Phew, 6 hours in and we have a playable game!
My 10 year old wanted to tackle LD44 so here we are. Graphics by Mr 8, Sounds by Mr 10, coding by Mr I'd rather not say.
Game is playable but has zero polish :) Gotta love Pico-8
Check it out "Payment on death" here http://play.rabidgremlin.com/pod/