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Tax Collector by ManTou

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made by ManTou for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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About This Game

There’s a Tax Collector and some people working hard to earn money — you know what that means, right?

人1.png Citizen: work and earn money. If they got money, drag them into the Tax Collector

金币机2.png Tax Collector: Click the Collector to collect and share their hard-earned wealth.

乞丐1.png Homeless Person: After being “shared” multiple times or have no house over 10 seconds, the citizens grow tired. Eventually, they stop working and start wandering aimlessly. They even start asking other hardworking citizens for money — it’s practically robbery.

Feed them into the Homeless Launcher.

大炮.png Homeless Launcher: Click to fire it — Send them anywhere in the world except here.

Expand your territory. Construct homes and factories so citizens toil to grow rich — then reap the rewards they call “sharing.”

HTML5 or Download https://mantou.itch.io/tax-collector
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/tax-collector-1

Ratings

Overall 148th 3.871⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 116th 3.833⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 174th 3.633⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 159th 4.067⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 396th 3.65⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 201th 3.633⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 96th 3.883⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 316th 3.667⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 40🗨️

Feedback

TowerCrane
Oct 07th · 00:20 UTC
link is not working for me, fix if possible
🎤 ManTou
Oct 07th · 02:23 UTC
@towercrane I've uploaded it to itch.io, feel free to try it out!
LudumDareDevil
Oct 07th · 02:59 UTC
Really fun game. The sounds started to break after I got a bunch of upgrades. It's a very fun idea (and sort of relatable from the taxpayer perspective :stuck_out_tongue:). It's a bit concerning how much I enjoyed the homeless cannon.
UsuMidori
Oct 07th · 03:01 UTC
I really enjoyed the vivid and satirical elements within.
florianCohen
Oct 07th · 14:59 UTC
nice gameplay good job !
Kimicu
Oct 07th · 15:00 UTC
Darkly hilarious satire disguised as a simple clicker. Tax citizens → they get tired → become homeless → launch them away. Genius commentary on inequality and bureaucracy. 10/10 for absurdity and truth.
Theothervc
Oct 07th · 15:14 UTC
Amazing Game, Loved The Homeless cannon
firellon
Oct 07th · 20:25 UTC
Gave me a laugh.

Homeless people replicate too quickly D:
sakuraya
Oct 07th · 20:30 UTC
I really like this topic. It's quite ironic! The gameplay is simple and easy to understand, and it is so engaging that you can't stop playing. It has also achieved full automation management.
Archimagus
Oct 07th · 20:36 UTC
Cool idea for a game.
I somehow ended up with a homeless guy exploiting the system, he had to go 🤣
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Not a big deal, but I have an ultrawide monitor, (5120x1440) and in full screen the labels don't line up with the houses properly. They work fine not full screen.
![Screenshot 2025-10-07 153406.png](///raw/6d3/z/6ebee.png)
LDJam user 395766
Oct 07th · 20:42 UTC
really nice game, some time the citizens are blocked in funny poses but not unsolvable. The sound is realy nice not borring or annoying over time. Now i can tell i'm a good collector who kicks out homeless people in the ocean <3
Truedat
Oct 08th · 18:39 UTC
maxed everything out, satisfying sounds and overall addicitve play. nice, but dont know what the end goal supposed to be..gj
naru
Oct 08th · 22:35 UTC
Great idle mechanics! Imagine paying taxes 👀
Kalbshack
Oct 08th · 22:39 UTC
I also had the homeless exploit guy but send him flying :smile: Nice game.
ghost-in-the-toast
Oct 08th · 22:41 UTC
Hell yeah had a good amount of fun with this one! Found myself cackling loudly to myself every time I shot a hobo out of the cannon. Wasn't exactly sure what the upgrades to the house and workplace did, but I was able to figure out the other upgrades on the right hand side. Good stuff!
Vulpe
Oct 08th · 22:54 UTC
Played until I couldn't upgrade any more. Nice little variation on a clicker game. Would be nice to pay to expand the area and grow more but perhaps in next update? My lil guys got stuck in the air like I was picking them up sometimes.
F2_
Oct 08th · 23:19 UTC
Fun idle clicker with a great sense of humor. I maxed out all upgrades before I realized you can expand into the ocean. My bad, I should have read the tutorial properly, haha.
Accardo
Oct 09th · 01:50 UTC
Fun game, would be even better with some variations and an end goal. Regardless, enjoyed playing through it. Nice work.![Screenshot 2025-10-08 184858.jpg](///raw/0e9/56/z/6f08b.jpg)
Eugenik
Oct 09th · 02:00 UTC
Enjoyed the story and atmosphere!.
MrPaket
Oct 09th · 18:32 UTC
I've always liked the immoral in games. Extort money from workers and shoot beggars with a cannon. I really like the concept, it's something with something. Good work!
Jvdwijk
Oct 12th · 16:04 UTC
Exploiting people has never been so much fun before! It is so satisfying to upgrade your city to make an infinite amount of money, I can see this game expanding with more content and more options to make even more money.

Great entry, had me hooked for quite a while!

![exploiting.png](///raw/88b/c2/z/6f514.png)
Wallted
Oct 12th · 18:36 UTC
Oh yeah, autocannon upgrade was brutal, but felt soo good :D Congrats on your game, this felt really chilly to play and I had no reason to stop until I maxed out :) I wish there were something more for the buildings
marudziik
Oct 12th · 18:38 UTC
This is a great entry, got me hooked up for a while. I like almost everything about it, I think the game loop is working very well, the graphics are awesome, the music is top notch.

I enjoyed it quite a bit, and I did manage to find 2 things I view as problems. They happen only in fullscreen.

First one is the fact that I cannot expand in the first column:

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Second is with the labels - their positions are messed up. Hopefully it will be visible on the screenshot:

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These don't happen in window mode.

Anyway, I've spent way too much time playing :sweat_smile:

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Great entry, congrats!
Lisek Gagatek
Oct 13th · 13:07 UTC
Very satisfying game, I think I've build and upgraded everything possible. It would be cool if there was some more difficulty, or just a bit slower progression, since when it took off after buying a few automation upgrades, the game was done in almost seconds.

Sound effects are pretty cool here, everything fits very well for silly game like this.
darianifakina
Oct 23rd · 12:48 UTC
The mechanics are simple yet satisfying, and the art style is charming. It's a fun and addictive experience that's perfect for quick gaming sessions. Love it!