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A jam submission

Fool's GoldView game page

Inspect old coins to judge their value and sniff out the forgeries
Submitted by Miszla, MariGallet — 14 hours, 54 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 24 people so far
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How does your game meet GBJam's theme
It's a game about antique coins and identifying forgeries. You need to find the real old gold.

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Genuinely delightful! I love a puzzle-y game that requires I follow documentation (genuinely, for some of them I play on the regular I print out the manuals and keep em in a binder). It was a good time! I love the little raccoon coin inspector and the background music and the lil grabby hands.

Submitted

Gorgeous art, and the coin booklet is such a cool throwback to old game manuals. Loved it!

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My inner hobbyist numismatist is delighted by this game.

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VERY VERY gorgeous art!! I love just trying to memorise the coins and then being betrayed when my memory decides to be wrong lol. The UI design is so charming too, and again, absolutely love the title art!

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I'll be honest, the gameplay with the booklet in parallel and all the details that you have to consider under time pressure is annoying, but the art style, music, and concept by themselves are amazing and extremely quirky 😂 Great job!

Submitted

Amazing idea i lost my >900 score on a frantic last second gamble on day 3. But it would have been so cool if it worked ended on 896. Love the idea of incorporating the "Manual" in this creative way and the themes was also very nicely interpreted. Amazing game!

Great idea with fun art

Submitted

I love that this was a bit different, and the pdf coin book was a nice touch - very reminiscent of a game manual even if it was a bit awkward to flick between the game and the book. Really nice job!

Submitted

Excellent art and overall presentation. The gameplay is quite simple, but I think there's lots of room to expand on this idea. I like that you've made a physical manual with the coin values but I also think it would be good if you could see the values in-game. It's fun, it's charming and overall an amazing entry. Well done!

Submitted

Love it! I rlly like the artstyle of this!

Submitted

I love this game. Thank you and good job!

Submitted

the final score of day 1 for me was 624 so a +124

catch is i didnt download the pdf xD 

so that made it play out like buckshot roulette in a way haha, was really fun in my mind!

the art is AWESOME, the audio is PERFECT for the game, i love it so so so much!!!

Submitted

Basically what we did but better, good job! I reached +270 on the first day

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Scrolling through a PDF on a time limit isn't nearly as satisfying as when it would've been a physical booklet that shipped with your Gameboy game, but this is a quirky concept none the less! I like it.

Submitted

Genuinely inventive and delightful!

The amount of variables and data are just big and complex enough to feel yourself getting better and having to rely less on the manual. Sick use of the game manual as well, I'll be using that idea in the future if you don't mind!

Lovely tune, wonderful art choices, and just solid all around. My favourite in the jam so far! 

My one criticism would be that it can get a little bit pointless with a clear endgame. I played 3 Days and didn't see anything regarding an overarching objective, but maybe that comes later and I'm just a bit antsy to play all these jam games.

This game was so fun!! I love that it even came with it's own booklet to go along with the gameplay just like older games used to do! The art and music was great also!

Submitted

I love that you have to keep an eye on the difference in the coin design to spot the value of each coin. really cool concept and a fun gameplay