Plinko Pals

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.14
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.72
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Description:

Your creatures are hungry, and it’s up to you to drop their favorite food through a challenging plinko board! Strategically place pegs with unique abilities to maximize your score, earn coins, and unlock powerful upgrades. Keep the creatures well-fed, experiment with different peg combinations, and get the highest score you can!

Credits:

Song: Pix - Rose Garden

Interface Audio SFX: https://assetstore.unity.com/linkmaker/embed/package/89646/widget-wide

All code and art were made by myself alone and during the duration of the game jam.

Comments13

imberny
imberny8 Oct 2024, 00:42
Pachinko tactics
turtlebedlam8 Oct 2024, 00:47
This feels very good to play! The UI feels responsive and cohesive. I love the art style. I like that if you drop the food in the same place there's some variation in how it falls.
Ansible
Ansible10 Oct 2024, 17:09
I loved this! Awesome! Great use of the pegs and arcade claw, nice art and presented well design wise.

I learnt that one pet is enough for me!
hotdog11 Oct 2024, 11:09
Really like the art!
LDJam user 24564811 Oct 2024, 11:17
Amazing graphics! The game was very fun, but i felt it got hard once you lost one of the pets. Fun incorporation of gambling ;)
mrspeaker
mrspeaker11 Oct 2024, 12:11
Really polished entry: great overall execution of a very unique idea (well, at least I've never seen something like this). My only complaint (and I this is just personal preference) is that it felt too slow: carefully setting each ball up and slowly making choices... I'd love to see a version of it that was more like Pachinko: lots and lots of balls that all affect the outcome a little each. So, dropping the ball would drop, like, 20 balls that bounces all over the place: some hitting targets, some getting eaten some not... and then being able to continue making moves before balls even finished.

That would make the game less strategy focused - but would make it more frenetic and arcade-y.

Anyhoo, a really cool original idea and well executed. GGs!
ms_malloc
ms_malloc13 Oct 2024, 03:27
Love the creature design, and their names >:D I like the sfx and the background music too, I feel like extra sound effects when the balls hit upgraded pegs would add to the gambly ambiance.
oliver_day
oliver_day13 Oct 2024, 05:36
Liked the design, but the popups and move my mouse to the drop button was a bit annoying. Overall an interesting concept.
Pimping13 Oct 2024, 08:07
Nice gambling-like game, design is great for me so it`s 5/5
Alchemic
Alchemic14 Oct 2024, 17:30
Difficult! I like the concept. The creatures are cute. It feels like there should be some sort of partial credit if you get the wrong color, at least for money.

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