Loan sharks are a scary bunch. In this game, you've made some bad choices and try desperately to stay afloat.
With a game like this, things like balance or rare interactions don't get as much playtesting, so there might be a few overpowered strats, but I'm fine with that. See if you can survive this nightmare game.
This ended up being a lot simpler in concept than creation, but maybe I'm just bad.
Man, there was so much I wanted to do. Notably I wanted to get this playable on browser. But I didn't have much time by the end, and now I guess I'm just settling with what's worked before.
Feel free to post your high scores for how long you survived. (Based on the code, I'm guessing a softlock is theoretically possible, but I don't think it's possible to earn enough money for that to be an issue)
Dont know if this is intended but i just earned 0$ pushing pencils. Apart from that a really addictive little game, i like it! I even got the 10k from Roulette - feeling lucky now :D
John hasn't seen his wife and kids in 9 months. Loan sharks show up to his house every week for money. He drink 58 coffees before coming into work drunk, high af and always packs a gun. He can rob banks, he could be a high flying gambler, he could be a top 1% fat cat executive. Instead, John sweeps, like a mfing god, and waits for his lottery numbers to come in. Johns a good man.
loved the game i'm going to come back and play this more after ludum.
Absolutely love the style of this game. Gameplay and UI are intuitive, dialogue's great. Balancing's definitely the first thing I'd look at post-compo, game pretty quickly rolled into the territory where I had more money I could ever spend, and was just spamming random work to pass the time. Didn't bother me that much though, I had a great time playing. I rate this game "lost the wife and kid, got drunk and made -6$ pushing pencils" out of ten
I have $109,056. It seems as though the inevitable will never come. I think at this point, the only way for me to lose is on purpose. I really like this game. The menus are crisp, the art is nice, and you can buy a gun from the punk who works at the gas station. What more could you ask for?
General feedback seems to be that the game's pretty easy to break. (maybe I should've implemented a few more stat caps) Ah well, things to consider for the future.
Love the art and the sarcasm of the clerk! But I agree, it's too easy to break the balance and end up with more money than you know what to do with. Would have been nice to have an ending where you pay off your debt and get your family back, but I suppose that would go against the theme of this jam.
I became wealthy executive, annoyed that I cannot get better job for my wife. I have no idea what would life of gambler or criminal brought me because I refuse to try it.
This game.... it works, it's nice, I was super lucky so money was not the issue for me, but I accidentally sold the child when I wanted to read him a bedtime story... 😭
Apart from that a really addictive little game, i like it!
I even got the 10k from Roulette - feeling lucky now :D