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A jam submission

UnderSpendful - a 24/7 Shopping TrialView game page

An experimental gift-buying economy game about scarcity, vibes, and bad Hollyday decisions.
Submitted by LuliLaj — 3 hours, 1 minute before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#24.5004.500
Concept#213.6253.625
Overall#273.3753.375
Use of the Limitation#582.7502.750
Enjoyment#612.6252.625

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
LuliLaj (me) and art by Volha Kosikava and our webcomic Twosidednoose

Software used
Godot

Use of the limitation
You buy Holiday presents, and balance between friendship and money in a unice system. Not only you need to save at least some of money, but also to pick a present that matches with your friends system of 6 different vibes. Runs istelf super short now, meant to be explored and studied in this way by design x)

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Comments

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

The art looks awesome, everything feels polished and I love the overall atmosphere. I think it's a bit confusing at first, with the amount of information and UI elements available right from the start. Maybe in the future it would benefit from introducing things more gradually and letting players get accustomed to all the mechanics, but I get that this probably would have been too much for a game jam. That said, it's something I'll definitely keep an eye on after the jam.

Submitted(+1)

I loved the art and all of the items in the shop! Turns out i'm not very good at picking out gifts tho :)

Submitted(+1)

An extremely polished experience, with a decent game play loop. I just like digging through dumpsters for discounts.  Also the art style was really distinguishable.

Submitted(+1)

Hits me, additionally the art is fucking gorgeous like oh my god incredible!

Developer(+1)

Thanks! Really valuable to hear that regarding the art 

Submitted(+1)

Good game! Appreciate your work!
"OUR" country gives a green card (btw it s reference to our game)

Submitted(+1)

10/10 best shoping trial

Submitted(+1)

Cool concept! I didn't understand it at first, but after a while, I figured out what was happening and it was pretty good!

Developer

Thanks, good to hear it works our after some trial and error. I basically ended up scrapping narrative tutorial cuz of lack of time 😅