Take a Penny... by VicSparkz

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made by VicSparkz for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Summary

A short little game about running a small hardware store. Made to emulate the original GameBoy resolution and limited colour palette.

Each day you operate the checkout, selling goods to customers. Enter the prices of the items they're purchasing in the keypad. Be careful not to over charge them or they'll leave without buying anything.

After each day you'll get a sales report as well as the current market trends. You'll need to adjust your prices to stay competitive. If you margins get too low you'll be forced to sell the business...

Controls

Game is played entirely with the mouse and mouse clicks. Hover over the keypad in the bottom right to bring it up.

Ratings

Overall 690th 3.528⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 830th 3.25⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 646th 3.361⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1221th 3.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 332th 4.083⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 556th 3.139⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 405th 3.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 279610
05. Apr 2022 · 02:26 UTC
Great visual aesthetic. I like having business management sim logic in the game. I love the giant grin on the faces of happy customers!
reneantunes
05. Apr 2022 · 15:48 UTC
Great look. Very cohesive style.
Nick Saulnier
05. Apr 2022 · 16:15 UTC
Art is really well done. Took a while for me to understand the controls and the game-loop, but pretty fun/therapeutic clicking gameplay. Enjoyed this!
aasimow
06. Apr 2022 · 23:45 UTC
Really clever and unified aesthetic. It'd be nice if the calculator had some sort of visual feedback for the buttons. Nice job!
vasher
06. Apr 2022 · 23:46 UTC
pretty chill game! I liked the art and felt therapeutic - would be cool to actually use the numpad on the keyboard!
sprunth
06. Apr 2022 · 23:52 UTC
The customers smiling after I entered their price was my favorite part :)
jasontherand
06. Apr 2022 · 23:52 UTC
The art was really fantastic. I could almost hear the weather just from the mood. It made me sad that people stopped coming, so you really were able to capture everything very well. Lovely job.
Boykala
06. Apr 2022 · 23:53 UTC
Fun game I sold everything for $1 and all the customers loved me. One of the best tycoon games of Ludum Dare 50
LDJam user 278918
06. Apr 2022 · 23:54 UTC
This game is very well done, but I would suggest making the numpad a bit more obvious. I had trouble finding it at first. Also, (and this is not at all the game's fault, completely my fault) I dind't realize the numpad had an adder so I was adding all the numbers in my head and felt like a FOOL. :P Anyways, great job!
Tianmaru
06. Apr 2022 · 23:57 UTC
I am sorry, but I couldn't give a rating to your game, because I don't think it worked for me as it should have had.
For example, when I entered "1.09" into the calculator, it would show up as "109,00 €", "7.50" would become "750.00" and so on. So basically, everything was multiplied by 100 and every customer was mad at me - Is this intended? If not, it might have something to do with the fact that I am on a PC with language set to German. In Germany, we use a comma "," as decimal point, while the point "." has the function of a comma. For example, it would be "1.700,50" instead of "1,700.50". I think, this might have messed something up with the numbers. Also, after finishing the first day, I was stuck in the hardware store screen...
The graphics were nice though!
EverythingIsBacon
06. Apr 2022 · 23:58 UTC
Like Vasher I would have loved to use the numpad. This definitely brought me back to my cashier days! The art style is great, you really nailed the GB look! Would have loved to hear some crunchy sound effects here!
Confidant17
07. Apr 2022 · 00:02 UTC
cashier simulator. love the art, love the grimm of customers, some audio feedback would be apreciated, and my first go to was o use my keyboard calculator... sad it dint work. well done
Ryder21
07. Apr 2022 · 01:23 UTC
loved the art style, the thumbnail caught immediatelly my attention, and the concept its very well executed, makes fun a work like that lol
amazing work!
🎤 VicSparkz
07. Apr 2022 · 13:19 UTC
@tianmaru Yeah that 100% what happened, I forgot to make the numbers culture independent. Sorry about that.
Jake G
08. Apr 2022 · 05:08 UTC
This is _such_ a creative, unique concept and amazing art style. It felt like a real classic game that I loved growing up on, like the tycoon games, yukon trail, dino park tycoon, etc. Great job.
Orionhart
11. Apr 2022 · 07:56 UTC
Unique take on the prompt! I like the idea of a business sim. Not too shabby. Impressive for a solo job.
lpettler
18. Apr 2022 · 17:56 UTC
Brought me back to the days of playing the old-school brick GameBoy in the back of the bus. I disagree with the requests for a number pad - that would ruin the whole aesthetic. On the other hand, I suggest a directional pad and select button, some 8-bit sounds, and a "brightness" setting be added in order to further **capture** that GameBoy feel.
winniehell
18. Apr 2022 · 21:35 UTC
nice entry! I made it until day 4 :muscle: the game would have taken advantage from some sound though.