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Mega Mall Lawyer by Hefaistus

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made by Hefaistus for LD33 (JAM)
You are a new employee at Mega Corp Inc., a company with its eyes set on creating a new Mega Mall. One problem: they don’t own the land yet. That’s why you are here: it is your task to buy all the properties of an unnamed neighbourhood, using a budget that is just too small, a deadline that is just too close by, and from people who really rather would see you relocated to Antarctica.

A solo production, completely made from scratch in Java. Music and sound effects unfortunately had to be removed in due to technical difficulties. In-depth information can be found in the 'Help'-screen, accessible from the menu. Have fun!
Runnable .jar file https://mega.nz/#!W4gVVSpa!aoNLmA3hNCtJLqDIedsx3fZzIu-u5llrLTTcmqE3axI
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=56790

Ratings

Coolness 28% 1981
Overall(Jam) 3.00 716
Fun(Jam) 2.60 860
Graphics(Jam) 1.73 1012
Humor(Jam) 2.93 449
Innovation(Jam) 3.00 520
Mood(Jam) 2.67 845
Theme(Jam) 3.07 795

Feedback

TackoramaLtd
25. Aug 2015 · 16:57 UTC
Does not work on Mac.
Fantasieleben
25. Aug 2015 · 17:08 UTC
Looks nice, but did not rate, as I can not run it on my windows pc. Don't have any java dev environment installed on this machine, and so it seems there is no file that I can run - only saw .class files and the assets. If I am overlooking something maybe add a readme with instructions on how to run this game.
soulrot
25. Aug 2015 · 18:28 UTC
The introduction and help are nicely written. The game itself sounded interesting, and probably could be pretty cool had it been a bit more polished with better art.
As it is now, even when taking into consideration the fact that it's a 72h game, it's not that fun or impressive. Too much button clicking and too little feedback on your actions (animations and/or sounds probably would have helped a lot).
I like the idea though!
Novaki
26. Aug 2015 · 10:03 UTC
Interesting idea. I like what you did with the theme.
CheesyRamen
27. Aug 2015 · 11:14 UTC
I really like how it mimics real life when there's always that last holdout who won't sell =)
humbleness
29. Aug 2015 · 10:30 UTC
I loved this game and actually ended up playing it for quite a while :D The humor in it is excellent and it played quite nice too, and all the actions and behaviors made sense. I'm glad I downloaded it
BluShine
02. Sep 2015 · 20:48 UTC
Surprisingly interesting and challenging game. Some music and animations would have been nice, but the game still works fine without them. I love the usage of the theme, and it's a great idea to simulate this kind of scenario.
I didn't have too much trouble buying all the houses except for 1. I kept trying to lawsuit them, but it failed ~10 times and then I lost the game. I had more than enough money to buy the house, but after suing them it seemed like it would be impossible to raise their willingness high enough to buy it legitimately.