The Thrill of the Loan by TJMcDonald
This is our Ludum Dare 45 game, and our first game jam. The theme was "Start With Nothing."

This is a story of a noble man of the streets, who has been bested by the cruelest of fates - housefire. He has now lost everything he holds dear, and thus avails himself to the closest banking facilities to resecure his life.

The primary game loop is a persuasion bar, in order to trick the manager into giving you a greater loan amount. It's a simple timing game, and should be straightfoward - hit space or click the mouse to stop the bouncing slider in the green target area. Missing three times during this persuasion game will result in a game over. Your goal is to secure as much money as possible, but the game gets more difficult with each chance you take. Fail, and lose everything. Win big enough... and maybe something nice might happen!

Controls: - Space/Click to advance or speed-up text. - Space/Click to stop the persuasion bar slider (try to hit the target!) - Up/Down or W/S to select an option when presented with a choice.
Tools: - Unity - Aseprite - Photoshop CC
External Assets: - Font used: https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1581047 - Music generated with: https://pernyblom.github.io/abundant-music/index.html - Sound effects generated with: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html
| Youtube | https://tjmcdonald.itch.io/the-thrill-of-the-loan |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/the-thrill-of-the-loan |
Ratings
| Overall | 229th | 3.797⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 407th | 3.459⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 539th | 3.189⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 174th | 3.878⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 314th | 3.892⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 32th | 4.135⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 222th | 3.794⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 33🗳️ | 40🗨️ |
@polyethyleneglykol thank you for your comments!
It's nice that you can play with just space bar, and it's great that you can skip text when going back through to get different outcomes!
:trumpet: This is the greatest game of the LD. :trumpet:
:arrow_right: Great old school graphics
:arrow_right: Great old school tunes and sfx
:arrow_right: Great humor
:arrow_right: Cool and Simple gameplay
:arrow_right: Massive anti-capitalist undertones :arrow_left:
I LOVED it.
I lost tho. BUT I LOVED IT.
Thank you for this. You got all the 5 stars. My treat.