STOCK DEPTH by shp

made by shp for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

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You are frog.

You trade stock.

How long will you survive,

Before your funds are all lost?

Step in the shoes of a day trader trying to make ends meet by buying low and selling high. You must beat the markets at least just enough to cover your weekly expenses.

Credits: - @Nacchan: Music and artwork - @shp: Coding

Tools used: - FL Studio - Procreate - TypeScript, Tailwind, Vite

Link	https://shpuld.github.io/ld57-stock/
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/stock-depth

Ratings

Overall	487^th	3.481⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Fun	240^th	3.673⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	263^th	3.54⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Theme	560^th	3.46⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	657^th	3.14⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Audio	425^th	3.2⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Humor	69^th	4⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Mood	477^th	3.5⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Given		21🗳️	26🗨️

Feedback

tinykidtoo

07. Apr 2025 · 20:54 UTC

This is the only horror game I can play, and that was a mistake! My HOLDINGS, I kept buying seeing the line go up, then my dreams crashing down. The HORROR!!! Love to see some like news in the background. Doesn't even have to influence the line, just mind games. Excellent game!

Nacchan

07. Apr 2025 · 21:00 UTC

@tinykidtoo

Welcome to the Frog Club, buddy
Thanks for playing!

pavlov36

08. Apr 2025 · 19:59 UTC

Simple and relax game! Good theme implementation)

As a player, i'd like to see some goal to grow frog funds

shores

08. Apr 2025 · 21:38 UTC

Is it rigged to only go down after you bought shares, just like the real stock market? Haha... It's a fun and interesting experience to play, thank you! Really makes you feel like you're the frog with impending crippling debt, good job! Keep it up!

buckmeister

08. Apr 2025 · 22:00 UTC

Buy high, sell low. Even in a game. This game summoned an living r/wsb member next to me!

Kudos, was super fun! Minor adjustments to the UI would be nice, like markers when you bought a share or average value of stock in portfolio.

Nacchan

08. Apr 2025 · 22:00 UTC

@pavlov36 Thanks for playing! We were thinking that a goal or ranking would be nice but didn't have enough time XD

Nacchan

08. Apr 2025 · 22:02 UTC

@shores Thanks for playing! Frog is green, frog will survive the debt!!

Fernando Tonon de Rossi

08. Apr 2025 · 22:02 UTC

It feels so good to play this game on simulation... haha in real world it is pretty scary!

Nice concept! Well done!

jazzydingo

08. Apr 2025 · 22:04 UTC

i love this game! lol, i love the variability, the forced selling, the music, the difficulty, everything! amazing job felt super fresh, also the touch that u can change which share! would love to know what the high score is lol

mahc

08. Apr 2025 · 22:05 UTC

That was fun. money always disappears to the weekly spending, just like real life

Nacchan

08. Apr 2025 · 22:06 UTC

@buckmeister Thanks for playing! Some Info panel with more details to the UI will be nice if we keep working on this game, if...the stock keeps going down...

foolishfool

08. Apr 2025 · 22:09 UTC

154 days in the first run – wich result is good? Some endrating would be nice something like

Your Rating: "broke tadpole" (bad)
Your Rating: "BlackFrock" (good)

Glurgludor

08. Apr 2025 · 22:11 UTC

Very current concept. I had a good laugh!

Nacchan

08. Apr 2025 · 22:26 UTC

@jazzydingo Thanks for playing! Gald you liked it, I never made it past 150 days it seems...

Nacchan

08. Apr 2025 · 22:27 UTC

@fernando-tonon-de-rossi Oh no should've made the simulator more delightfully devilish...Thanks for playing!

Nacchan

08. Apr 2025 · 22:28 UTC

@mahc Thanks for playing! Frog universe isn't any kinder unfortunately

Nacchan

08. Apr 2025 · 22:30 UTC

@foolishfool Thanks for playing and feedback! I don't think I made it that far lol, I would be the tadpole for sure...

Nacchan

08. Apr 2025 · 22:31 UTC

@glurgludor Thanks for playing! Humor never plummets huh

Broco

09. Apr 2025 · 01:47 UTC

I lost all my moneys!
Just for some feedback, the music got a little annoying after a while 😅

🎤 shp

09. Apr 2025 · 15:06 UTC

@broco thanks for playing! I guess you had to spend quite a while!

FoxEcho

11. Apr 2025 · 03:48 UTC

This is very fun! Thank you for this educational horror game!

jtap

11. Apr 2025 · 05:11 UTC

Fun game, nice to play, but I couldn't save my money, thanks

kuboi

11. Apr 2025 · 10:17 UTC

Thought I bought low but then the stock dropped even further so I panicked and sold to save at least a bit of money, then it immediately went up. Lost everything. Wife left me. Lost the kids. Now I live under a bridge with the other wannabe stock bros. 10/10 very realistic. :frog:

🎤 shp

11. Apr 2025 · 13:54 UTC

@foxecho I'm glad it was useful for education!

@jtap thank you! maybe you should take it to the CEO of FROG

@kuboi at least you were left with a red line! thank you!

Pcho

11. Apr 2025 · 17:55 UTC

Haha! Nice job, it was fun :)

Texugo

11. Apr 2025 · 18:50 UTC

I'm poor... Fun idea! Great game! My maximum was 147 days

LDJam user 399564

12. Apr 2025 · 16:21 UTC

really fun game, i was poor at trade in reality but good in game though

fnelix

12. Apr 2025 · 20:23 UTC

Nice little minimalistic game