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The Sloth Machine by J0ye

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made by J0ye for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Screenshot 2024-10-07 173336.png

Story

Have you been dreaming of winning a years salary worth of acorns? Well, you came to the right place. Beat the sloth at his own game and cash out! It's easy, just pull the lever and get those sweet, sweet acorns. Don't like your odds? Just go to the shop and turn them to your favor.

BEWARE the sloth ain't having broke people as his place and the entry price increases on each spin, so spend your money wisely.

Features

  • Win a metric shitton of acorns
  • Sloth always wins
  • Every spin wins!
  • Skill based
  • music
  • Non
  • Sloth
  • WINNING

How To Play

  • Pull lever to spin
  • Obtain more animal symbols from the shop to increase odds
  • Obtain more multipliers from the shop
  • Don't run out of acorns, you need acorns to spin or you lose

Score

  • Squirrel, Bird: 1 acorn
  • Mouse: 2 acorns
  • Ladybug: 3 acorns
  • X2 Multiplier multiplies whole row
  • Specific multipliers only multiply the row if condition is met Screenshot 2024-10-07 173445.png

Know Bugs

  • The Sloth Shop button switches text but does not open the shop, if the wheels are spinning
  • The lever does start a new spin if left in a specific angle after pulling
Link https://github.com/J0ye/LDJam56
Itch IO https://j0ye.itch.io/sloth-machine
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/the-sloth-machine

Ratings

Overall 934th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 906th 2.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 994th 2.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 935th 2.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 895th 2.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 476th 3.262⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 276th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 795th 3.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

Pachino55
11. Oct 2024 · 18:47 UTC
Very cool
Joshua_Reumann
11. Oct 2024 · 18:53 UTC
Funny idea ^^ Impressive art skills xD
f1tzy
11. Oct 2024 · 18:56 UTC
Fun little slots game. A bit more fedback in the interface might help as the acorns increase.
slay a stone
11. Oct 2024 · 18:58 UTC
Looks cool, everything fits well together. Good _vibe_ :-)

Wished there was a bit more strategy to the gameplay

Bonus points for the name of the game!
Yoav Kagan
13. Oct 2024 · 03:25 UTC
Very nice visual and interesting concept, I really can see how making a slot machine style roguelike could really work as a full game (sort of balatro but slots).
As for improvements I'd think it would really help to have more visual UI of the current machine odds.
Well done!
jk5000
14. Oct 2024 · 18:33 UTC
Funny but also a bit weird.
Big Cyckos
17. Oct 2024 · 08:30 UTC
Played on itch io
Sometimes the lever doesn't work, when I redeemed things from the store and reset the store a couple of times it crashed the game xDD
nice soundtrack and sense of humor.
~Socio
Nazariglez
17. Oct 2024 · 10:30 UTC
Really fun concept! The visuals and humor worked great together, but I think more feedback in the interface would help, especially with acorn counts and odds. Gj!
kokostyrko
17. Oct 2024 · 11:20 UTC
The game has impressive visuals and a fun concept, though adding more strategy could enhance the overall gameplay experience!
🎤 J0ye
20. Oct 2024 · 16:42 UTC
@slay-a-stone, @kokostyrko Yeah that was always the plan, but it took us forever to get the machine at all. More strategy to the buyable mods would definitely be the next step. To eventually land with what @yoav-kagan said. Slots like Balatro.
ChuChuGeralt
20. Oct 2024 · 17:54 UTC
I really did like the graphics!
CiaranW
20. Oct 2024 · 18:50 UTC
Looks really good graphically - nice style, and the audio suited the game really well. I played through a few times, but it seemed the best strategy was to just not buy anything from the shop, because otherwise the increase in spin cost kills you.

It would be nice if there was some kind of visual which helped explain how the scoring worked (like a real slot machine).

Nice entry!
LelulaGames
20. Oct 2024 · 18:58 UTC
What a fun little game. love the graphics, and the fact you're playing for acorns.