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economy keeper by dazedhead

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made by dazedhead for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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economy keeper is a clicker game for Ludum Dare 46.

Easy start

Breed and print money! Thats the base rule to keep the game over away!

FAQ

It is lagging?

Yes i found out too late p5js has a lot of performance issues for the rendering in e.g. Firefox. Please use chrome.

Out of cash game over!?

Check out the cash history after your loss. Upgrades and low population are very exspensive. You have daily costs which you have to pay every 3 seconds.

What tools did you use

Sublime Text, Aseprite, p5js

Actions

Vitamin C

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Vitamin C will help your humans to stay longer alive. If you give them enough the chance to get infected will be lower.

Vaccinate

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Your humans will be immune for 10 seconds after vaccination.

Water Storms

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No Casino, no fun! Use this action carefully! It has hidden costs and it can rescue you in bad situations, make your total population strong for short periods or cause the worst infection you have ever seen.

Masks

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Masks will make your humans immun for one possible upcoming infection.

Money

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Money is important to keep live here. Print so much you can!!!

Trucks

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The game will get harder the longer you survive. With the trucks it is possible to reduce the mortality. But be careful, this action has hidden costs.

Breed

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No humans, no economy. Breed as much as possible. 100 population is max. Low population will increase the daily costs. So keep the population up.

Execute sick

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You have trouble with infections? Just shoot them. A dead human can not infect others. Fast and effective!

Youtube https://github.com/rolfschmidt/economy-keeper
Youtube https://crazywulf.itch.io/economy-keeper
Youtube https://crazywulf.itch.io/economy-keeper
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/economy-keeper

Ratings

Overall 1868th 3.211⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2158th 2.786⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2081th 2.81⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1039th 3.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 2271th 2.333⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 898th 3.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 604th 3.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1833th 3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

SirTyler
20. Apr 2020 · 06:03 UTC
Cool concept but I think for this maybe either slow it down or perhaps make it turn based, felt a little bit too hectic with all the people running around to be able to monitor what was happening. Could also be interesting if it was expanded upon with random events that happen to the population as time goes on, like disasters or temporary bonuses. Other than that I think its a solid little time-waster!
Schwarcraft
20. Apr 2020 · 17:32 UTC
Good job! I loved the sound effects, each made me smile. Before even fully figuring out how to play I clicked every button just to listen haha. It took me a little bit to understand what each thing did, and the main screen was a touch hectic trying to figure it out. Once I did though it was fun! Maybe a ramp up/tutorial type thing would be helpful? Although time constraints makes that difficult I'm sure. Great job overall though I had fun!
bredcrumb
20. Apr 2020 · 17:41 UTC
I like the gameplay, but what really sells this game are the sound effects.
MarcoMing
20. Apr 2020 · 19:14 UTC
This made me laugh more than I anticipated. Love the sound effects and the simple graphics are very suitable for the game, I am still trying to figure out what kind of gameplay keeps them alive for longer! Exterminating everyone doesn't seem to help ahah
Bredian
20. Apr 2020 · 19:15 UTC
It is hard to figure out what to do. A tutorial is needed for this game
🎤 dazedhead
20. Apr 2020 · 19:24 UTC
yo @bredian, sorry for the confusion^^ i had no time for a tutorial. Maybe the action infos here on the ludum dare page can help you. The easiest way to start is to click as much you can on "PRINT MONEY" and from time to time "BREED". It takes some tries to get into the game ;-)
🎤 dazedhead
20. Apr 2020 · 19:27 UTC
@sirtyler Yeah a turnbased version of this would be fun too. I also thought about some time based events. If i had more time i would have done some crazy things. The game in general is really fast and hard, i personally prefer games with hard difficulty.
🎤 dazedhead
20. Apr 2020 · 19:31 UTC
@schwarcraft @bredcrumb @marcoming Guys! Really loved your feedback! Thanks!!! Hard clicker work is the key to keep alive in this game haha
SanicSpeedGames
20. Apr 2020 · 20:09 UTC
like your soundeffects xD
Dannyk1994
20. Apr 2020 · 20:58 UTC
I like the game. Sound effects are good, and there is plenty going on. Bit of a learning curve but I like it :)
The sound effect for the truck is the best by far haha
batuOZ
20. Apr 2020 · 21:03 UTC
sounds are legendary:D
Izokia
20. Apr 2020 · 21:14 UTC
The game itself is confusing at first (it just throws you in there to utterly fail the first time around), but you keep playing... and playing... and playing. Until you reach a point where you can get a good score. Sounds were good, but I think having a sound track play in the background would have been nice. Good job!
FeverDream Tim
20. Apr 2020 · 21:30 UTC
I loved the spound effects, but overall it felt a bit confusing
FranciszekNowotniak
20. Apr 2020 · 22:38 UTC
Concept made me laugh and the sound effects are quality. Bit chaotic tho, hard to figure outwhats going on
joleon
21. Apr 2020 · 00:09 UTC
Super difficult, I clicked as fast as I could until my wrist started hurting :joy:
But it was fun while it lasted, interesting concept, and I loved the natural sound effects :grin:
Doug Graham
21. Apr 2020 · 02:57 UTC
interesting concept, I love a clicker game so it appealed to me. had to play 3 times until I figured out how to make cash. It would have been helpful for more feedback in the game. I wasn't sure if I was able to buy something or not. But good idea, and great job!
🎤 dazedhead
21. Apr 2020 · 06:01 UTC
@sanicspeedgames @dannyk1994 @batuoz @feverdream-tim @joleon @doug-graham THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK!!!

@batuoz THANKS! yeah you are right with the soundtrack.
NiHuShu
10. May 2020 · 19:17 UTC
Cool concept tho things happend so fast that I wasn't able to keep up with the game tempo, also it kinda doesn't make sens that if there are 0 infected new people are getting infected but that's just a sidenote