The Conflicted Merchant by pierogo
Once upon a time, in the vast land of Purpuria there was a little valley where the Red Castle stood. Not too close, but also certainly not very far away from it the Blue Fortress could be found.
For decades the two clans were living peacefully, yet as time progressed, a conflict between the Reds and the Blues started to arise.
Now, a mysterious travelling merchant has arrived on the battlefield. Could he be the one to help the struggling kingdoms end this horrifying war?
Well, let's just say that isn't exactly the plan of his.

Approach the battling troops and sell them your goods.
Squeeze as much gold as you can from those fools' misery.
May this battle never end!


Game created by CLOWNWORKS: - Krzysztof "Lisek Gagatek" Dobrzański - Kacper "Pierogo" Herchel - Maciej "Bułke" Ziółkowski
and CLOWNWORKS' friends: - Dominik "Dokan" Pałkowski as the composer - Arkadiusz "Arke" Victor as unit grunt sounds
Default controls: - Move with arrow keys - Interact using Space - Select inventory items using Z and X - Access the pause menu using Escape
| Link | https://clownworks.itch.io/the-conflicted-merchant |
| Link | https://clownworks.itch.io/the-conflicted-merchant |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/the-conflicted-merchant |
Ratings
| Overall | 351th | 3.81⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 340th | 3.776⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 68th | 4.103⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 649th | 3.638⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 716th | 3.65⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 509th | 3.482⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 262th | 3.724⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 330th | 3.804⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 44🗳️ | 34🗨️ |
Very frantic, I personally found it difficult to keep the balance. Which really drove home the theme of the jam.
Really nice job.
I often struggled to sell to the right target though. By the end of the game, there was this massive blue knight just wailing on the red base and I couldn't even give the reds any support. Music was fine but got a tad repetitive.
Really well done though, good job!
