The Incredible Trader! by Luis Carli

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made by Luis Carli for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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Manage limited inventory space and execute a sequence of trades to acquire the desired magic scroll!

Ratings

Overall 663th 3.469⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Fun 492th 3.531⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 500th 3.438⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Theme 655th 3.5⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 565th 3.625⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

Im not a robot
03. Oct 2023 · 15:22 UTC
Link gives a 404 Page not found error.
Qaolin
03. Oct 2023 · 15:41 UTC
404 error not found
Chaineddreamer
03. Oct 2023 · 16:05 UTC
The link is dead. sorry I couldn't play it.
🎤 Luis Carli
04. Oct 2023 · 22:44 UTC
Link should be fixed now, thank you!
Jahwffrey
04. Oct 2023 · 23:48 UTC
Neat! I liked the cute little characters and the inventory was very slick. I feel like then items being different sizes never really ended up mattering though - it was a logic puzzle to try to figure out what to trade with whom but I never felt like I couldn't make a trade because of space restrictions. Cool little game!
Frib
04. Oct 2023 · 23:54 UTC
Fun little puzzle game! Agreed that it was more a trading puzzle than a limited space puzzle since you could stash items on traders. But still, quite entertaining and worked like a charm.

Good job!
bitcode
05. Oct 2023 · 00:10 UTC
The game is pretty fun! It took me quite a while to get the scroll, and I enjoyed moving the pieces around to be able to make the final trade. Managing the inventory reminded me a lot of Resident Evil's inventory system. To be honest, I never ran into major inventory/limited space issues while playing the game, as I could just put my materials in another merchant's inventory and take it out when I need it. Overall however, I liked it. Well done!
MajoMirez
05. Oct 2023 · 00:58 UTC
I agree with the rest, I feel like space wasn't an issue, and the gameplay was more about the puzzle of trading than space management. It was fun tho!
APG
05. Oct 2023 · 11:55 UTC
I didn't see the inventory for the first couple minutes of gameplay. Did I miss something?

Other than that, it's a neat little puzzle game! I like all the unique people. Especially belt man.
Ahbee_Studio Nex-us
06. Oct 2023 · 13:25 UTC
Cute game love the art style and characters. Its more of a problem solving game regarding what to trade. I think the inventory management or space management takes a secondary role as other have pointed out. Well done on the execution !!
🎤 Luis Carli
06. Oct 2023 · 19:42 UTC
@im-not-a-robot @qaolin @chaineddreamer Link should be fixed now, thank you!!
Wuppos
07. Oct 2023 · 14:29 UTC
This was realy good! The gameplay was super simple, but you managed to create a very interesting game with it nontheless. It was one big puzzle, which was a lot of fun :D I think you could easily extend this game to something bigger if you wanted to. The art was also very nicely cohesive, which made it very nice to look at. Some sounds and music would have been great though :)

Amazingly well done! I enjoyed this a lot :D
🎤 Luis Carli
07. Oct 2023 · 15:03 UTC
Thank you for the kind words @wuppos !!
Andikki
13. Oct 2023 · 00:04 UTC
What a cute game. I finished it without thinking too hard on what would be the best trade option. I wonder if it's possible to get yourself in a situation where you have to backtrack a lot.
Locke8
18. Oct 2023 · 16:31 UTC
A really cute little game, i think that its a really nice idea for a puzzle game, it combines having to manage inventory space with having to think about what to trade in order to get the desired items. I wish this had more levels rather than just one big puzzle. I agree with the others on the fact that the element of space management should of been used more to fit with the theme.