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So I have an idea for a tabletop game, but I want to know if something like it already exists.

Here's the pitch:
You and your fellow players are software developers who must collaborate to finish a project on time while dealing with the everyday distractions of business requirements.

Cards generate the project & distractions, you have tokens you can spend to make progress, and various other things buff or nerf your energy use, and you have a limited number of turns to win.

#boost
#boost
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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Every turn, players pick a new "gamer demands" card and players never have enough tokens to complete it before the next turn, where a new "gamer demands" card is picked and added to the board.

The winner is the player who burns out the last.
Robbie A, The Game Boy
Robbie A, The Game Boy  
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Oo this would be great for a future "GameDev" edition 😂
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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To be fait, it is similar in regular software development environments, instead of "gamer demands" it's "client demands", but since the success of most software usually doesn't hinge on a publishing deadline and the following sales figures, it is way more dramatic in video game development.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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You need a bunch of dice rolling for this, the length of any given software development task can really range from "instant" to "three-months slog".

It would make the game interesting to be competitive while being cooperative, in the sense of if the project succeeds, only one developer gets the credit (=win), but if the project fails, all developers are fired (=lose).
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