Introducing "Defund HR: The Corporate Trail" — A Satirical Journey Through 90s Corporate Hell

The year is 1990. Shoulder pads are mandatory. The fax machine never stops screaming. And your company has just made the fateful decision to establish an HR department.

Welcome to Defund HR: The Corporate Trail — our love letter to the classic Oregon Trail, reimagined for the fluorescent-lit hellscape of corporate America.

The Premise

You've been appointed to lead your company's brand-new Human Resources department through 250 days of pure bureaucratic chaos. Your mission? Survive long enough to see the department become "essential" (or at least too expensive to shut down).

But this isn't your grandfather's wagon trail. Instead of dysentery and river crossings, you'll face:

• Mandatory Fun™ initiatives that drain morale faster than a 3-hour sensitivity training
• Expense account audits that would make the SEC blush
• Executive "retreats" to destinations that definitely aren't tax write-offs
• The eternal pizza party — because nothing says "we value you" like cold pepperoni

How It Works

Manage four critical resources:

• 💰 Budget — The lifeblood of any department. Goes fast. Comes back slow.
• 📊 Productivity — What the board pretends to care about
• 😊 Morale — What everyone actually cares about
• 📋 Compliance — Keep this above zero or meet our lawyers

Every few days, you'll face increasingly absurd corporate scenarios. Choose wisely — each decision shifts your resources, and hitting zero in any category means game over.

Boss Battles & Side Quests

Every 50 days, face a milestone boss event — catastrophic corporate crises that require all your bureaucratic cunning to survive. Think hostile takeover attempts, SEC investigations, and the dreaded "Reply All" incident of '94.

Between disasters, help your secretary Carol navigate her own corporate survival with side quests that reveal the true dark heart of 90s office culture.

Why We Made This

Because HR departments have always been a uniquely American form of absurdist theater. The 90s were the golden age — before "unlimited PTO" and "we're a family here" became the new forms of corporate gaslighting.

This game is our tribute to everyone who's ever sat through a mandatory training video, received a passive-aggressive email about the break room microwave, or been told that "unfortunately, the budget for raises has been reallocated to the new ping pong table."

Play Now

Play Defund HR: The Corporate Trail

It's free. It's satirical. It's probably more realistic than your actual onboarding materials.

Will you survive the trail? Or will your department be... defunded?

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No actual HR departments were harmed in the making of this game. Probably.