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Space Pawn Space Shop

By Bananplyte, bjornstenlund and MarWes76

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5953.3329
Fun5183.2530
Innovation6512.9831
Theme6733.1630
Graphics3753.8332
Audio2973.5929
Humor1013.8730
Mood4243.6329

Comments

awalone 2026-04-21 21:23

Catmitts? That you?

awalone 2026-04-21 21:23

HD Game...

kseniya 2026-04-21 23:26

I insanely liked the style, the game concept is also cool, got a bit hooked

bananplyte 2026-04-22 14:03

@awalone Thank you for playing and calling us HD haha - we are unfortunately not Catmitts - but I can say from the bottom of my heart that I wish I were.

@kseniya I love that so much, thank you <3

universeflow 2026-04-22 14:56

very cute hand-drawn art style!

bambutcher 2026-04-22 15:15

Pretty sure the customers were in league with aliens, given the whole three finger situation :D

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bananplyte 2026-04-22 16:23

@universeflow Thank you! We lost our usual 3d artist friends this year - so our very creative programmer had to step in with his trusty pen, pad and scanner!

@bambutcher Hahaha you might have a point there!

theg 2026-04-23 23:27

love the silly visuals and audio. game itself slightly confusing and possibly started moving a little too fast? good work

bananplyte 2026-04-24 08:40

@theg I actually 100% agree with that assessment - I think with one day of just tightening the game loop we'd probably have killed it - but that's the jam-life

profugo-barbatus 2026-04-24 20:21

Immediately recognized this as coming from the team of Deep Truth. Found the audio and visuals highly amusing.

eeva 2026-04-24 21:28

very fun graphics and audio, liked the intro song especially. the gameplay was quite fun, i enjoyed the trial and error process of figuring out what's what

bananplyte 2026-04-25 13:19

@profugo-barbatus Oh my god thank you hahaha - and yes - this is the same ramblings of a mad man - but this time I put way too many hours into the radio instead of the deep truths

@eeva Hahaha thank you! SPACE PAWN, SPACE SHOP!

axlplosion 2026-04-25 16:49

it was really good

but i was on a edible

so it was amazing

good shit my borther

conduit 2026-04-26 07:34

Game's graphics and style were top notch! I loved all the radio stations, I took an entire playthrough just to listen to the songs 10/10 in the audio department. Gameplay was simple yet fun, although there were many times I couldn't give anyone anything because I was waiting on the correct items. Overall one of my favorite entries so far! Well done :)

apt-prose7 2026-04-26 08:39

A good game to relax with after a long day.

bananplyte 2026-04-26 10:48

@axlplosion Oh we definitely aim to please on that front hahaha - thrilled to hear it

@conduit Oh thank you so kindly, it feels great to know that my spazzing with a guitar into the mic and wasting 12 hours into the radio feature wasn't wasted hahaha - the graphic style actually came from a decision where our 3d artists couldn't make it this time - so one of our programmers just brought out pens and paper and scanned it all in!

@apt-prose7 Well said man, haha - hopefully we left you relaxed

venomousmouse 2026-04-27 14:26

Very nice game. Fun and engaging. Also with great visuals and sounds.

bananplyte 2026-04-27 16:46

@VenomousMouse Thank you for that lovely comment!

ionhaven 2026-04-27 16:56

This has so much handmade charm.

bananplyte 2026-04-27 17:51

@ionhaven Hahaha thank you! Super-polished we might not be - but handmade and charming we certainly got in spades!

cptnero 2026-04-28 17:10

I'm a sucker for all kinds of homebrew music. Great job!

bananplyte 2026-04-28 18:45

@cptnero Thank you!

2026-04-30 17:17

very fun graphics and audio. Great job!

2026-05-01 10:23

The signal not only serves as a means of communication through broadcasting but also through physical means, which I think is very relevant to the theme. Moreover, the scene being set in a store was something I hadn't considered before. I think the developers have put in a lot of effort and I really like the art style. Hahaha, the alien creatures are also very interesting!

tomssuli 2026-05-01 17:23

Nice soundtrack! I also liked the hand drawn graphics with lots of personality. Was that the Kalevala hat "väiski" on the wookie's head? :laughing:

Gameplay became hectic really fast and I think sometimes there maybe was no item that fit the bill before the buyer went away, but I might just have been mistaken about the size or something else.

Anyways, cool idea and nice mood with the radio and all.

bananplyte 2026-05-01 23:09

@mr-relanium Thank you!! So happy you liked it!

@zhangzhimu Haha thank you also! We definitely tried to stretch the word signal into different ways! Glad you liked it!

@tomssuli Thank you enjoying my soundtrack!

I cant speak for the Kalevala hat, but my artist no doubt might have inspired by the great and mighty Finns as they are our neighbours to the east!

The gameplay I agree could become a little bit frustrating and there's a ton of little rules with the alien races that may not have been as well described as possible - such as the snails just lying, and snakemen always wanting fair-trade and plastic - even when they say the opposite. If we had more time, maybe we'd be able to get that across better and just ban them from asking the things that their ruleset overrid anyway.

Thanks for enjoying!

marwes76 2026-05-03 15:28

@tomssuli Thanks for the feedback! The headwear is actually inspired by the helmet from a sport which I believe the Finns are well acquainted with :wink:

alexandr-gerya 2026-05-05 14:17

snail customers just straight up lie to you learned that the hard way got hooked trying to figure out every aliens secret rule

bananplyte 2026-05-05 20:49

@alexandr-gerya Haha yes, you figured them out!

alex-o 2026-05-07 20:05

really unique visuals, I liked that

bananplyte 2026-05-08 17:05

@alex-o Thank you kindly!