The Final Boss puts you to work signing off on vital administrative paperwork to keep your sinister minions and diabolical machinations going.
If you’ve ever wondered how a video game villain could afford all of their monstrous staff and lavish weaponry, this game will let you get a look into the financial side of things. While you might have the power to overthrow kingdoms and smite heroes, you still need to make sure your minions get paid, your plans have funding, and your traps stay maintained. That means a lot of paperwork and agreements with folks to make sure everything gets done. This means spending a lot of time signing things. Or not signing them, depending on what you feel is right.
An array of silly, bizarre, and fun documents will slide across your desk in the run of a day. You need to decide if you’re going to approve them, which you do with a signature. Nothing fancy, as any old scribble should suffice. So, if the underlings want more money, the captured princess needs some improvements to her living quarters, or another evil kingdom wants to join forces, you have to decide what you’re going to do. Each of these calls will affect you in some way, from irritating/pleasing your demonic staff to draining the coffers dry from spending too much money on improved puzzles. You need to keep as many of your people happy as possible while keeping coin rolling in. That might require some odd decisions, but the success of evil lies on your shoulders.
The Final Boss is a delightfully goofy game of dungeon management. Balancing the books and people’s happiness isn’t easy, but you’re also free to flake off and doodle on your desk if the pressure is too much. Or stamp everything with a rejection. Stamping stuff is always fun, isn’t it?
The Final Boss is playable now on itch.io.
