BEST TYCOON GAME EVAH
IT WAS LIKE PROVE MOM WRONG BY SPITTING BARS!!!
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Secondary Theme Interpretation | #12 | 4.100 | 4.100 |
| Gameplay | #29 | 4.050 | 4.050 |
| Overall | #55 | 3.854 | 3.854 |
| Quirkiness | #91 | 3.775 | 3.775 |
| Gameboy Soul | #103 | 3.950 | 3.950 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #137 | 3.550 | 3.550 |
| Graphics | #196 | 3.700 | 3.700 |
Ranked from 40 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game meet GBJam's theme
You play as an old man, digging for gold in a landfill.
Well, that was an hour well spent! After completing the goal, I thought "I'm really enjoying digging now", so dug a bit, and was rewarded with something new in the shop. And, then, of course, I kept digging. I thought I was probably just wasting my time and would share a funny screenshot. And then you rewarded that as well! Just wonderful =). My only complaint is my fingers are sore - a lot of holding down run + vacuum or similar combo gets pretty tiring, if instead you had 1 passive slot to assign to anything (run, vacuum, etc) and it was always on, and 1 active slot, that'd probably have been a bit easier on the ol' fingers. Sound and music were quite nice, sounds very satisfying, and I enjoyed the music all the way through.
When I played Zelda Links Awakening DX on Gameboy as a kid I would go up and down the screen digging up the entire island looking for secret shells. This game took me back, so top points for GB Soul. If only I had access to these shovel upgrades back then lol.
Loved the story bits . Nice job!
What did you do all day? Oh, I dug holes in a game. If incrementals were a thing back in the gameboy era, this could've definitely been one of them with the look and feel it's got. Nice job
What a wonderfully fun adventure! Movement is clean and intuitive, and the art is purposeful and charming. It was nice going from the basic down-n-up to blazing across the landscape!
The audio is mixed a little loud; regular gameplay peaks the audio above +0.0 dB.
All-in-all, fantastic! Great work!
All I ask for a jam game, simple concept, and addictive. Love the calm palette. I just wished some upgrades likes the compass or vacuum would just be passive instead of in need of being set to a key. But this was just so fun and relaxing. Great job !
Such a great idea leaning into the shovel item! It was a lot of fun upgrading and digging around the plot, it's a beautifully simple game loop. The ending though 💔
Really fun game! I would have been hooked on the addictive gameplay!
Fun digging game with cool ideas mixed into it, the juice and the charged slam shoveling felt neat, kudos for the idea on those!
The game captures the feeling of the gameboy feel well, the graphics look nice, music and sfx are well done, overall I could see this on areal device no issues.
Cool ideas, cool implementations, well done!
I was so relieved to see that you could still finish digging everything after finding all the doodads!
Honestly this game found a way to scratch the satisfaction itch in my head, and I love it.
The music did not get grating despite me playing for quite a long time, so well done there as well!
I only found one golden doodad so I didn't get to prove my wife wrong but now that I see there's secret endings I may have to go and try again! Nice quirky interpretation of the theme!
The absolute gaul to hide not just one but two secrets in the postgame is insane. Very addictive and highly polished gameplay loop with a funny story. I'm not kidding i kept in digging for 10 min to check if there's a third secret hidden somewhere after i found the first two, wouldn't have put it past you. Amazing!
Really good, professional game. Fun, addictive and interesting. Great game
Out of the games I played so far, this is the one I enjoyed the most! The progression feels rewarding and the upgrades scale nicely. Only things that I'd have done differently would be the vacuum as a passive and maybe another soundtrack. Otherwise very addicting, I even thought about going 100% even after getting all parts
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