Ludum Dare #25compo

You are Bankster!

by deril

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.86

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.10

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.49

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

Welcome to my first LD action game there you take the role of the Bankster!

The goal of the game is to collect as much MONEY as possible from passive workers.
But be careful and leave to next stage before occupy activists gets you!
You get the most SCORE if you exercise GREED!

Have fun!

PS: Sound is annoying.. Sorry about that, just turn it off..

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CONTROLS:

ARROWS or WASD --------------- move.
SPACE (then ready) ------------- to bank money.
ENTER or SHIFT (then enough $) - to go to next stage.

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Built with: Flash. (Starling and mvcExpress)

BUG FIXES: (post 48h)

- temporary pictures removed, changed to color squares. (2012.12.18)
- sound control added.(was too loud )(2012.12.17)
- preloader added.(2012.12.17)

Original competition entry :
http://mvcexpress.org/gamejam/ludumdare25/index_original.html

Comments43

shiftingParadigms17 Dec 2012, 03:27

That was cute. Fairly simple little game, with a bit of a message. Good job.

headchant17 Dec 2012, 03:43

Nice game idea. The audio was a bit annoying.

Ashkin17 Dec 2012, 03:58

Good message to deliver. Audio is quite annoying, but so are bankers, so I guess it's fitting? Would be interesting if the workers had less linear paths to follow.

ParaPup17 Dec 2012, 15:53

The sounds x.x But other wise fun game, Keep it up.

Verrazano18 Dec 2012, 07:41

A very simple idea finished, and well executed. Tax collectors are evil, and the game was fun.

Yacodo18 Dec 2012, 07:43

Interesting, I follow other on SFX, pretty annoying.

Will Edwards18 Dec 2012, 09:53

I think the sfx added to the villain feel!

dek18 Dec 2012, 21:42

I liked the audio, kinda funny. Gameplay was new end engaging! Graphics was good.

strong9918 Dec 2012, 21:59

Nice audio tutorial :) I agree with Ashkin about the paths. Fun game.

Cyboot18 Dec 2012, 22:03

nice game.

I in contrast to some other comments above loved the audio. It made the game fun :D

Starspell18 Dec 2012, 22:07

This isn't really a "game". It doesn't have a challenge if you are careful and there's no real sense of achievement.

Did you create the graphics yourself? Whilst very nice they don't really fit the theme which makes me wonder if they were made for the game or whether you made them and then put them into the game regardless of idea XD

The audio is annoying but kinda funny. Not a bad job overall I guess.

LTyrosine18 Dec 2012, 22:10

Simple and fun! Really nice tutorial at start, lot of LD entries are very hard to figure out and start playing.

A mouse control here would improve gameplay, nice work anyway, congrats.

raubana18 Dec 2012, 23:50

I gladly disregarded the suggestion to turn off the sound. It was too funny xD This is a cute game, and bad propaganda, which makes it even funnier.

Derilauthor19 Dec 2012, 00:22

I did not realized I could not use some free CC pictures.
I switched it into color squares.

Old version can be found here : http://mvcexpress.org/gamejam/ludumdare25/index_pics.html

NiceAlexanderAS19 Dec 2012, 01:57

LOL fun and funny little game :D nice wok!

h.attila19 Dec 2012, 02:01

Fun little game. I actually liked the sound effects, too.

bigbadwofl19 Dec 2012, 05:35

This is a very cool idea. Well done on completing it!

ConflictiveLabs20 Dec 2012, 00:06

it needs polishing, but it's a good idea

TehSkull20 Dec 2012, 01:19

Moar, take eet, monee, moar! That was hilarious. The concept isn't bad and it was executed pretty well.

JFlegle20 Dec 2012, 02:13

Nice sound effects, Cash! Yeah! I liked your tutorial.

illugion20 Dec 2012, 02:14

The voice acting was funny XD

gilesa20 Dec 2012, 02:17

Love the idea, just needed some more polish in the graphics/audio department.

Rex Peppers20 Dec 2012, 03:04

Interesting... I didn't mind the audio though :-)

GreenPixelDev20 Dec 2012, 05:12

Though it lacks polish, the gameplay was pretty fun! Dodging activists while collecting money was just the right amount of challenge :D

Dark Acre Jack20 Dec 2012, 08:00

There's definitely the strong beginnings of something here. I liked the timing aspect, getting big herd and a nice fat collection.

cwilloughby20 Dec 2012, 08:13

Great mechanics. Love the idea of a guy becoming the enemy. Like the audio and voice over. That takes courage.

Faust20 Dec 2012, 09:18

Unforgettable tutorial, nice mechanic, interesting mini game.

0110110120 Dec 2012, 21:39

Pretty cool , i like the tutorial ... it could be very good with enhanced gfx.

jujule21 Dec 2012, 17:02

Interesting game, interesting topic that suits the theme. Maybe a timer would make it more challenging. After all, banisters always work on the short term, don't they ?

Van Merwan21 Dec 2012, 17:11

The tutorial wasn't necessary because the game is simple to understand, but I loved this attention and it's very well made.

raincole21 Dec 2012, 17:21

I like the metaphor behind the game.

Mase22 Dec 2012, 05:08

Maybe the Occupy protesters should stay still and expand, or convert other people, rather than bounce all over the place. Nice voice-over. Graphics leave something to be desired.

Mesene23 Dec 2012, 21:34

cash!

ENDESGA23 Dec 2012, 23:36

nice!

lotusgame24 Dec 2012, 17:27

Excellent idea :) What is more evil than bankers who rule us in our well so called democracy ?

SimianLogic25 Dec 2012, 14:56

Smiple, didn't mind the audio. I liked that the people slowed after you got all their money.

fishbrain27 Dec 2012, 11:33

Well done! Nice idea, I like the concept.

MrEvilGuy29 Dec 2012, 06:00

Whoa. That was really fun to play. Great job! :D

nilstastic1 Jan 2013, 19:15

Good: Fun game, I liked that you could take money from more then one worker at the same time. This added a nice strategic twist =)
Improve: Graphics =)

azurenimbus5 Jan 2013, 19:16

Sound is NOT annoying! "Money!" :D Haha.

Fun little game!

ahm997 Jan 2013, 23:05

That was fun. Good job :)

Black Ships Fill the Sky8 Jan 2013, 00:17

I enjoyed the subtle irony :)

devwil8 Jan 2013, 01:11

Very clever concept.