Plinko Pals by BigDippers

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made by BigDippers for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Description:

Your creatures are hungry, and it’s up to you to drop their favorite food through a challenging plinko board! Strategically place pegs with unique abilities to maximize your score, earn coins, and unlock powerful upgrades. Keep the creatures well-fed, experiment with different peg combinations, and get the highest score you can!

Credits:

Song: Pix - Rose Garden

Interface Audio SFX: https://assetstore.unity.com/linkmaker/embed/package/89646/widget-wide

All code and art were made by myself alone and during the duration of the game jam.

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Ratings

Overall 634th 3.455⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 736th 3.182⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 377th 3.5⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 563th 3.659⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 249th 4.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 709th 2.722⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 460th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

imberny
08. Oct 2024 · 00:42 UTC
Pachinko tactics
NickHellquist
08. Oct 2024 · 00:46 UTC
Gamba bad, but game good! Nice one
turtlebedlam
08. Oct 2024 · 00:47 UTC
This feels very good to play! The UI feels responsive and cohesive. I love the art style. I like that if you drop the food in the same place there's some variation in how it falls.
Taralunga Victor
08. Oct 2024 · 17:49 UTC
very pretty game
Andriana Mantidfly
10. Oct 2024 · 09:15 UTC
It's an interesting game
Ansible
10. Oct 2024 · 17:09 UTC
![Screenshot 2024-10-10 180250.png](///raw/b79/f3/z/6878c.png)

I loved this! Awesome! Great use of the pegs and arcade claw, nice art and presented well design wise.

I learnt that one pet is enough for me!
hotdog
11. Oct 2024 · 11:09 UTC
Really like the art!
LDJam user 245648
11. Oct 2024 · 11:17 UTC
Amazing graphics! The game was very fun, but i felt it got hard once you lost one of the pets. Fun incorporation of gambling ;)
mrspeaker
11. Oct 2024 · 12:11 UTC
Really polished entry: great overall execution of a very unique idea (well, at least I've never seen something like this). My only complaint (and I this is just personal preference) is that it felt too slow: carefully setting each ball up and slowly making choices... I'd love to see a version of it that was more like Pachinko: lots and lots of balls that all affect the outcome a little each. So, dropping the ball would drop, like, 20 balls that bounces all over the place: some hitting targets, some getting eaten some not... and then being able to continue making moves before balls even finished.

That would make the game less strategy focused - but would make it more frenetic and arcade-y.

Anyhoo, a really cool original idea and well executed. GGs!
ms_malloc
13. Oct 2024 · 03:27 UTC
Love the creature design, and their names >:D I like the sfx and the background music too, I feel like extra sound effects when the balls hit upgraded pegs would add to the gambly ambiance.
oliver_day
13. Oct 2024 · 05:36 UTC
Liked the design, but the popups and move my mouse to the drop button was a bit annoying. Overall an interesting concept.
Pimping
13. Oct 2024 · 08:07 UTC
Nice gambling-like game, design is great for me so it`s 5/5
Alchemic
14. Oct 2024 · 17:30 UTC
Difficult! I like the concept. The creatures are cute. It feels like there should be some sort of partial credit if you get the wrong color, at least for money.