Ludum Dare #44compo

Bora Bora Or Bust

by wongkongphooey

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.75

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Help Fred quit his menial job working in airport currency exchange where "his life is currency" and get him on a flight to Bora Bora!

Tweak the exchange rate to earn commission and use upgrades to draw in crowds and money!

Controls:

Left/Right - Adjust exchange rate

X - Open upgrades menu

Z - Continue/Buy Upgrades

Made by Josh Duffety-Wong using Pico-8 for Ludum Dare 44.

Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DuffetyWong

Tags: #duffety-wong, #pico-8

Genres: strategy

Tools: PICO-8

Comments21

DeathBySnail29 Apr 2019, 12:05

Neat idea.

Kiddy29 Apr 2019, 17:18

I really like this game.

notb29 Apr 2019, 17:41

Love your style and a fun game too! Great to see fellow pico8 devs :) I would recommend downloading the latest version .12 and exporting your web player again, it runs a little smoother and is better on mobile. Nice job on the compo though!

WongKongPhooeyauthor29 Apr 2019, 17:49

@notb thanks for the feedback and for the heads up on the latest Pico8 version, I'll definitely jump on that one!

fazz29 Apr 2019, 17:52

Your artwork is great, and it's nice to have a little story for motivation!

Mika la Grand29 Apr 2019, 17:59

Pretty awesome game. Only issue was that the font was hard to read.

b3agz29 Apr 2019, 18:12

I like this. Strangely addictive considering how little there is to actually do. Art style is cool; I'm a sucker for super low-res pixel art.

Aaron9629 Apr 2019, 19:23

Cool little game with a nice story :)

Rombus29 Apr 2019, 20:48

What a great game, NES vibes. The sound, the graphic effects. The gameplay.

Really solid, nothing bad to say. Congrats!

highlandbert29 Apr 2019, 23:28

144 seconds yay! The idea behind the game is really good. Congrats! 😄

Dani Desa29 Apr 2019, 23:40

I guess I'm going to Bora Bora!! Wooo wooo!!! Thanks for making this, it was really fun. I couldn't hear any sounds...

Shawn Moore30 Apr 2019, 03:32

Nice game Josh! I instantly recognized your art style from your previous LD entry about fire rescue :)

Small bug: if your exchange rate is below market value, when people exchange money, it doesn't lower your score.

WongKongPhooeyauthor30 Apr 2019, 07:24

@shawn-moore thanks for playing! Awesome that you recognised the style from last jam :).. the score thing was a design choice on my part, it felt mean to dish out negative commission! Also meant if you took a while to get the hang of it, then it could take forever to then finish starting off with minus score. :)

Shawn Moore30 Apr 2019, 07:29

Totally fair :)

Daniel Moreno1 May 2019, 13:41

Curious game, and a fun one! And nice to see a Pico-8 game made for the compo, not an easy task.
The shop is a great addition to the game idea.

Nice work!

aeveis1 May 2019, 16:31

Made it to Bora Bora! I think I had to go below the exchange rate first to get things started, but after that things worked fine. I didn't hear any audio, I'm not sure if there was any? Anyway, nice work!

WongKongPhooeyauthor1 May 2019, 17:51

@aeveis Thanks for the feedback :). You're not the first to say there wasn't any audio! I've re-exported it with the newest version of Pico-8 in the hope that it fixes that issue. Thanks again!