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Taxapocalypse by Harksa

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made by Harksa for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Don't you hate that you have to pay taxes ? What if you just didn't ? Um, that seems like a good idea... maybe.

Yeah, just don't pay them!

That's it, don't pay them! You'll earn money by not spending it! That's a genius plan! Nobody will ever find about it, right?

How to play

  1. Grab the correct associated stamp. The papers have color coded areas, just like your stamps. How peculiar.
  2. Put the stamp on the file.
  3. That's it, you've commit... correctly filed your papers. Good job !
  4. Continue until you're done. Wait, you're never done ? Oh...

Some screenshots!

First.gif

Good 1.gif

Don't do that, that's bad Bad 1.gif

Don't do that either. Bad 2.gif

Resources

Musics are from the Unity Asset Store. Don't ask me why I haven't let people rate me on music, I haven't done it. All the 3D stuff is also Unity Asset Store. Free stuff is life. Zalfos did the stamps and this magnificent game logo.

I hope you'll like this stupid game. I enjoyed creating it, especially because it's been a while. I really enjoy making dumb games, I should do some more.

Have fun :smile:

PS : By the way, my personal record is 66.

PS2 : There is not one, but TWO secrets (wow, nice) that are not very difficult to find. Good luck :wink:

Link https://harksa.itch.io/taxapocalypse
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/taxapocalypse

Ratings

Overall 413th 3.74⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 236th 3.8⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 520th 3.48⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

Saryah
04. Apr 2022 · 14:23 UTC
Fun! Wish I could rate on humour, this was awesome! A very metal very to file paperwork.
BearDing8
04. Apr 2022 · 21:27 UTC
Good graphics, music and game play. Nice implementation!
UC101
04. Apr 2022 · 21:28 UTC
Fun little game, reminds me a lot of Papers Please
Andrey_Zhukov
04. Apr 2022 · 21:30 UTC
Dynamic, good, fun - thanks :)
Iida
04. Apr 2022 · 21:37 UTC
Nice graphics and feels good to play, very clear.
LDJam user 280189
04. Apr 2022 · 21:37 UTC
Really simple and nice game, I liked the sound effect when you lose :D
LDJam user 187102
05. Apr 2022 · 21:07 UTC
Wow, that was unexpectedly satisfying :)
Thank you for your game!
angiemon
16. Apr 2022 · 17:08 UTC
Yaaay, 94 years! \m/

Really a fun, straightforward game, I actually quite enjoyed playing this! can totally see this as either a smartphone game or a minigame inside a bigger game (like you know how they have those in Bioshock or Fallout for Hacking)

Ngl though, the theme gave me PTSD... accurately depicts what taxes are.. FROM HELL! xD

Really liked this. at first I was a dummy and just like put the stamps on the forms and let them stand, later on I figured just move them over the field and you're good (which even made gameplay fun, because then you have the added (fun) hassle of having to avoid the incorrect fields while moving the stamps)

One big issue I had is that sometimes I couldn't see the stamps colour, so maybe just colour the whole stamp in the respective colours :)

All in all, a real fun entry and great take on the theme! :)

Very nice job for a single person!
DJTequila
18. Apr 2022 · 02:45 UTC
I really enjoyed playing this game. It's a fun challenge and I kept replaying to get a better score (181 was my best). I know you didn't make the music, but you still chose great music for a game about committing hardcore tax fraud :laughing:. Only complaint is that the stamps sometimes get rotated out of position so you can't see what color they are.
Flaterectomy
18. Apr 2022 · 08:48 UTC
Whoops, I knocked off my yellow stamp! 126 years in jail, go me, and then 171 on the second try! It's a fun little spinning-plates-like mechanic overall. At first I assumed Hitting a document with the wrong color would be punished but that didn't seem to be the case. After that I just tried to keep the stamps spread out a bit and that seemed to work.

I thought making it hard to see the color of the stamp when placed down on the board was a good mechanic, I had to figure it out by omission a few times and that added to the challenge.

The music (especially the "victory" sound) is very well chosen. I actually laughed out loud.
joe40001
18. Apr 2022 · 09:31 UTC
Got 122 years. Was very very laggy on chrome but ran great on firefox. Fun idea.
lilkrit
18. Apr 2022 · 10:58 UTC
Funny game. The music fits very well such an exciting task like filing your taxes ;)
BoroBoro
18. Apr 2022 · 12:47 UTC
Fun game! Wish I could rate on the humor because its great as well! Now onto enjoying my 123 years in prison...
olafstromberg
18. Apr 2022 · 13:58 UTC
A nice simple and fun game. The fact that you cannot always see the colour of the stamp was a nice annoying touch. Good job
ChickenChaser
18. Apr 2022 · 14:44 UTC
Such a fun game!
The description says, you're not supposed to stamp documents with the wrong colour.
If that's the case, some visual and audio feedback would be great.
Sibi
18. Apr 2022 · 19:01 UTC
![190years.png](///raw/34e/c/z/4e25e.png)
I didn't expect to have so much fun with this one as I did. It started out slow but got really intense and the music framed tax f...ilings as the most exciting thing ever!
Roka Josh
18. Apr 2022 · 19:18 UTC
Fun game, would love to see this expanded further as it has promise. Good job!
🎤 Harksa
19. Apr 2022 · 22:49 UTC
Alright, I just found out that I am big dumdum and I simply forgot to put a variable to 0 before building.
Yes, after all this time lol. Oupsy.
I'm very sorry for the inconvenience! The game was harder because of that.
LeReveur
21. Apr 2022 · 16:36 UTC
I got 77 years, but is this an epic win, or an epic lose? I can't decide, but it was simple and fun to play, good job!
PS: I would have rate it high on humor and probably in mood, if I had the choice ^^