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Feelin N Dealin by mclewis

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made by mclewis for LD29 (JAM)
DESCRIPTION----

You play as a middle aged man who makes his home in the sewers. The police lock down the streets while
rats, garbage dwelling homeless, and the occasional stray alligator haunt your paths through the underground.
Your friend "The Dealer" sells you items to help you survive and has you deliver "product" to the wealthy kiddies
up top to turn a profit. If you can make it to the sale without dying or getting locked in the slammer along the way;
take your capital gains over to the thrift store for everything necessary to "pimp yo crib."

Tip----------
Make sure to buy and a safe and deposit money it in to prevent resets!

Credits-------

Programming - Brendan Murphy (McLewis)
Art and Design - Marshall Pelissier (Mipo)

P.S. don't tell our moms we made this...
Web http://t17heavyindustries.com/games/feelin_and_dealin.html
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=34809

Ratings

Coolness 60% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.91 543
Audio(Jam) 2.34 581
Fun(Jam) 2.53 589
Graphics(Jam) 3.18 450
Humor(Jam) 3.04 200
Innovation(Jam) 2.79 461
Mood(Jam) 3.00 398
Theme(Jam) 3.53 183

Feedback

Jonapulse
29. Apr 2014 · 04:48 UTC
Them Hobos are fierce
moonmagic
29. Apr 2014 · 04:52 UTC
I enjoyed the drone song and the sweet promise of the streets above, but I was stymied by the Super Fast Police after I ran out of smoke bombs. I tried hitting the Police with a pipe but this ended in Jail. I wish I always had a pipe. I like how there are different items to use to circumvent different situations. However I despaired of ever owning tv or bikini poster.
twelveplusplus
29. Apr 2014 · 05:30 UTC
heh, this is pretty good. only thing is i would maybe flesh out the music a bit.
AGDG_REJECT
29. Apr 2014 · 05:51 UTC
A challenging game that conveys the dystopian setting perfectly. The police are out in force, locking down the city, but what choice do the police have when the hobos around town can kill a person with a single touch?
greysphere
29. Apr 2014 · 10:22 UTC
Very 8bit sinister. Collision on corners was a little unforgiving when jumping. Gotto love a game that includes thrift stores!
Diptoman
29. Apr 2014 · 10:26 UTC
Starting all over again every time was annoying, since the dealer and other things are far away. The objectives and controls could be a bit more clear with some explanation. The pixel art's cool, though.
kyyrma
29. Apr 2014 · 10:35 UTC
Wow, bleak stuff. Although the gameplay wasn't anything spectacular, it somehow kept me playing for a long time. Cool entry!
DanEEStar
29. Apr 2014 · 10:37 UTC
I didn't understand how to sell the drugs to the rich kids. Do I have to press a special key.

The game is a bit too hard for me.
🎤 mclewis
29. Apr 2014 · 15:43 UTC
@DanEEStar Each time you buy drugs you must sell them to a randomly assigned group of children, not just any group you find. The arrow will lead you to the correct group and no button press is necessary to sell the drugs. This definitely could have been made more clear.
FGM
29. Apr 2014 · 20:51 UTC
Yeah, I had to try to figure out the controls. Challenging as a platformer, but dying pretty much means you have to restart completely. There's a weird glitch where rat traps don't disappear though.
klianc09
29. Apr 2014 · 22:00 UTC
This concept seemed so promising, but I just can't enjoy it. The character moves really slow compared to the size of the world, and running back and forth the same way again and again gets kinda tiresome. AND THEN you die and have to walk the whole way again...
The resource management aspect of this game is great, and I would have loved to finish the game or 'pimp my crib' but I simply can't put up the motivation to do this after dying several times.
pkenney
30. Apr 2014 · 04:53 UTC
This was a really cool idea for the theme, and along with the music and art made the mood come together.

I did get tired of walking places, though, which extra-hurt when I died. Maybe if the guy were increased in speed something like 60% faster?
elefantopia
19. May 2014 · 03:36 UTC
Fun to play, but the controls were a bit awkward.