Unstable government by DmitryGalias

You are just a farmer who try to survive and make some money.
The government has changed in your country. And who knows what to expect from the new one? New tax reform? New farm reform? or even a new constitution?
Try to survive 5 next unstable years.
If you run out of money, you will lose!
CONTROLS:
LMB to select
RMB to deselect
F to Fullscreen
M to Mute

CHANGELOG: - fixed sprites z-order - changed font - decreased income and increased cost of animals and vegetables - changed some UI elements
| Link | https://dmitrygalias.itch.io/unstable-government |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/unstable-government |
Ratings
| Given | 15🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
TLDR: Loved the game amazing job!
Annoyingly, the mailbox doesn't appear to work. I think we're just missing some flavourtext though as the game plays fine without it.
@glen-chang it's a police tape. Just to show the arrested objects.
@shawn-beck yea, I'll change some of the UI elements for better readability.
@sam-onella @legolula you right, I should probably change the prices.
@ollieoa the mailbox just updates the forbidden icons from the top. I'll add this to description.
".And the difficulty curve of this game is nice.
One problem is the tree in right is covered by UI so i cannot cut them.
Yea, I did this to avoid mistakes when choosing a animals or vegetables.
it's easy at first, and it's great for getting familiar with the process. it's getting harder and harder, as you need to manage more products, and you want to be greedy to make more profits, but if you grow too many things, it'll be a huge risk for avoid the fine.
I wasn't able to make it through, the police came by and made me to pay the fine for the ban. but the ban was not the same ban as shown on the screen. I got confused. I did well for the previous ones. I'm not sure if it's bug or I didn't understand the game right.
overall.. great job!!!

"but the ban was not the same ban as shown on the screen" that's right! You need to check the mailbox every time the postman delivers the newspaper, because when you reading the newspaper you find out what the government has banned this time.
My only real complaint is the music was very.. repetitive and not very good to listen to in general. Overall I really enjoyed it though :)
I tried my best, but unfortunately I am not a musician, I just started learning the FL Studio.
Issues I'd notice:
1) For this casual style make more contrast cursor (black arrow with white outline or vice versa).
2) Spacing for growing numbers. I mean money counter when cash exceeds 10k :)
3) Overlappings at the mailbox or at right controls (when it needs to manage trees or farm under UI).
4) A bit repetitive music.
Without these issues, it would be perfectly completed hypercasual game during LD format.
I've finished game with $4200 with 4th attempt.
1) 2) Its a good idea, thanks.
3) Honestly, I don't know what to do with this. Maybe I should change the mailbox position. Not sure.
4) Yep, it is. But unfortunately I'm not a musician, so that's all I could did.
Nice score :thumbsup:
:thumbsup:
Almost lost on my last year, only had 5 bucks left so I couldn't build anything. Diligently followed the law and everything went ok.
Had a blast with this one, it's fun, a great idea, and a good take on the theme. Well done!
nice game
@lucas-thomaz Thanks!
These are some amazing graphics! Really good job on 'em, this looks really polished. My only criticism would be that it took me *forever* to figure out how to toggle the flag, it doesn't pop up like the farms do when you hover over it. I thought you have to click the flagpole or something, eventually I got it though.
I enjoyed the game, rules are a bit...unstable :) but graphics is adorable
@ic-rainbow yes, exactly!
@martta thanks, I'll fix it.
@mechazawa yea, this is a really good strategy!