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Tulip Tycoon's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #75 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Theme | #103 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #136 | 3.217 | 3.217 |
| Fun/Gameplay | #159 | 3.083 | 3.083 |
| Audio | #160 | 2.833 | 2.833 |
| Art/Graphics | #190 | 2.917 | 2.917 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did your team create most/all of the graphics yourselves?
Pixel art was created by myself. Character portraits are classic Dutch paintings that are in the public domain and are individually credited on the game page.
Did your team create most of/all the audio yourselves?
Music is by the composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and is in the public domain. The game features no other sound.
How did you incorporate the theme "UNSTABLE"?
The game is about a historical economic bubble and so deals with themes of economic instablity.
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Good job! I did find that I wasn't able to purchase as many tulips as I would have wanted because of the prices. I think I was only able to get a maximum of two tulips for a day because the prices were so high. I did get a bit confused with the selling mechanic. It says to drag a bulb to a hand to sell but I was always seeing three hands. Not sure if that was a bug, or if I wasn't understanding something. I did think the juxtaposition of the setting vs Gerald's modern speech was funny. I think I would've liked to have seen you lean into that a bit more.
Not a bug but probably poor communication. Each buyer will buy up to 3 bulbs so there's 3 hand icons but I think the text says drag to "the" hand which is unclear. Thanks for playing!
Such a clever and original take on the 'Unstable' theme! Using economic bubbles and Tulip Mania makes for a super unique jam project. Loved the classical aesthetic and historical touches! (Rated)
Theme is well done in integration and artwork is well crafted.
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Such an awesome interpretation of the theme! And I loved your use of the public domain art and audio. I barely kept it together through day 6, lol. Great job!
This was soooo cute I love it so much. I played at least 5 times to try and get the most money! The portraits made me giggle and I had a really great time playing! Thank you for making this :D
Thanks for playing! I had so much fun picking out the portraits. There were so many more that I wanted to use but couldn't. The Rijksmuseum website is incredible.
A nice game about economic markets and the unbalanced nature of wealth!! I love how you shaped each character's individuality through your writing!
the historic theme is really intresting and a cool idea i feel like gameplay lacks a bit juice the writing is great though :3
Thanks for playing! Unfortunately I agree on the gameplay. I think I made a couple mistakes early on and by the time I started to realize it was too late to do anything. But glad you enjoyed the other aspects of the game!