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SPENDOTRON: 2019 by KilledByAPixel

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made by KilledByAPixel for LD 44 (COMPO)

Arcade shooter where everything has a price - An homage to the classic Robotron: 2084 - Sound Effects created with ZzFX!

How to play... - Destroy the rival currencies! - Use WASD to move. - Mouse to aim and shoot. Hold left click to shoot rapidly. - You start with $3, don't waste it! - Bullets cost ¢1 each. What, you thought they were free? - But... you get ¢1 back for each kill, so every kill breaks even. - Collect copyrights for extra cash, each one is worth 5 more! - Death cost $1, if you die with less then $1 it's game over! - Please share your high score in comments below.

I will personally mail a $20 bill to the first person who beats $20! Here's a video of me getting $21.35

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-1cz1DsS24

HTML5 (web) https://killedbyapixel.itch.io/currency-wars
Source code https://github.com/KilledByAPixel/LudumDare44
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/currency-wars

Ratings

Given 37🗳️ 44🗨️

Feedback

KnTenshi
28. Apr 2019 · 22:36 UTC
Nice concept. The only thing I'd suggest is possibly making a copy of the X does Y (Yen earns 1 cent) on the side of the game screen. Good job either way!
saladon
29. Apr 2019 · 07:56 UTC
I like the idea. I had some fun. Runs smoothly and fits the theme perfectly. Good job
tfdiaz
29. Apr 2019 · 15:42 UTC
This game is hard but really addicting. I thoroughly enjoyed the aesthetic and theme. I couldn't get my bullets to fly in the right direction expect down which perhaps made the game harder to play but still very fun!
p0nce
29. Apr 2019 · 15:45 UTC
LOL. Spent $3.69 in my best run. I found it a bit hard to survive more than 3 levels. Fun.
zondarg
29. Apr 2019 · 15:47 UTC
Yay, Robotron, yes. But with the copyright and patent troll twist :grin: very nice. Smooth gameplay, but not that easy, especially when these undestructible things appear.
mmason
29. Apr 2019 · 16:24 UTC
A fun game, I played a couple times. The Ai movement was nice, a little choppy and a little organized. I feel the cost of things were fairly well balanced too.
argensis
29. Apr 2019 · 17:54 UTC
Quite challenging. The shooter mechanics work well and it fits the theme. I liked the arcade style game over screen with a high score.
paul59
29. Apr 2019 · 18:06 UTC
I'm crap at these reaction-type games but I really liked this despite finding it difficult. The graphics are simple and silky smooth and the sound effects are great. Excellent!
fazz
29. Apr 2019 · 18:23 UTC
Damn you bitcoin!!
Grewoss
29. Apr 2019 · 19:11 UTC
Great take on the theme! i love the simple design and mechanics. i had a blast playing it!
Rancoud
29. Apr 2019 · 20:34 UTC
Great work :) It's remind me Llamatron! So much nostalgia :v:
Retti01
29. Apr 2019 · 22:36 UTC
Fun but hard. Love the take on the theme.
Syrapt0r
29. Apr 2019 · 23:44 UTC
Hi! I played your game in my stream today, you can watch the video here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/418104572?t=02h18m45s

Super trippy and super fun, but way too hard for me :smile:
OmnipotentIndie
30. Apr 2019 · 00:55 UTC
I really liked it. It was a lot of fun. Most of these types of games are too slow but this had just the right movement speed
michaelsonbritt
30. Apr 2019 · 01:31 UTC
Best run $4.69 and getting brutalized. Tough but worthy.
cheesepencil
30. Apr 2019 · 01:59 UTC
that's tough! great entry
RaineTheGlutton
30. Apr 2019 · 03:00 UTC
Addictive game. I made it to wave 7 with $7.27 spent. The controls felt really smooth, despite the occasional jitters, and it was really satisfying to just shoot on rapid fire. Only recommendation would be providing some feedback on when you respawn and may not randomize the map on respawn.
Akshay B
30. Apr 2019 · 03:09 UTC
Best record: $4.41

