FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD45 → Get A Job, Baby!

Get A Job, Baby!

By xedur

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3703.6243
Fun3083.5843
Innovation2403.6242
Theme1863.8542
Graphics9932.4841
Audio6672.4138
Humor753.9342
Mood5273.3739

Comments

excy 2019-10-07 23:12

Damn the gameplay of this is actually awesome, it has so much replayability. A few art assets and this is a nice little game!

xedur 2019-10-07 23:26

Yeah, I am thinking of continuing this project after LD45 ends. I have around 15 more mini games (and interactive traps) that I had planned, as well as the improved graphics, but I just completely ran out of time due to poor time management.

excy 2019-10-07 23:28

@xedur in my opinion you actually have something pretty neat here it definitely has the potential to take off.

idontknow 2019-10-07 23:28

Loved the variety. Good work. Get more jobs, baby!

anticdope 2019-10-08 01:25

I love the loop! it reminds me of the mobile game Reign. Simple yet effective. Great work on this one.

mmason 2019-10-08 01:40

Always like a good minigame collection

dafral 2019-10-08 10:24

Simple but effective! I don't know if I tried all the minigames, but the ones that I did, they were pretty fun

mad-brokli 2019-10-08 10:28

The fishing one is by far the best i found. The sheep minigame lost a few since not all clicks registers. But all in all it was quite fun

s-yanik 2019-10-08 10:35

Very special game,humorous and ironic (I hope), with a very nice happy end... That s the true american way of life. Cool.

krjack 2019-10-08 10:46

Nice game, it would make a good time-killer for mobile devices

oskanberg 2019-10-08 12:15

Made a fortune spearing fish, then lost it all gambling. Returned to my parents with tens of thousands of debt. A+++

mikymod 2019-10-08 12:36

I don't try all the minigames but... it was a blast <3 keep working on it!

ferdi 2019-10-08 12:58

Tough like real life... But fishing saved me ! Pretty fun and original entry. Nice job !

zc74560 2019-10-08 13:02

Special game, but at some scene is too long to wait the time.

xedur 2019-10-08 13:21

@zc74560 Yeah, it requires a lot of polish and fine-tuning. I had only run the game on a simulator before submitting it and the delays were fine. However, with the HTML build, there seemed to be occasional lag spikes that caused unfortunate delays and too long wait times. This'll be fixed via preloading the scenes, but I doubt I'll do that for this LD version.

tjosoft 2019-10-08 15:42

Nice game! Good Job!

evilobjective 2019-10-08 19:15

Fantastic job! Loved the humor and the mood. I liked how it repeats at the end. The fishing mini game in particular was very satisfying.

jefvel 2019-10-08 22:29

This was surprisingly fun! I made so much money fishing and gambling.

I instinctively spam clicked on the BUY/SELL buttons, but I think you were supposed to just hold them down. Perhaps the buttons could emit square particles while holding down to visibly show the amount of money you're raking in?

xedur 2019-10-08 22:36

@jefvel That's a great idea. I had arrived to the same conclusion as well. This is again one of those "I'll add it to the list" issues that need further polish and development time. I cut down almost all graphics from this build as I nearly ran out of time, and it shows. :D

toxiccomputer 2019-10-09 01:58

Incredible Concept. Good job! :)

mharring 2019-10-09 02:01

Nicely done! I like how the game restarts as you playing as a sibling - very flavorful. I learned, as in life, that gambling was NOT the answer.

tequilatom 2019-10-09 02:05

This could be a lot of fun fully fleshed out. I is kinda like an economy based wario ware

nathaniel-jensen 2019-10-09 02:09

Funny and sad at the same time

kerdelos 2019-10-09 21:48

Impressive how only a few colored squares can replace other types of assets ! The game was really funny and enjoyable, good job ! ps : some games seemed easier than other and i didn't get the meaning of the % next to the money during the current game

xedur 2019-10-09 23:06

@kerdelos The % represented your performance at the job. The better performance, the more days you'd work that month until you'd be fired. The difficulty levels were also a bit mixed as I rushed the game together.

amerigo-gazaway 2019-10-10 00:39

Hilarious! Love the concept, let me know if you ever need music for future projects :)

dmanzano101 2019-10-10 12:54

Nice job making me feel like really playing those minigames by just clicking rectangles. Good game and concept for the Jam. Great Job!

captaindreamcast 2019-10-10 20:47

The lesson I took away here is to never, ever try gambling, it just puts you in debt and makes you lose all the money you made honorably at Wall Street.

Super funny game, I chuckled at every dialogue in the game. The mini games were cool too, my favorites were the gold digging and the Wall Street ones, I made mad dosh off them. Had a great time playing your game.

carpin 2019-10-12 12:00

What a concept, I liked the phase time for all the scenes! Nice job! The game I liked more was fishing! Well done!