Ludum Dare #40compo

Bestfund inc.

by carld

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.53

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.03

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Welcome to the world of banking!

As a small bank owner you have all your
capital in the best investment fund in
the world. Each quater the fund grows by
25%! Nice! *However*, all the *bandits* in
the world knows about this.
If a bandit reaches your house, you
loose 100.

This game should give you a good overview of the world of banking.
Namely IF YOUR BANK DOESN'T KEEP ARMED GUARDS ON THE ROOF. THEY'RE PROBABLY BAD WITH INVESTMENTS.

So, can you reach level 30?

Controls:
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Mouse
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This game is done with TIC-80.
Press escape in the game to view the source code and game media.
The code is available on github. See link below.

Tags: #mouse only, #tower defense

Genres: strategy

Tools: TIC-80

Comments13

Sholf4 Dec 2017, 16:26

Fun little management game! It looked simple at first but the longer I played the more i realize.. *the more you have the worse it is*. Only managed to get to Quarter 22 on my best attempt, but I had a load of fun. Well done!

leffe1084 Dec 2017, 16:32

Cool game. I like that there is some strategic decisions in when and what to buy. And a intro scene that tells the story of the game.

Kleinerman8 Dec 2017, 08:37

I love the idea of the game, but have a few gripes. The biggest one is by far target choice. It's super frustrating when your guard wants to attack another incoming thief, rather than the closer one.

Good pixel art and aesthetic, sound effects are great.

vfabien2128 Dec 2017, 10:54

Hey, I really enjoyed your game ! Getting your revenue depending on the money you own is a really nice twist to tower defense. Simple, yet efficient concept.

I have had some difficulties though, reading the digits...

dollarone28 Dec 2017, 12:09

Hey, nice little game. Quite hard and interesting to find the balance between hiring new guards and making sure you still earn some money. I couldn't quite get the balance right - some thief always managed to steal something which completely screwed up my plan. I got to quarter 18 with 187 bandits stopped.

good job!

Simon Stalhandske28 Dec 2017, 12:59

Very nice game. At first I thought it was just another tower defense game, but having the money increase based on wealth is super clever. I really enjoyed trying out different strategies and getting as far as possible.

Having to think about when to buy stuff and trying to wait until the last second was super cool.

EDIT:
Think I broke the game. I'm currently at quarter 55 with over 2 million in the bank ;)

EDIT EDIT: it just goes on forever now. :P

SraBatata28 Dec 2017, 19:50

Really good idea, the game is very fun! Great job :smiley:

vfabien2128 Dec 2017, 20:30

@carld - wouaho... Less than 1 hour ago, you had recieved only 11 ratings, and I wrote this article to help you a bit, but without much hope : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/life-is-money/not-my-game-but-i-love-it-rate-it

45 minutes later you now have 18 ratings, and now are on the first page of the "Danger" list. I didn't expect that it would work this well ! Now good luck ! I hope that you'll get a good ranking (at least in "fun").

Bookworm3128 Dec 2017, 20:30

Really cool game! I only managed to get to about quarter 15 or so. My only complaint would be that once you start losing money, you've basically lost (as there is no way to go positive again) and there is not easy way to restart. Other than that, this was a really fun game!

MaiMai28 Dec 2017, 21:37

This is a great game! I played it for about half an hour, probably about 20 times, trying to figure out how to make money.
Once you reach that threshold where you can afford more (maybe around 1000), though, there's no concern about money. I built the tower and stocked it and the money just kept coming in. But after that, there's nothing more that you can do except watch your money go off the screen.

vfabien2128 Dec 2017, 21:53

Ahah, ahah... 19 ratings... It almost worked...

(edit : oh wait, finally 19 is enough! Congratulations. 86th,for fun. That's great!)

carldauthor29 Dec 2017, 11:03

@vfabien21 OMG! thank you for pushing me over the edge! :heart_eyes:

I'm very pleased to hear you liked the game :)

Willops27 Aug 2018, 21:10

Great fun! I really enjoyed this entry!