This is really fun! The money pits confused me a bit because they change shape every level, but other than that, the controls were really good and the shootin' was satisfying. Nice work!
killscreen
30. Apr 2019 · 04:33 UTC
ZzFx, yum! Entertaining and challenging; the difficulty progression felt spot on. Great use of effects to keep the simple graphics visually interesting.
LandoSystems
30. Apr 2019 · 04:53 UTC
Love this game, played at least a dozen rounds and will absolutely be coming back to it. High marks all around!
gimblll
30. Apr 2019 · 07:13 UTC
Oh, now we're going oooolddd schooool. I sense a master sensei behind this. Tough as nails, as any Robotron should be. Good work. :)
Jani Nykanen
30. Apr 2019 · 13:49 UTC
A wonderful little shooter.
exilegl
30. Apr 2019 · 14:09 UTC
Had fun with the motion blur and jumping-around little enemy dudes, the ones you've got to push back with bullets were interesting too. The large dollar sign for the intro looks cool but seems to lag my browser a lot, otherwise the game runs great.

Here's how I did over a handful of tries (couldn't survive past wave 4 yet :p fun to play even if I'm not all that great at it)

![Screenshot from 2019-04-30 09-05-24.png](///raw/3f2/z/23c4c.png)
🎤 KilledByAPixel
30. Apr 2019 · 18:42 UTC
Thanks for the awesome feedback everyone! I'm very interested in difficulty because one problem I have with most LD games I play is that they are too easy, so I really turned up the difficulty here. I think it is mostly fair and balanced. I spent a lot of time playtesting and tweaking values during the comp. Please post your high score after playing, that is the single best metric I can use to gauge difficulty.
CraftLord
30. Apr 2019 · 18:48 UTC
Fun game, a tad to difficult for my taste.
Dani Desa
30. Apr 2019 · 22:15 UTC
Good game, really solid I think. I managed to get wave 5 after a while playing. Yes it is difficult but difficult in a good way: it is not so frustrating. Sounds and visuals effects are really good. A little bit unbalanced on wave 4, it is very difficult. Overall really good entry!

![Screenshot 2019-04-30 at 23.12.44.png](///raw/923/91/z/23f70.png)
neowhoru
30. Apr 2019 · 22:22 UTC
Funny to play the game. It reminds me to Robotron but really good gameplay.
irwatts
01. May 2019 · 00:47 UTC
Hey Frank! Excellent work here. That respawn feels juicy! Colors and symbols are all on point. The bullet trails are sweet. Controls feel great. Sounds add a nice tactile feel without getting annoying (The cue played when enemies move does sound a little like interference though). The one issue I had was the hit box corners for enemies clipping me when I thought I was out of range. Nice punishing difficulty that made me want to get better!
![currencyWarsHighScore.png](///raw/f16/1/z/23fd8.png)

I love it!
gwinnell
01. May 2019 · 13:00 UTC
HAHAHA. Oh shit! You can zoom your browser out and the game becomes SO MUCH EASIER! ($6.71)
Shunaky
02. May 2019 · 05:42 UTC
I saw this game in a Livestream, played it, but forgot to rate it. Hope you fixed the Bitcoin exploit and the Yen sound ^^

The game is awesome, btw
CarlsonAndPeeters
02. May 2019 · 08:19 UTC
I got really addicted to this. I want to try to get more and more money. Its hard but engaging and encourages me to try again. And the visuals work really well with the design. Great stuff! And thanks for tuning into the stream!
BenBurgh
02. May 2019 · 15:18 UTC
This is a funny interpretation of the theme, even if I'm not very good at it.

I played this game on stream, you can find the timestamp at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14MpruNv7RN4pVCr4go77VXJuePogxHuI9intx5phEqk/edit?usp=sharing
schizoid2k
04. May 2019 · 01:00 UTC
A great take on Robotron... loved it! Same look and feel of the arcade game. Would be great as a twin-stick shooter. Nice take on implementing the theme into this gam.
Jin9310
04. May 2019 · 08:36 UTC
Impressive idea, at the begining it all seems to be bit too much (so much colors and so much info that you will not be able to absorb it during the first run), but the gameplay feels very natural and overall good handled. It is really nice idea how to approach the theme. Some frenetic music in the background would perhaps build up the atmosphere better, but I mean... Really great job!