Hold Your Horfes

jacat 2026-04-20 02:51

The visuals and music are really enjoyable, but the gameplay is a bit dull. More initiative for players could be added.

tolviere 2026-04-20 03:25

I'm so bad at gambling but I love it. gambling.png

The races could go by a little faster. It felt like most of the time I was just sitting around waiting for the horses to be in the right state to startle.

redeye-games 2026-04-20 12:16

Yeah I had to balance the player sitting around vs. having the opportunity for an underdog horf to win. I _think_ I flew a bit close to the sun balancing toward the latter and as a result the races are a bit slow... When I playtested a faster version it was skewed too far towards the low-reward horfs just winning every time :/ I appreciate y'all checking it out in any case!

tolviere 2026-04-20 12:23

@redeye-games Yeah that makes a lot of sense. I struggled getting the high reward horses to win even on this speed, so I imagine it'd just be a lot harder when they're going fast.

bushfire 2026-04-23 16:41

Fun little game full of humor. I tried my best to win without any unsportsmanlike conduct, but you seem to have balanced the game well enough that playing honest isn't viable. Once I played the game as intended, it became much easier.

last-angle 2026-04-23 19:51

The gamemechanics are fun, and it fit the theme much better than I thought at first reading the description! I like the funky graphics and animations. The race could be a bit faster, but that might run into the balancing issues like you said. Maybe you could look into making the money add up a bit faster after a win once the numbers get bigger. I got 3 million on day 3 and had to wait over half a minute before it was done :P. After that I just bet 1 dollar on the best horses and got told to touch grass.