Bootstraps

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.56
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.40
A financial management game, about attempting to lift oneself out of poverty through education.screenshot1.PNGscreenshot2.PNGscreenshot3.PNGscreenshot4.PNGscreenshot5.PNGscreenshot6.PNG

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Comments17

Hurley8 Oct 2019, 00:38
Original ! The UI is a little clunky and hard to read though
Bubble Boyauthor8 Oct 2019, 03:33
@hurley Thank you! yeah that is an issue with it, I did this by myself and I am terrible at graphic design and UI, definitely an area I need to work on! Thank you!
Lychee
Lychee8 Oct 2019, 04:46
Cool concept and UI! It could maybe benefit from having some feedback on how you're doing or a clearer end goal?
BrotherBondProduction
BrotherBondProduction8 Oct 2019, 05:08
This game made me stressful even though everything is virtual. The music itself adds to the confusion I get because its soooo calming. Great mini simulator, could get lost in the trance the devs put me in here. Cheers!
Hellpug
Hellpug8 Oct 2019, 05:31
Oof. I just came out to have a good time and feeling so attacked right now. Joking of course. Game really suited the theme, I would rephrase the hours of energy to just hours or something like that. It's because seeing the word energy and putting in hours into sleep gives the impression you would get energy back as well sleep doesn't cost energy.
miu
miu8 Oct 2019, 23:16
oh wow this is really getting it's point home
SheepDog123
SheepDog1239 Oct 2019, 01:29
Nice! (the origin point of your buttons are top-left instead of middle-center) it wouldn't let me start my week, but I had fun mesing around with all of the options!

All the best~
D5R
D5R9 Oct 2019, 01:58
UI is kinda clunky to the point that I kinda dig it. Very interesting take on a management sim which hits home really well. I like the message at the end when you inevitably flunk out of class (okay maybe it's possible to survive more than 6 weeks but I'm barely hanging on to my own college life as it is).
Bubble Boyauthor9 Oct 2019, 03:07
@sheepdog123 huh that's strange, I'll dig back through the code to check, but the only option I remember coding in to stop you from starting your week is if you hadn't spent all your energy, I intended to put in a little pop-up to notify you of that but it was one of those little features that got passed over in the panic to get it done haha.
Bubble Boyauthor9 Oct 2019, 03:14
@D5R Thank you! Also I relate so hard on that one my dude. @miu Thanks! @hellpug Thank you so much! Yeah that was something I should've thought of! Bit of a leftover from the original plan of the game haha @brotherbondproduction Thank you so much! @lychee Thank you! I'll take note of that if I decide to take this concept further!
BrokenMirrorMedia
BrokenMirrorMedia9 Oct 2019, 04:39
Music is really relaxing and nice, the aesthetic works much better than I had expected it to tbh. I wish you could click and hold to increase the values more quickly but I found it fun and challenging nonetheless.
daria-toni9 Oct 2019, 16:11
Such a nice little thing. I like the serious thought you put in here. And it looks simple, but works as it should! Good job :)
Le Don
Le Don10 Oct 2019, 11:33
Great concept! I just think it could maybe explain some parts better - for example I couldn't figure out what Utilities are about and adding a price tag to each expense.
Fammy
Fammy12 Oct 2019, 10:43
The concept is innovant ! Good job ! I had fun with this game. The difficulty is perfect , not too easy, not too hard !
stamestratagem13 Oct 2019, 14:01
this is really simple but WOW MUCH FUN
jk5000
jk500016 Oct 2019, 09:00
A fun and interesting little management game. The introduction to the game mechanic could have been better, but for the jam it was okay. Overall a fine jam game.
Sebastian-M
Sebastian-M16 Oct 2019, 18:55
Such an interesting way to use the theme, very ground in reality. The game looks quite simple, but it works for this kind of game, and it's very interesting to see the way you budget your time affects you.

It would have been good if you made the status more prominent, probably in the main screen, because at the end of the day is what you are trying to maximize.

Overall, a great entry. Great job!
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