Grand Theft Bottle by Croped

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made by Croped for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

You wake up, no memory of who you are or what even your name is. And worse, you find yourself in a bizarre City. Empty, yet filled with lively noises. The only one running around is the same bald Man with nothing better to do as making your life a living hell. And the only way you can earn money is by pilfering trash that magically appears at midnight. Do you have what it takes to find your way out ?

This was our attempt at a GTA2 like, but mishandling graphical tools and a bit of wonky coding got in the way of the true vision we had, as always we set our scope a bit too high. We are still very proud of it and we hope you enjoy our little edgy adventure!

Screenshot (2).png

Web Version: Scroll bar on the right, scroll down and make it fullscreen, otherwise the UI will look off

Controls:

  • WASD - Move
  • Mouse - Turn character
  • LMB - Throw
  • E - Interact (Benches, Fountains)
  • T - To have some fun :)

Features:

  • Collect cans and bottles by walking up to Trashbin's spread across town
  • Bring cans and bottles to Deposit-Collector-Machine's to earn cash
  • Spend cash at the Foodstall, at Vendingmachine's or visit one of our NPC's ;-)
  • Manage your Hunger, Enery and Dirtyness by buying food and coffee, washing in Fountains and sleeping on Benches
  • But be aware of those bald guys roaming around the city...they will annoy you and sleep on your bench at night
  • The only thing you can do against them is throwing your precious loot at them or running away
  • NPC: police officer blocking the way out of the district
  • NPC: buisnessman offering a job
  • NPC: prostitute trying to make some cash
  • Day/Night cycle

Missing Features:

  • Random Text events in various situation
  • More sophisticated Bandits
  • Roaming Cars that will run you over.
  • Throwing the Bottles manually into the Collection Machine.

Ratings

Overall 448th 3.444⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 404th 3.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 446th 3.167⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 273th 3.861⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 173th 3.556⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 369th 3.583⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 6🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Azufette
Oct 03rd · 21:51 UTC
Greetings, happy to b back! :)
Orlov Nikolay
Oct 07th · 05:31 UTC
Guys your link doesn't have any files
l6ria
Oct 07th · 10:28 UTC
hahaha, that's me in future
🎤 Croped
Oct 07th · 10:37 UTC
@orlov-nikolay Thats just Googledrive not knowing what to do with .rars i guess...but you can still download at the top right corner. Even easier to test is the now working embeded Webbuild! Try it out if you can and have a nice day resting ;-)
Azufette
Oct 07th · 11:22 UTC
![Screenshot 2025-10-07 131725.png](///raw/5a7/46/z/6e901.png)

for those whos having troubles downloading the windows version. =) have fun
MJ12
Oct 07th · 11:46 UTC
Nice work boys!
florianCohen
Oct 07th · 14:31 UTC
Nice Game !
ManTou
Oct 07th · 14:46 UTC
I found this game entry really interesting! It immediately reminded me of Hobo: Tough Life, which is one of my favorite games. I love how it captures a similar atmosphere and sense of struggle, but with its own unique twist.
justking144
Oct 07th · 15:16 UTC
Absolutely loved the garbage stacking mechanic in the bag!
Gledus Varnanos
Oct 07th · 15:22 UTC
The game idea is very cool, WEB version could get some work put into it, as it have 'some' problems, like screen size mismatch with 'publish resolution', and some text issues ![изображение_2025-10-07_202014746.png](///raw/6e1/26/z/6ea7d.png)
other than that, it is pretty neat game, with a cool idea.
JPGFG
Oct 07th · 15:52 UTC
messing with anchorpoints on your UI might help with some of the resolution distortion you're seeing. Cool post, like GTA2
LDJam user 375016
Oct 07th · 15:57 UTC
Great Idea.
MRjasperDR
Oct 07th · 15:58 UTC
Really cool game! It gave me some old-school vibes. I like the collect-and-spend mechanic, and it stays fun trying to earn as much money as possible. Great job!
🎤 Croped
Oct 07th · 16:12 UTC
@jpgfg @gledus-varnanos Hey thanks for playing our game! My UI's always somehow break xD but it works in Fullscreen Mode. Sadly, said Fullscreen Button is hidden and the only way to reveal it is by hovering your cursor over that tiny scroll bar on the right side of the game screen and scrolling down. If someone knows how to force Fullscreen on Webbuild feel free to educate me.
Kit Gorn
Oct 08th · 09:00 UTC
Wow, this is really GTA. It's done really well.
LDJam user 280189
Oct 09th · 16:04 UTC
The stacking mechanic in the bag is really cool, also like one of the other commenters said, it reminded me of Hobo: Tough Life as well. Nice idea!
David Sheffield
Oct 11th · 11:18 UTC
Holy cow, this is really done for such a short time period, there are some tiny UI bugs I've noticed but other than that very impressive!
8TreasurePorridge
Oct 11th · 11:21 UTC
great!
K48UTO
Oct 11th · 11:32 UTC
In fact, it was nice to look for bottles and cans and hand them over, receiving money. I didn't quite figure out why my character falls asleep and almost immediately the game is considered lost.
LDJam user 214618
Oct 23rd · 08:35 UTC
I did not beat the game, but the experience was very good and reminded me how grateful I have to be to have a roof over my head and a job. Thank you for that!