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Barter

By kpded

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2.007
Fun2.007
Innovation3.607
Theme2.407
Graphics2.207
Audio1.005
Humor2.007
Mood1.807

Comments

steve-johnson 2017-05-03 04:47

This is an interesting and compelling idea! But I never got past about 2 trades because the "I have 2 ____ trade/bye" window wouldn't go away and I couldn't see much of the screen. This is the kind of thing you could fix within the rules of the compo. If you do, please comment on my user page and I'll check back!

kpded 2017-05-04 11:52

Thanks I've fixed that!

generictoast 2017-05-04 16:27

A really interesting and unique game concept. It's a shame that you didn't have the time to add sounds, it would have benefited the game a lot. I feel that the movement is a bit too slow, plus you can only move in 1 direction. I also encountered a bug where the dialogue box would not close after my friend said "Unfortunately you can't help me". With a bit more polish, this game could be really great!

mhaton 2017-05-07 16:20

Interesting concept, I was starting to get into it, but sadly kept encountering the bug people have previously mentioned where the 'Bye' button stops working. I believe it may have to do with a tutorial message triggering at the same time as talking to someone, but I'm not 100% on that one. Kudos for attempting a tutorial in a jam though rather than just typed out instructions, it's a nice touch that often gets missed (I know I always skip it with the time limit!)

picapica 2017-05-08 21:07

I liked the idea! Getting friends of friends to trust you seems like a good and sort of realistic way for things to work. And the thought of flocks of men without shirts or pants, milling about wanting to trade stuff, is funny. I got that bug with the remaining window too (in the web version), but I managed to play for a little while at least.

la-mecanique-du-plastique 2017-05-09 14:56

Interesting idea ! I liked it even if I felt it lacks a little bit of polishing to be efficient, like for instance I was not confortable with the window in the center of the screen. But overall good job with your game !

local-minimum 2017-05-14 12:24

Interesting idea. Really hard for me to figure out the controls and I got spammed by the same message over and over so I kind of got stuck there.