The Right Coin by damantisshrimp

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made by damantisshrimp for LD 44 (JAM)

You're dying, and medicine ain't cheap.

Collect coins and buy medicine to extend your lifespan. Be careful of the current market values of your coins to optimize how much you can buy with what you have.

game_02.gif market.gif

Ratings

Given 18🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Codesity
30. Apr 2019 · 11:48 UTC
Solid Game. The music and sound were nice. Grahpics are in pixelart, which I really like! But for 3 Days to short. Good Job and keep going!
ps. to control the player is really hard ^^.
JestemStefan
30. Apr 2019 · 11:50 UTC
This is the best game I have played so far.

It's really great! Art, music, gameplay. Nice job!

I think the game is too hard. You can do your best and never survive.
FROG5TAR
30. Apr 2019 · 11:52 UTC
Had issues starting and lack of real instruction as the buttons that screen stated were not working cool graphics though.
GaryS
30. Apr 2019 · 11:57 UTC
Really liked this one. A little difficult to control on the keyboard, and I would have liked the buttons swapped over (but that's personal preference). I can imagine it'd be much better with gamepad and full screen... but I can't fault the game really. Solid gameplay, lovely artwork. Good job!
🎤 damantisshrimp
30. Apr 2019 · 11:58 UTC
@frog5tar Yeah, we displayed the TIC-80 buttons and not only the keyboard keys. It causes a lot of confusion, we should have only display the keyboard keys. Thanks for playing :)
NandoN
30. Apr 2019 · 12:16 UTC
A funny and interesting preview of a future where medical institutions accept multiple cryptocurrencies as payment.
DidiGameBoy
30. Apr 2019 · 13:30 UTC
controls feels fast at the begning but its great when playing it again. Nice tic80 game ;)
Duke
01. May 2019 · 13:44 UTC
Good job, controls and art feeld very polished. This game coul definitely use some music to accompany the sound effects :) I liked the gameplay loop as well, but I think death comes much too fast. I think some kind of level- or wave system with a ramped difficulty curve would've benefited the gameplay. As a player, there is little accomplishment running around the level with death as a inevitability. Other than that, solid entry :)
svntax
02. May 2019 · 04:57 UTC
Really clever use of the theme here! Collecting coins is such a simple mechanic, but the conversion rates really make it more interesting.
🎤 damantisshrimp
02. May 2019 · 11:29 UTC
@duke Thanks! Death comes a bit too fast, I agree. We tuned it after playing it many times and it's a bit too difficult. If we had more time we would have add a soundtrack and other levels: once you're alive for a minute, then you go to the next stage. As it stands, it's an arcade game that is good for a minute or two. Thanks for playing :)
Jin9310
02. May 2019 · 14:07 UTC
Took me a few moments to get those controls into my hand, but it worked out well. Really nice idea how to implement theme and turn it into an original idea. Great job! Feels really good and refreshing, also can create quite stressful moments while low with your life :)
Sanguis
02. May 2019 · 14:40 UTC
Theme made game, good job :) Missing bacgroud music of some sort, but other sounds are good :)
Le Slo
05. May 2019 · 11:31 UTC
Nice polished little game! I like that the difficulty increases fast, but maybe too fast? The coins multiplier were the key for making this an original game, well done, simple but effective. Congratulations!
Alfake_J
06. May 2019 · 13:17 UTC
addictive gameplay served by sharpened controls, good job !