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Arbitrage is an incremental settlement builder about becoming impossibly rich before you run out of time

Submitted by Nic Dullow (@mungeymusic), Talsidor, PigeonBrain (@LachlanPini) — 10 hours, 15 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Enjoyment	#15	4.529	4.529
Creativity	#587	4.176	4.176
Audio	#794	3.647	3.647
Narrative	#2016	3.059	3.059
Artwork	#2415	3.588	3.588

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Arbitrage is an incremental settlement builder about buying low, selling high and becoming impossibly rich before the days you have left COUNT DOWN to zero.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Kenney icon: https://kenney.nl/assets/cursor-pack
GUI parts: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/gui/icons/gui-parts-159068

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Sprillow

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Forward Me To Your BossSubmitted95 days ago(+2)

I would 100% buy this game if it had more content and things to do, the game loop is so fun! I'll definitely be keeping an eye on any future updates. Congrats on 15th place, you guys made something really cool!

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Ballistic Billiards

Nic DullowDeveloper95 days ago(+2)

Thank you!! We've very keen to keep working on it. We'll keep updating the itch page in the coming weeks as there's lots of changes we want to test :)

HugeBugNetSubmitted97 days ago(+2)

Very cool game ! I'm very impressed to see how far you were able to go in 4 days, can't wait to see how the game is going to evolve if you want to continue developping it..

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Nic DullowDeveloper96 days ago(+1)

Thank you! The positive reception does make us really excited to keep working on it. We have a ton of ideas we want to explore. We've also ready been making a lot tweaks and will aim to push an update soon now that the jam is over

lim_akSubmitted97 days ago(+2)

Incredible to get this much game done in just 4 days, great work.

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Nic DullowDeveloper96 days ago

Thank you! It was definitely a very hectic 4 days

MonsieurPazurSubmitted98 days ago(+1)

That's so much content for a 4 days game jam, incredible work!

I've played to the "end" (buying all upgrades and getting through the first payment). The gameplay is solid, it has a lot of potential and I'm curious on what other ideas you may have in the future of this. Very, very well done.

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Baggage Rummage

PigeonBrainDeveloper97 days ago

Honestly, that means a lot to us, thanks so much for taking the time to play our entry and that's awesome that you enjoyed it as much as you did! Given that it's had a positive reception and we had a lot of fun putting this prototype together I think we'll definitely be expanding on the idea post-jam.

We'll probably keep this itch version updated as we test and try new things, so watch this space and thanks so much for your kind words again!
- Lachlan (Artist)

SabexSubmitted99 days ago(+2)

A phenomenal game packed with mechanics and a great loop for a game jam game.

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PigeonBrainDeveloper97 days ago

That's incredibly sweet of you to say! Thanks so much for taking the time to play our entry and leave your feedback - It's really nice to know that it connected with you. Hoping to develop further after the Jam now, thank you!

SabexSubmitted97 days ago(+1)

It'd be really nice if you develop it further, the core loop is fun and addictive.

phoenixftSubmitted100 days ago(+2)

By far one of the most fun ones in the jam , I had a blast playing it end reaching to the end of the pre alpha

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PigeonBrainDeveloper99 days ago(+1)

That's so kind of you to say! Thanks so much for taking the time to play our entry and we're thrilled that you enjoyed it so much!

- Lachlan (Artist)

ggargleSubmitted100 days ago(+3)

So good. The ability to have workers on any action, including buying and selling, adds so much depth. This game kept me hooked for quite a while!

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Trash Eater Idle

PigeonBrainDeveloper99 days ago

Thanks so much for playing! It took me a while to work that out too (I'm the artist, not the designer hahaha), but that was an inspired choice from our Programmer and we're really glad you enjoyed it!

Piertje SquadSubmitted100 days ago(+2)

Dam the amount of content the game has is crazy, W

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Overclocked Harvest

Nic DullowDeveloper100 days ago(+1)

Thank you!!!

PixelKokoSubmitted100 days ago(+2)

What a phenomenal game! Wow. Was planning to try it for 5 mins and got stuck till the end! Feels so satisfying.

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10 Second Shakes

Nic DullowDeveloper100 days ago

Thank you! I really appreciate that! It kind of felt like we added more content than we needed for a jam, but i'm glad you got to the end :)

JhonGameSubmitted101 days ago(+2)

Intresting, I quite enjoyed it

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Shmulik's 10 Minutes

RedwinSubmitted101 days ago(+2)

Quite satisfying and with lots of potential - it scratches an itch! It was confusing at first to lose so quickly, though! Well done!

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Space Horse Ultimate Derby Time Attack¬!

Nic DullowDeveloper101 days ago(+1)

Thank you for trying it! I think we will extend the time of that first day after the jam, it was probably a bit too quick :P

RedwinSubmitted101 days ago(+1)

I do see the vision of repeated shorter runs serving as a tutorial. With a few tweaks, it will be golden! There's still a lot of QoL to appreciate.

RainfallOnTheTentStudioSubmitted101 days ago(+2)

You can almost feel the tiles in your hand ^^

The Quality of life is just amazing, and feel like the game as been well polished!

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OMI - One More Island

Nic DullowDeveloper101 days ago

Thank you! it took a ton of tweaking. It felt like the gameplay loop was done in the first day and the rest of the time was just polish - still a lot more to do.

RainfallOnTheTentStudioSubmitted101 days ago

You can almost feel the tiles in your hand ^^

The Quality of life is just amazing, and feel like the game as been well polished!

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OMI - One More Island