i need more friends in my stupid baka life

you’re at a house party! you need more friends! but you have a stupid baka life.

and you’re terrified of being cringe.

navigate a gauntlet of treacherous social situations without succumbing to the unbearable agony of awkwardness! mask the CRINGE that is your true self! and if you survive this onslaught long enough... maybe you will find a friend? and your stupid baka life will be smart and kashikoi?

or maybe you’ll succumb to the cringe... and you’ll just go home to eat ice cream.

that’s okay too.

This game was made in 48 hours as an entry to Global Game Jam 2026 (Mask).

Left click to Interact
Left/Right to Move

Sarah Mak - Project Manager, Writer (Website)
Solomon - Tech Director, Programmer
Rahul Nadipalli (TheInvadr) - Programmer (Itch.io)
hloh (failingupstream) - Programmer
Koh Chin Woon (mrbean2000) - Programmer
Raiyan - Programmer
Wren Kuah - Art Director, Artist (Website, ArtStation)
Heng Woon (Wooniety/Fiklphrog) - Artist, Tech Artist
InkapenCowl - Artist
Jeremy Goh - Audio Support

Additional Assets

Background Music - Endless Party by MFP (Marron Fields Production)
Font - Schoolbell
Colour Palette - Raspberry-7 Palette by Test cube
Mouse Cursor - Cursor Pixel Pack by Kenney

More information

Status	Released
Platforms	HTML5
Rating	Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings)
Authors	Sarah Mak, mrbean2000, wrenbie, Random Thoughts, Heng Woon, failingupstream, TheInvadr, makupurata
Made with	Unity
Tags	2D, Arcade, Casual, Comedy, Cute, Funny, Global Game Jam, Indie, Short, Unity
Asset license	Creative Commons Attribution v4.0 International
Average session	A few minutes
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard, Mouse
Links	Global Game Jam

Comments

Kaxzer32 days ago

What a lovely short microgame collection! This artstyle combined with the genre is getting me all hyped up for MINDWAVE's release again~ I'd really love to see an expanded version of this game with further development!