Money Maker 2025 by yancharkin
Just raise the tariffs - it's that simple! No depth to this whole 'economy' thing, right? And hey, I don't even have to use my gun.
It’s just a silly, satirical little game - but just in case, here’s a disclaimer: I have no intention of offending anyone, and my opinion isn’t necessarily reflected in what the game might imply. Things are rarely one-dimensional or even two-dimensional and often have some depth. And sometimes, they don’t. Which is which? I don’t know.
- Controls: Arrow keys.
- The game was made with Pyxel, a retro game engine for Python.
- The HTML5 version doesn’t run all that smoothly (as you might expect). It takes quite a while to load for some reason, and during that time, it might seem like nothing’s happening. Seems to run a bit better on Itch. For me, it runs best in Firefox - almost perfectly after the first few seconds.
- It’s fairly easy to run from source, but you’ll need to have Python and Pyxel installed.
- While the scope of the game is quite small and I’ve implemented almost everything I wanted, it’s not 100% complete - it still needs some bug fixes and polish. So, chances are there will be an updated post-jam version. And in the unlikely case you're curious about the fate of the Unknown Hero, stay tuned!
| Link | https://yancharkin.itch.io/money-maker-2025 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/money-maker-2025 |
Ratings
| Overall | 791th | 2.913⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 698th | 2.938⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 848th | 2.304⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 774th | 2.792⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 520th | 3.479⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 373th | 3.37⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 105th | 3.792⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 822th | 2.667⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 19🗳️ | 24🗨️ |
-Tried to avoid particles
-Noticed int's not the particles I should avoid
-Noticed the hair sway animation, chuckled
-Noticed I had a gun and men with gun are floating up
-Tried to go back to the description to see if I missed a control
-Died
This is very fun, there are improvements to be made but great for a game jam, love the music and animations. 5/7 would play again
@duckmaniac I was planning to add it - just didn’t have the time. I’ll likely include it in the post-jam version.
Haha by reading the description I knew what I would encounter but the starting music made me laugh xD
I hope that the global economy doesn't end like this:

Also interesting choice of tech I've never seen this pyxel library/engine I'll investigate it.
Good entry!
Main character looks familiar, remind me of that actor with small role in a home alone 2. Probably just a coincidence.
This is the best game ever. It’s tremendous. Absolutely tremendous. I asked one of my friends, great guy by the way, and he said that he never seen game that good in his whole career. And everyone in the room agrees. Everyone in the whole country. Believe me.
The sacks of money? Beautiful. The best sacks. They're HUGE, folks. Really big.
And the graphics? Let me tell you, they’re fantastic. The best graphics. I mean, look at those money floating around!
And you play as a handsome guy with beautiful balloons. Most handsome guy with the most beautiful balloons.
Do yourself a favor play Money Maker 2025. Play it. Win! Be a champion! It’s going to be HUGE. Believe me.
