Pay Your DEBTS - Ludum Dare #58 by Kenneth Gibson

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made by Kenneth Gibson for Ludum Dare 58 (COMPO)

WANT SOMETHING? TAKE A LOAN

it's not like they gonna cut your fingers...

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AWAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD ON ITCH CLICK HERE


Commission for #58 Ludum Dare GameJam

Theme: Collector


WASD to move your feets

RMB to shot your enemies

Fingers is your "Health bar"

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Ratings

Overall 71th 3.58⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 36th 3.708⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 120th 3.18⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 146th 3.333⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 82th 3.708⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 81th 3.37⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 38th 3.543⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 60th 3.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

kalasherr
Oct 06th · 16:26 UTC
There is a crazy screenshake after game restart :vibration_mode:

P.S. And how player supposed to shoot... Without fingers?
dejavu
Oct 06th · 23:05 UTC
Super fun game! The idea of using fingers instead of HP is quite unusual.
🎤 Kenneth Gibson
Oct 07th · 18:17 UTC
@kalasherr good point :thinking:
FallenQWE
Oct 07th · 19:34 UTC
The idea with the fingers is cool — a fun game!
kaya_ultraviolence
Oct 07th · 19:39 UTC
Impressed by the whole gameplay.
Fresh to death
Syphorce
Oct 07th · 22:17 UTC
Fun game. I like the roguelike aspect!
khaotom
Oct 07th · 22:32 UTC
i wonder what i wanted so bad as to be stuck with that life
IakovBoy
Oct 08th · 09:48 UTC
Remota, vel consuetudine non obstante. Ego monere te addere lectio magis improvements, novis armis. Come erano fortunati gli avvocati difensori di una volta!!!
Willops
Oct 08th · 18:10 UTC
Loved the graphics and mood lol! Nice work
LDJam user 280624
Oct 09th · 11:57 UTC
Brutal! I love that this jam has simple, fun games where you can just turn off your brain and shoot stuff
Ciphereo
Oct 09th · 12:01 UTC
This is a super fun game that I really like. Also, the cover looks very painful.:D
Wallted
Oct 09th · 23:28 UTC
Holy shit this is unhinged! I completely adore the look this game got because of this army of suit dudes. Upgrades were satysfying, pure ride

![pay_your_debts.PNG](///raw/ff1/46/z/6f253.png)
designernap
Oct 10th · 09:14 UTC
This has a really nice adaptive curve to the upgrades and purchases. I felt like I was getting overwhelmed only for the upgrades to allow me to get back on top. Great stuff.
Gambal
Oct 11th · 08:58 UTC
A really fun game with a fun idea, but it feels a bit frustrating when the enemies are invisible since they aren't fully rotated towards you and get damaged from nowhere
dhim
Oct 11th · 20:48 UTC
I can't play your game, because I am not on windows. So just saying Hi!

And seeing that you have you github to host your source code, as I myself **[collect GitHub entries](https://github.com/stars/dhmmasson/lists/ludum-dare-58)**. I have also collected a few tricks to make the repos shinier across my Ludum Dare participations

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# Repo name and Description

You can update the repository name (I always name my repo ldXX and I rename when I have found a name for my game) without breaking links (GitHub redirects old names to new ones), and add a description for inclusion in the list
(<https://github.com/dhmmasson/ld58> still redirect to my repository)

# Readme and Badges
Include the link to your ldjam entry in the Readme. I also have created badges that you can use to decorate your README:

```
![Ludum Dare](https://img.shields.io/badge/LudumDare-58-f79122?labelColor=ee5533&link=https%3A%2F%2Fldjam.com%2Fevents%2Fludum-dare%2F58)
![Ludum Dare 58 - Compo](https://img.shields.io/badge/LudumDare58-Compo-ee5533?&link=https%3A%2F%2Fldjam.com%2Fevents%2Fludum-dare%2F58)
![Ludum Dare 58 - Jam](https://img.shields.io/badge/LudumDare58-Jam-f79122?&link=https%3A%2F%2Fldjam.com%2Fevents%2Fludum-dare%2F58)
![Ludum Dare 58 - Extra](https://img.shields.io/badge/LudumDare58-Extra-66cc23?labelColor&link=https%3A%2F%2Fldjam.com%2Fevents%2Fludum-dare%2F58)
```

![Screenshot 2025-10-06 at 08.35.40.png](///raw/c6b/3/z/6d3d5.png)

# Topics

Consider using these **topics** on your github description to make your Ludum Dare entry more discoverable:
- `game`
- `game-development`
- `ludum-dare`
- `ludumdare`
- `ludumdare58`
- `ludum-dare-58`
- `ld58`

# Cover Art

You can also use your cover art for the ```Social preview``` image in the repository ```Settings```. It helps in topic (like : https://github.com/topics/ludum-dare-58)

# Stars

I have starred and added your repository to a list of ld58 compo: <https://github.com/stars/dhmmasson/lists/ludum-dare-58>

You can visit the list and share the love by starring to all those nice repositories (I am on a personal quest to collect 10 stars on tiles-Collector).
Phobos001
Oct 12th · 05:24 UTC
Was fun to blast some billboarded businessmen lol. I had a few issues with the game freezing but I think it's because I was running it under WINE. Thank you for the quick little shooter :heart:
b0guslaw
Oct 12th · 06:31 UTC
Fast paced, fun, very nice entry, gives some good oldschool FPS vibes, well done!
HolySparks
Oct 13th · 15:42 UTC
Seems like vampire-survivor-boomer-shooter is a very viable genre, huh. I liked it.
🎤 Kenneth Gibson
Oct 14th · 12:53 UTC
@dhim broooo thanks, I totaly could build for mac and linux, because its just a Unity project, my bad
dhim
Oct 14th · 18:38 UTC
If it's just a build, let me know I'll give it a try
bentglasstube
Oct 16th · 20:35 UTC
Very simple and entertaining. I loved the billboard business men, it gave it a really strange vibe. Especially them all looking the same was amusing. A little strange that fire was right click instead of left, but I got used to it quickly enough. The double shotgun upgrade seems far and away the best one, and it was kind of hard to notice what some of the other upgrades even did. I loved the simplicity and played until my fingers got tired of clicking by just kiting the swarm around. Nice work.
Adam Konig
Oct 16th · 22:47 UTC
This was actually very fun, the pacing of combat and upgrades was really solid I felt like I was never getting bored shooting before I got to claim another upgrade. Definitely some small tweaks would make some strong improvements like having a reticle to indicate where you're about to shoot so its not just like the general forwards direction and some more variety of areas or enemies would be fun, but really excellent and fun and overly gore-y gameplay so no real complaints here!
Martingonn
Oct 19th · 04:18 UTC
Interesting game! Maybe you could have an option to tone down the gore though?
thegrottman
Oct 21st · 08:50 UTC
Fun destressor :D Nice gameplay loop and satisfying progression