Hello world
I am happy to announce that we received funding from the MDM Mitteldeutschland to develop the first prototype of Space Janitor. Hooray!
Actually the news came back in May 2025, but so far we are still waiting for the bureaucracy to wrap up.
So in the meantime I thought I give everybody an idea of what this project is about.
Like the name suggests it’s about a janitor working in Space. The idea for the game comes from my own experience working as a part-time janitor.
Yep. That’s me in the picture.
So Space Janitor is an experience-driven-game that lets you slip into the shoes of a sub-contractor who is working for a bunch of different real-estate-companies.
Your job is to fulfill the items on your clipboard. Sounds easy? Not really!
As a janitor you are like Malcom in the Middle. The real-estate-companies pay your bills but the tenants who are actually living in the houses have their own needs and problems. You on the other hand are a subcontractor who just wants to do his job quickly and efficiently. Because time is money.
So in summary: It is almost impossible to make everybody happy.
Living in an out-of-control housing market like Leipzig was a huge inspiration for the game world and the conflicts.
People are crammed together in overpriced flats. They have different ideas, different nationalities, different incomes, different jobs, different lifestyles – but they all need to get along.
Meanwhile the real estate corporations don’t give a shit. The only thing that interests them is more profit and reduce liability. Enter the janitor!
I worked as a subcontractor and that is no coincidence. Most real-estate-agencies use subcontractors, because they are cheap. And if things go wrong they can always blame the janitor.
