I ended up playing this longer than I thought. I like the theme/style and the main gameplay loop. I laughed a bit after buying the upgradeable stats and then also having to buy to see which upgrade is which. Once I got some upgrades going it was pretty fun, and I always had to keep in mind to save some money just in case I die. Very fun!
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Arcade Capitalist's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme Interpretation | #12 | 4.062 | 4.062 |
| Gameplay | #22 | 3.438 | 3.438 |
| Overall | #42 | 3.292 | 3.292 |
| Audio | #49 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Polish | #67 | 2.938 | 2.938 |
| Art | #77 | 3.062 | 3.062 |
| Creativity | #84 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, instantly getting killed after entering a new area is indeed a problem. I think I should have made some sort of invincibility mechanic after taking damage.
I also considered on making labels for the upgrades, but for some reason I decided against it back then xD. It was a pretty dumb decision in hindsight.
Thanks for the feedback! Roguelike is the genre that I'm going for here, and originally I wanted to add special items and upgrades that cost money, but unfortunately I ran out of time. Maybe in the future, but no promises ;)
As for the start, I do think it's kinda difficult and unbalanced, especially if you encounter certain enemies. Again, time was an issue back then, so I had no time to balance things out xD
122 days ago(+1)
Thanks for the feedback! I actually did add an SFX for getting hit, but it may be too subtle or too similar to other SFX. I think visual indicators are better here.
The game fits the theme of the jam really well, the controls and everything were written out in the first screen so its easy to navigate and understand what needs to be done. The enemies seemed a bit awkward with the way they dropped money amounts with the smallest enemies appearing to drop the most (just by ramming) , some of the larger enemies would drop null amounts. Aside from these small bugs, the game was enjoyable and reminded me of a few browser games I would play. Kudos to you on your submission. Keep up the great work!
122 days ago(+1)
Thank you for the feedback and insights! Good point on the enemies. I did little to no balancing on this one, so that's why some parts of it are a little bit off.
Also, this game was indeed inspired by several browser games that I used to play, namely Bubble Tanks and diep.io.
123 days ago(+1)
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah I kinda messed up when making the build for the game. I tried using the fullscreen feature once, and it broke everything. So, unfortunately I ended up disabling the whole feature in the page. I also should've made a downloadable build as well, but I forgot about it until the day after the deadline :/
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah this game was one of the only thing that came to my mind when I heard the theme. The other ideas I had was too difficult to do in just 3 days.
About the music, I just took a random popular music in Pixabay that fits with the game. Funny how we end up using the same one.
I'll be happy to try out your game!
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