Changeling by library-rat

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made by library-rat for Ludum Dare 56 (COMPO)

Everybody know how a vending machine work. The tiny fairies inside named Changelings are in charge of giving you back coins if you paid to much. Play as a changeling to return the money to as many customer as you can, be wary of mistakes or slowness since it will be taken out of your own salary. enjoy ! (I haven't found how correctly set screen size on ludum dare but it is fine on itch.io, the source code is availible to download)

Ratings

Overall 258th 3.087⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 276th 2.813⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 123th 3.563⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 73th 3.98⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 260th 2.938⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 146th 3.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

DogeSquad
07. Oct 2024 · 15:21 UTC
Never thought about what happens in a vending machine. But glad you showed me :3. Very cute game and I dont think I saw something similar ever haha
shp
08. Oct 2024 · 20:13 UTC
I like it, the idea of managing the physical objects really makes this way more interesting than usual change calculation.
Tetrergeru
08. Oct 2024 · 20:34 UTC
Cosy little game! Earen some cash for the little guy :slight_smile:

It seems, that the iptimal strategy is to respawn coins all the time, so coin holders tured out to be redundant
🎤 library-rat
10. Oct 2024 · 01:23 UTC
Thank you very much for your returns ^^. About the optimal strategy while it is true that store coin is less efficient than reroll. When I played I used storage to move the big coins out of the way.
manabreak
10. Oct 2024 · 06:56 UTC
Somehow reminded me of old Commodore 64 games! The concept is very solid here and I had fun playing it, although the execution might be a bit janky at times. I think storing the coins should bring some benefits - I didn't quite see how it helped. Anyway, nice job, I liked it. :)
LDJam user 265796
10. Oct 2024 · 09:32 UTC
I really like the main mechanic and theme application!

I think the pacing could be smoothed out a bit more as I felt like I was drowning in debt almost immediately! Also a little bit of feedback around _which_ coin your character will grab when nearby would go a long way.
SdCorpse
10. Oct 2024 · 11:32 UTC
Failed to read the 'serviceWorker' property from 'Navigator': Service worker is disabled because the context is sandboxed and lacks the 'allow-same-origin' flag.
Harmadillo
11. Oct 2024 · 19:09 UTC
Like the idea and main mechanic of getting the correct change. I used the renew coins a lot to get the coin I wanted easily.
SatLess
14. Oct 2024 · 04:17 UTC
It's an interesting idea, took a bit to understand what i was doing. Ui wise, i wish the game made the text that says the amount of change i needed to return stand out a bit more.
LDJam user 243193
15. Oct 2024 · 09:43 UTC
Nice idea of this puzzle game. Might need rebalancing to make things more fun cause I had to reroll the coins half of the time to sol... get the changes.
Conor Wilson
15. Oct 2024 · 10:51 UTC
5 stars for the pun name alone
LDJam user 5143
22. Oct 2024 · 23:26 UTC
The idea is pretty cool! However, the physics can be a bit unpredictable at times—I got stuck in the coin store a few times, which was frustrating. It also took me a while to figure out how the coin exchange system worked. I initially tried to place a coin and split it, but it wasn’t intuitive.

It would be great to have speed upgrades and other improvements to make the gameplay smoother and more dynamic.

Overall, it’s fun, but adding a few more upgrades and refining the mechanics would really enhance the experience!
LDJam user 168929
24. Oct 2024 · 01:57 UTC
Very cute idea, the theming and design of the game is nice. Like others have mentioned a little bit of QoL would go a long way to making this into a great little game. I think the idea of coin storage is neat but don't really know how best to use it, wonder if you could include some other mechanics that might make it more useful, like stacking coins of the same type or it sorting future coins out in some way. Love the punny name too, good job!
Chuckiee
24. Oct 2024 · 06:46 UTC
Very nice, I like you can hold diagonal too :smile: I would ask for WASD support for since my keyboard is weird and arrow keys are separated :slight_frown: Very nice game, I got to -9.00 before I got how to play, it also took a while to see renew coins lever. Very good entry gj!