Ludum Dare #44compo

The Gold Digger

by jiri-hysek

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.53

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.34

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.51

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.99

In this puzzle platformer you are a gold digger. A woman who's purpose is to manipulate men in order to reach her goal.

There are six levels, the first three are supposed to learn you core game mechanics.

LD44 - The Gold-digger 29.04.2019 2_54_28.png

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Controls
- Arrows / WAD / Gamepad - movement
- SPACE - tame a guy
- x - breakup
- r - restart level

Tools
- Godot Engine
- Inkscape & Gimp
- Audacity
- FL Studio

NOTE: If you encounter performance or other issues in HTML5 build, please download binary version for your favourite operating system.

Genres: puzzle

Tools: Audacity, FL Studio, GIMP, Godot, Inkscape

Comments36

commanderstitch29 Apr 2019, 02:15

I beat this! yay! that last puzzle was hard. Took me a bit to figure it out. Nice feel, mood, and music. Great job.

RedHermit29 Apr 2019, 03:46

Fantastic! I love the take on the theme, this is a great puzzle experience! Your char movement and camera follow/work is slick too.. well polished and fluid.. awesome job all around!

PhilippeM29 Apr 2019, 12:21

Lol! I love the mechanic and the way you interpreted the team. Really nice.

shp29 Apr 2019, 13:42

This is a nice puzzle platformer, I guess the game fits the theme as well?

Fat cat29 Apr 2019, 13:59

Very good puzzles!

dk5000p29 Apr 2019, 16:33

I think some of the platforms could have been a little larger that you were jumping on, added a precision element to a puzzle game which just gets annoying. The artwork and audio was superb. The puzzles were also great. I thought the solution of the last puzzle was jumping out of the world, thought it was a trick, but I finally solved it. Overall good job.

John Snyder29 Apr 2019, 21:36

Very nice puzzle platformer! I love the faces of the guys when you break up with them.

Kovakomes30 Apr 2019, 02:40

Haha this is great. Well done.

GastricSparrow30 Apr 2019, 02:43

Congrats on another great game! Funny concept, pretty art and very original interpretation of the theme. I wish the game were longer, haha.

maoap30 Apr 2019, 07:48

I really like the game, the theme interpretation and the humor :) Although the levels were too easy, at least they werent repetitive, so it was fun playing it.

Roidz30 Apr 2019, 14:17

Great interesting, original game. liking it a lot

dusterherz30 Apr 2019, 14:19

The game is very funny and the puzzle platformer is pretty cool !

gcttirth30 Apr 2019, 14:30

Such an interesting puzzle game :D I thought I had the last level figured out but I had to try it 2 times to get there :D Love the mechanics

Wassim30 Apr 2019, 14:49

Amazing Idea and solid concept of a platformer game, Good job!

wolar30 Apr 2019, 20:17

Very good entry, especially for Compo. Nice audio, mood and graphics. I liked the levels and kept playing til the end. The only thing I didn't like that much was the delay between tame / breakup action and it's actuall effect. Many times I have pressed one of these keys (mainly breakup) started moving and the guy moved with me for split of a second leaving the switch which required me to tame him again, move him again and dump him again. But overall very good job!

SnowTV1 May 2019, 01:10

Game mechanics are introduced very good! Innovative mechanics that matches your theme (though I don't see how it relates to the jam's theme). The last level is actually challenging, took me a few restart to figure it out, I love it!

Gus the Shark1 May 2019, 02:09

Nice concept, my girlfriend actually suggested me to make a hooker game too haha. I like the mechanics and the graphics are nice too. Solid entry

Scofflaw Games1 May 2019, 17:24

Fantastic is all I have to say!! I was NATURALLY a great gold digger!! Thanks!! Just solid!!

Nick Rafalski2 May 2019, 01:33

Great puzzles, great mechanic, and great take on the theme. Really nice job!

kuro2 May 2019, 11:07

I liked the mechanics and audio. The use of the theme made me a bit sad. The whole seducing/dumping men mechanic is very cynical, but I'm not sure the name "gold digger" fits well. Maybe "siren" or "man-eater". Good job, still.

Jiri Hysekauthor2 May 2019, 12:01

@kuro yeah, it is a bit cynical, like the theme is. But hey, don't take it too seriously :) The game is trying not to be serious as well. I wasn't sure about the name actually - I didn't know whether it's correct term for those kind of women also in english.. so I looked it up in google, switched result to images and it looks like that this name is pretty accurate even in english :)

Anyway, I'm glad you liked at least the game itself :)

kuro2 May 2019, 12:52

@jiri-hysek don't get me wrong, I liked it, it's smart. It's just a bit cruel :)

Jin93102 May 2019, 14:45

The sound of whistle and breakup are brilliant and just the way I would imagine. Love the approach to the theme, also nice puzzle. ;)

cheesepencil2 May 2019, 21:53

Haha that last level is a little tricky...

Barrier2 May 2019, 22:05

Nice interpretation of the theme :D
The sounds are funny, the art is cute, good game :)

Frank Gevaerts3 May 2019, 16:50

A very nice puzzle, nicely finished in every way. Well done as usual!

Dooda4 May 2019, 00:16

Really nice submission. The puzzle mechanics are very interesting. Overall very solid work :thumbsup:

DeathStorm4 May 2019, 00:57

Its a nice "puzzle" Game
I liked the more or less new mechanic and the nice little sound snippets.
For me the connection to the Theme was not 100% clear but that isn't really important

Good Job, well Done

ursagames4 May 2019, 05:11

Thank you for submitting your game to be played on my stream!

Once the stream is finished you can find the video here: https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos
If you want to know when it was played you can find your game in the queue here: https://tinyurl.com/y5rdokvp

Jiri Hysekauthor4 May 2019, 07:30

@deathstorm Hey, thanks for playing my game on stream, I'm glad you like it

Jiri Hysekauthor4 May 2019, 07:34

@ursagames Thank you for playing the game, watching someone playing it is always helpful. You have encountered a small glitch with the elevator I wasn't aware of (at the first level). Thanks and I'm glad you like it.

Attala4 May 2019, 17:25

I like puzzle games and this was a good one :) Solid entry. Good job!

Rombus5 May 2019, 00:32

Really cool puzzle game with a funny take. it's crucial that the relationship break only affects the first man it touches so that you can position the men at the right distance.

Congrats on the entry!

INCD0215 May 2019, 19:58

Love it.. Hits the theme spot on. :/
Crisp controls, nice music.. Just perfect.

abbie5 May 2019, 23:13

Great puzzles, just wish the art style and tone of the game wasn't so reminiscent of a porn ad.

Jiri Hysekauthor6 May 2019, 07:42

@abbie lol, really?:D It didn't occur to me. I'm not an artist but for me it's just a cute cartoon character. Maybe because of the purple and red colors? :) Anyway I'm glad you like the puzzles, if you're into less colorful artstyle, check my previous Ludum Dare game - Soul Traveller - it's kind of similar like this one but a bit darker :)

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