Monkey Bu$iness

by liquidfunk

co-authored: @shrillwhip

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.22

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.38

:banana: :monkey_face: :banana:

:moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag:

Don Aper, is that really you? It's me, your old college buddy from monkey business school. My God, it's been ages! I've heard through the ape-vines that you've climbed the ranks of the massive multibillion banana trading company Costa Banana, and that you now hold the rank of CEO, the top banana of the organization. It's an ape-eat-ape world out there. To survive in this harsh business, you need to buy LOW and sell HIGH!

The BNAN index is constantly moving. Time your transactions well, Don Aper.

:control_knobs: Controls

- Arrow keys to move
- Z to Buy
- X to Sell
- Space to Jump

:tools: Tools

- Godot
- Aseprite
- GIMP
- FL Studio

SPECIAL THANKS to Rhine for assisting with the graphics.

Tags: #2d, #fast-paced, #ld51, #monkey, #short, #singleplayer

Genres: action, platformer

Tools: Aseprite, FL Studio, GIMP, Godot

Comments33

Zerbu3 Oct 2022, 19:38

It makes me go bananas with how good it is!

SimplePotential3 Oct 2022, 19:39

This was pretty unique, I enjoyed it. I kind of think you could have left out the attacks and just implemented the 10 second theme with something happening to stocks like a crash or a extreme high. Not that the attacks didn't make it interesting. Nice job

Halvs3 Oct 2022, 20:21

good game here, the goal was a little low and the snakes being wrenchs was hilarious. i wouldnt say its a bad game

AlphaBetaSoup3 Oct 2022, 21:22

Unique idea that made me laugh. You should post this in r/wallstreetbets!

Gnisro3 Oct 2022, 22:09

“C'est banana! Hahaha! Miam Miam! Huh?”

scottgoldsmith4 Oct 2022, 17:10

Really enjoyed the intro music. Intersting mix of mechanics, would've been nice to buy an hp increase at some point, as I feel the random nature of the wrenches sometimes gave me a near impossible scenario to avoid being hit. I wish I could see that far into the real stock market! Didn't expect the Nietzsche quote either haha! Good job!

Spike Studio4 Oct 2022, 17:12

The monkey character looks great, and the humor is a nice touch to the game. Nice job!

Baidan64 Oct 2022, 17:13

Very stylish protagonist, interesting game concept, develop further

LDJam user 3024684 Oct 2022, 17:15

Love the humour in this one! Took me a few attempts to complete it which makes sense as I am so bad with stocks!!

LauraHur4 Oct 2022, 17:17

That monkey dude is awesome, loved that! And it's a really interesting idea and take on the theme, points going your way for that

PenguinMunch4 Oct 2022, 17:19

Super fun! The 10 second attacks happened just often enough to keep me on my toes!

Narudgi4 Oct 2022, 20:57

Haha fun idea, requires quite the dexterity! I never get tired of selling SFXs

TriangleTriangle4 Oct 2022, 21:47

Really fun! Worrying close to real-life experiences buying crypto. As soon as I buy the price tanks, and as soon as I sell it rockets. Then someone hits me with a wrench

Great game, it kept my interest for some time!

Eugenik5 Oct 2022, 02:23

A little longer would be nice..

Paul Avallone5 Oct 2022, 03:54

Funny concept. I wish the chart actually was accurate to the stock number. Music was excellent. Good job.

LiquidFunkauthor5 Oct 2022, 13:43

@paul-avallone It is! However it’s the rightmost part of the graph, not the center. Those lines centered on the graph were a bit of a design miss in hindsight.

Shaggy5 Oct 2022, 19:01

🍌🍌🍌

craftmuch5 Oct 2022, 22:27

This cracked me up, apes strong together indeed

Faust_Mi6 Oct 2022, 06:55

10 blows to the head with a wrench out of 10. Funny idea and implementation. =)

Brainloaf Studio6 Oct 2022, 23:51

Love the concept, and also the sprite for Don Aper- he's beautiful. It's pretty fun keeping your eye on the charts while trying to avoid those dastardly wrenches. The music is also a real jam. I do wish the game got more chaotic with the 10-second event as time went on, though the chart itself is already pretty chaotic by itself. Well done!

jamdong157 Oct 2022, 08:19

This game is so charming! :) The buy / sell mechanism was really fun and trying to multi-task was surprisingly difficult. I also love the art for Don Aper and the music choices as well. My only piece of feedback is that sometimes that Z (Buy) button was pretty slow / delayed. Though, that might be because I was playing on browser? Not sure. In any case, this was a great entry. Congratulations :)

Lastly, I'd really appreciate if you could rate my game as well! Any feedback would be very welcomehttps://ldj.am/$303168

Hare Software7 Oct 2022, 14:16

Took me a few tries but I made it in the end! Funy entry, well done!

mar3k8 Oct 2022, 12:22

Lovely game. I really like the idea, I've never seen this anywhere and it works well. It gets quite difficult if one wants to do well with the selling. Well done.

FoggyDude8 Oct 2022, 12:26

This is the best game ever, the ending was worth everything.

sp3d28 Oct 2022, 12:28

You made me laugh！Wonderful idea!

LiquidFunkauthor8 Oct 2022, 15:04

@foggydude Thanks! The ending screen is indeed something special :monkey:

xsangyhix8 Oct 2022, 21:08

I really like this game. It combines two genres well. It really makes you work for your bananas. There is icing on the cake which is the ending. As it comes to improvements: you obviously can work on graphics. I do think that the collidesr on wrenches were to big.

Spex1309 Oct 2022, 02:30

This is hilarious haha. I really enjoyed the game the whole time through.

JesusOnWheels9 Oct 2022, 03:41

Monkey game = fun. But in all seriousness, the graph adjusting to the upper and lower bounds often makes it deceptive. If instead the graph adjusted based on your total amount of money, I think it would be much more clear. The music was an jam, so much appreciated. Good work!

LiquidFunkauthor9 Oct 2022, 09:24

@xsangyhix Thanks for playing! It was great watching your stream :ok_hand:

LDJam user 27950710 Oct 2022, 17:31

Timing the market beats time in the market ohoho. Had a good laugh with this game :). Got a bit confused by the green axis thinking the current value was at the screen center (and we had magical monkey future-sight!). Loved it, song now stuck in head aahhh