blood"
What, you can do that ? What else can the welder do ?

Also does the broom have a secret use ? It pushes things a bit I guess and cleans terribly, anything else ?

[The Evil Soultaker]

Originally posted by BROLY 32:

"use the welder to burn large bodies into chunks that don't leave blood"
What, you can do that ? What else can the welder do ?

Also does the broom have a secret use ? It pushes things a bit I guess and cleans terribly, anything else ?

Well it can obviously weld the bullet holes, lightning scars (blue scars found on maps), and other various indentions. But it can also destroy smaller viscera and turn large bodies into these sorta... meatballs that can be then pushed around with the broom in large amounts.

The broom is for pushing large amounts of large objects (The burnt chunks/meatballs) or pushing them closer together to make putting them in a bin easier (trash, bullet casings etc).

[A JANITOR]

@Margotbean (profile private) so i dump this here for ya:)
(Thanks for the Barf mechanic idea Margotbean)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1605296847

Press V to Barf/Hurl/Vomit=Happy new year
So if you make the janitor Spew=Yes you have to clean it up:)
Sorry i couldn't make the Janitor run out of spew n start dry reaching=maybe in a later map patch=bweullluurrraarl:)
Added Barf mechanic to my ants nest level=enjoy but try not to Hurl/Spew while ya at it:)
Thanks Margotbean=bweullluurrraarl now wheres my mop=Quick wheres a Bucket=bweullluurrraarl=oh crap now My bucket has spew in it=gets new bucket=oh god no not again=bweullluurrraarl=oh crap missed the 2nd bucket= its on the floor now=bweullluurrraarl then more bweullluurrraarl=goes to office bathroom and looks at the toilet=bweullluurrraarl then proceeds to clean the mop in the toilet water=bweullluurrraarl:)
@BlackEagle=thanks heaps for the get player transform kismet node=it has loads of different uses=bweullluurrraarl!

other uses for get player transform kismet node=
togglable flashlight
pee like in postal 2
give janitor gene tonics from drinking cans/beer etc=phycic powers=telekinesis/plasma weapons
power ups
wear jasons mask
vomit
go pro=stream player ones camera feed onto a cinema screen so you and others can whatch ya clean the place(invisible security camera attached to janitors head etc)
welding gun togglable laser sight/laser aim/crosshair target aim=maybe
many other things it can be used for=muhwahaha

Tutorial what's that=goes to work and learns how:)

Happy new year everyone.

[margotbean]

Originally posted by A JANITOR:

@Margotbean (profile private) so i dump this here for ya:)
(Thanks for the Barf mechanic idea Margotbean)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1605296847

Happy new year everyone.

O.M.G. Can't wait to play this map! Tyvm for making it ants and not... you know... that other thing that starts with "s". ;)
Time to get lost in a maze... mwa ha ha ha ha

Happy New Year!!