Best Before 90 Seconds by Demetri

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made by Demetri for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Best Before 90 Seconds is a fairly short incremental game about dairy and the end of the world.

You have 90 seconds to make as much money as possible before the world ends and you are thrown into a time loop back where you started. Buy livestock, invest in products, hire people to help out, and purchase upgrades all in your quest to escape Armageddon!SS2.PNG

Ratings

Overall 1052th 3.34⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 932th 3.24⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1240th 2.9⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1301th 3.04⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1499th 2.042⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 551th 3.024⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1303th 2.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 39🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

bereg
05. Oct 2020 · 15:23 UTC
I like how the time restriction makes you make fast decisions. The amount of options is mindblowing, but you have no time to use them all.

So the gameplay is just a simulation of life - you have to fulfill as many plans as you can within the limited timeframe before you die. But I wanted to create a large farm with automatic milkers and stuff...
Sorry, no. It's the end.

Great job! It's amazing how such a minimalistic game can convey emotions.
LukeBandy
05. Oct 2020 · 17:57 UTC
Nice little cookie clicker type game, would be cool to see some artwork to represent your actions
kruemelkeksfan
05. Oct 2020 · 18:20 UTC
Sometimes I am not allowed to buy upgrades (button does not show up or has no pricetag and is not clickable). Also you can technically cheat the game by buying the research to spawn factories, without having nearly enough money for them.

Apart from the issues a very frantic and absorbing clicker game :)
🎤 Demetri
05. Oct 2020 · 18:25 UTC
There's always something that goes wrong, I'll see to those bugs @kruemelkeksfan!
Tauheed Game Dev
06. Oct 2020 · 05:05 UTC
Nice Clicker/Farm management game. Looks a little like an old Windows application, adding in some images or graphics would have been nice but overall the game was fun.
Abiral
06. Oct 2020 · 08:32 UTC
I liked the game & the concept but you could've made the UI more interesting by adding some icons or images.
Nehvis
06. Oct 2020 · 09:01 UTC
I didn't understand this at all
Skvader_418
06. Oct 2020 · 14:58 UTC
the game reminded me of adventure capitalists but wayyy more economical and quick thinking, i liked it a lot
SophieMae0
07. Oct 2020 · 02:36 UTC
This is a wonderful concept and the time limit really changes how it would otherwise be played, very creative :)
dxk2294
07. Oct 2020 · 05:48 UTC
This looks like an incremental game, which I'm a huge fan of - but I'm not sure that the executable uploaded on itchio is working? All of the buttons just say "MILK COW" and don't do anything - then the game ends pretty quickly and the "once more into the breach" button doesn't seem to work.

EDIT: Okay v1.2 was broken, but 1.0 seems to work :smile:
etrealjunior
07. Oct 2020 · 10:47 UTC
I liked your game my congratulations, I also did one if you want to know, and give me your feedback I am very grateful, this is the link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/resurrection
🎤 Demetri
07. Oct 2020 · 14:30 UTC
@dxk2294 Thanks for letting me know. Its fixed now, sorry about that.
DaBlob
08. Oct 2020 · 08:52 UTC
Nice lil clicker there !
ZePimpPotatoe
08. Oct 2020 · 19:22 UTC
Really nice clicker game i must admit. My only complains are that :
1 . The graphics are really kinda bad. If you did manage to get some free assets or pixel draw some cows or something like that i would be sure the game would have been a lot more pleasant.
2 . I know this is just a bug and that is no way your fault, it s mostly the time in which you are forced to complete the game but i got a weird bug in the latest version i found on itch.io that would made the upgrades not work properly. I couldn t bring thru the portal any cows, any farmers anything. And my timer would almost everytime dissapear when it went below 1 minute.

But in rest, the game is really great and enjoyable. I found it very funny and you got the theme really on point. Good job man for this. You can just make some assets and publish it on Android store and i am pretty sure you can get a lot of people to play it. Nothing more to add only that you did a superb job gameplay wise. Really nice, you deserve a pat on your back. Cheers and hope to see a version for mobile sometimes in the future.
🎤 Demetri
09. Oct 2020 · 01:01 UTC
@zepimppotatoe Thanks for the kind words. Honestly I didn't have the time for graphics but if I work on this after the game jam I'll definitely invest time into the visuals. In the meantime I did patch out those bugs you experienced!
Siddharth
11. Oct 2020 · 14:27 UTC
Ahh... I love me my clickers.. Need more graphics though
You can make this really addictive with some more work.
Turkey
13. Oct 2020 · 04:16 UTC
Nice solid clicker game! I think the curve of things to buy needs to be tweaked a bit, but that's really it!
guimoliveira
14. Oct 2020 · 19:09 UTC
Nice game! I think you could add some icons and images. :thinking:
Spitzy
17. Oct 2020 · 07:04 UTC
Had a lot of fun playing this game - the concept is great! Would love to see this in a full game, with the graphics improved and all that! Overall a pretty fun game.