Hero, Monster, Boss

Category	Rank	Score	Count
Innovation	139	3.00	12
Fun	163	2.67	12
Theme	74	3.17	12
Graphics	218	2.42	12
Audio	77	2.92	12
Humor	131	2.50	12
Overall	175	2.75	12
Community	149	2.63	8
Coolness	119	5

thristhart 2011-05-02 17:26

Innovation: Not entirely unique, what with being a shopkeeper game. The gameplay was a unique idea though - don't think I've seen anything like it before!

Fun: There was a sort of puzzle-esque fun to it, feeding that "a-ha!" moment when you realize how to profit without killing your clients.

Theme: Fits it pretty well, except it's more like "buy this" than "take this".

Graphics: Not exactly beautiful, but they get the point across in a functional and easy to figure out manner.

Audio: Kinda the same as the graphics. I wouldn't listen to it in my spare time, but it acted as a good background to the game.

Humor: Some asides in the item descriptions. Smile-worthy.

Overall: Solid, short, fun. Good gameplay concept, executed without bugs and in a presentable manner.

Community: Posted about your ideas, posted screenshots, have a demo. Food shots and/or gameplay video would have brought it to a 5.

telluse 2011-05-04 11:29

I liked how the theme played into the game. "buy this" versus "take this" isn't really an issue to me. The spirit is maintained, imo :)

I very quickly just hit a single pattern of selling (sword, bottle, heart) - would I earn more by varying the sold items instead of just persistently keeping the clients alive?

I think your game is a very solid LD entry at any rate - if you wanted to expand the concept, however, I'd suggest a variation of items, perhaps forcing you to keep stock of items (follow the trend, introduce new or higher-level items to maintain profitability, have enough variety to satisfy player NPC's that "level-up" how they choose).

oldsatchmo 2011-05-04 19:59

Thanks for the comments!

Yeah, there were a couple of patterns you could just repeat until you had enough for retirement. I'm sure there are all sorts of ways I could mix up the gameplay to make it more challenging as you go.

Anyway, thanks for checking it out.

the-jack 2011-05-06 06:47

Ah, my favorite sub-theme, capitalism.

Nicely executed, fun take on the main LD theme and quick to play.

mwest 2011-05-14 22:24

Nice entry, well done on an interesting take on the shopkeeper idea!

A bit too easy once I figured out the patterns so could use some variation, but good given the time frame...

nyaa 2011-05-22 12:40

LOVED THIS GAME. SO, SO MUCH.