DEATH AND TAXES by Gus Goucher
A short game about tax evasion, leafblowers, and tax evasion again. Controls in game, playable with up to four people/controllers, but doable solo (might be easier with friends!). It's short but polished, so enjoy!
Created by Angus Goucher, Braeden Trefethen and Jacob Nelan. Music by chiptami (https://battleofthebits.org/barracks/Profile/tree/). Thanks for playing!
Check out the OST here: https://soundcloud.com/chiptami/sets/death-and-taxes-ost

Ratings
| Overall | 95th | 4.089⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 94th | 4.054⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 434th | 3.556⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 202th | 4.089⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 88th | 4.482⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 59th | 4.196⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 31th | 4.357⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 80th | 4.232⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
There's a few small things I noticed:
- the document counter persists between runs, so that makes level 1 really easy once you've lost once.
- I wish the intro was skippable.
- At first, I thought the baddies would kill me and only realized later that they steal the documents
@allas Yep, definitely wish I had focused on expanding the gameplay with more stages and obstacles, and spent less time on polish. Thanks for the feedback, it's super valuable.
@iamwave Thank you for the note about the doc counter glitch - I don't think I ever tested replaying the game (definitely should have!) I'll patch that out for people in the future with a patched version on itch. Thanks for playing and for the feedback!
Cut scene at the beginning should probably be skipable and the window breaking sound was pretty loud.
The Elvis boss (or tax guy?) walking down the stairs was a great visual representation of the ticking clock and a tension builder.
Well done!
@notnasiul Thanks for the feedback and for playing!
The only point I really have is that it might not be really fitting with the theme. Or I'm missing the point. That's also valid. Instead of delaying the inevitable, you can completely run away from it. (which is nice for taxes)
@jozef I'm glad you loved the intro so much! Hearing that people enjoyed it definitely makes it worth it whether the rest of the game is amazing or not. Thank you so much for playing!!
I do not think the cutscene needs to be skippable. Its like 30secs at most. I think 30 seconds are not to much to ask to see this funny scene. Window sound was too loud though.
Awesome Game, keep it up.
Unlike taxes this was a very pleasant experience! Fun I should call it. Simple but really cool with an unique spin. One thing I noticed that the boss going down the stairs is not more than a timer maybe some gameplay element that slow him down could be interesting like you can make him getting a call or something.
@davision That's a super cool idea that would work really well with the current "HUD" setup for sure! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!!
The game is quite short, but is really really fun! Graphics, style, music and animations are perfect!
Congrats!