Slave: Unpaid

co-authored: @svenerik
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Embark on an ethically, questionable adventure as you struggle to scrape together the gold to fulfill your rental obligations on your Roman era estate.

Will you push your workers *cough* slaves *cough* to the limit? Will you break the chains of oppression and refuse to even play? Or will you knowingly and delightfully engage yourself in a cycle of never-ending suffering?

In Slave: Unpaid, a person's life is only as valuable as the labour they produce.

Credits:

Tednesday - Programming

Sven - Art and Sound

Najimi - Consultancy

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Comments9

Mika la Grand
Mika la Grand29 Apr 2019, 16:54
I thought that it was a pretty funny game, but it looks quite bad. I don't if that was your intention, but I would make it look a bit better. Also upon game over the game doesn't restart, it just says "game over" on the screen.
Syrapt0r
Syrapt0r29 Apr 2019, 16:55
Nice little management game. I really like the UI, it's very intuitive. I somehow managed to get a huge amount of gold and the game became quite hectic after I got a few slaves, but it's really enjoyable. Good job ^-^
AntzTAKEOVER29 Apr 2019, 16:59
Really cool game! The music was super nice and that enough variation to make the game engaging for a while. I really liked the...uh...~whip mechanic~

My only suggestion would be to add a web build so people can play the game on the itch.io page without downloading it. Might help you get more ratings.
sunnray
sunnray29 Apr 2019, 17:13
I really like the gameplay, how it gets harder to manage all the slaves at once as you get more of those. I wish there was an option to free them (with some penalties) instead of just killing them :D
Von Vista30 Apr 2019, 02:07
Really really cool. I think this game is well balanced for the most part but I didn't get much gold because I got stressed managing the slaves. Great game and submission. Congrats!
shadowhaxz0r30 Apr 2019, 15:34
Fun management game! Nice sounds! Would maybe be nice to be able to sell slaves back to the market also, instead of executing them.
h.m.murdock1 May 2019, 09:12
I found it quite easy to manage my settlement and have happy slaves.
So maybe there should more of a trade off in making it harder to survive and have a healthy community.
Nice idea tho!

The graphics are not my style, but I really appreciate the sounds.
Octopoid
Octopoid1 May 2019, 18:25
Fun and interesting, great job! I'd love to see an expanded version of this with a few more job types and stats to balance.
merdeboi1 May 2019, 20:38
Well done! Great management concepts. Really enjoyed the iees sound on selection. Congrats!

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