Tax Collector

by ellaris
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.91
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00
You play as a tax collector.
- ### Collect coins in your cart before the end of your shift (1 minute)
- ### Knock on doors (Hold LMB) to get the peasants to throw their coins at you
- ### Use your shield to protect yourself from dangers, like ajar manholes, falling plant pots, tomato flinging urchins and thieves (a hand coming from the door, point your shield behind you)

Made in 48h for LD58 using
- Game Maker Studio 2
- beepbox (music)

NOTICE - Windows has slightly better coin physics, ld web has smaller resolution.



The max_res version window covers the whole screen.
Tags: #ld58

Comments31

David Sheffield6 Oct 2025, 00:48
Funny audio and some skill in getting the coins to land in the cart, fun take on the theme
IndigoWolf6 Oct 2025, 21:43
Best audio of any game, hands down. Gave me a good laugh and actually quite fun. The coins bouncing back out was a nice touch.
bad_fetus
bad_fetus6 Oct 2025, 23:42
Good humour, certainly had me smiling throughout at the game. Really liked that the coins were physics based as well, added an element of skill to bouncing the coins into the cart. Good work!

Played a couple runs, here's my best one:
aoao
aoao7 Oct 2025, 14:46
感觉有一种淡淡的幽默感
esh_k
esh_k7 Oct 2025, 15:37
Great game! I liked the way the coins bounce and fly into the cart, as well as the multitasking, such as protection from falling flower pots or protection from flying tomatoes.
rascar_capac
rascar_capac7 Oct 2025, 18:38
It took me three games to notice the manholes, they might be a bit too hidden :grimacing: Otherwise, very well balanced! I also like the fact that we have to make coins bounce in the cart.
plastus
plastus8 Oct 2025, 06:28
Very interesting concept! I had to get the hang of the coin bouncing mechanc first but when I understood it the game became a very entertaining challenge :D

My favourite part was "Collections for the D E E D" xD
LDJam user 243193
LDJam user 2431938 Oct 2025, 09:15
I was surprised on how to actually collect coins. I might need to do better to get more coins next time.
My suggestion is to extend shift duration to 2 minutes at least but the difficulty starts from easy then gradually gets harder as time progresses.
Nurakim8 Oct 2025, 09:57
Gameplay a bit confusing at the start but interesting!
LDJam user 280624
LDJam user 2806248 Oct 2025, 16:03
This is the good kind of crazy game! The audio design is beyond all praise. The physics are challenging, but that just makes it more fun.
Wakobu
Wakobu8 Oct 2025, 17:12
Interesting concept! Gameplay-wise, it lacks some smoothness but it is a cool entry! I don't like to drag people to my game but I wanted to tell you that we also did a tax collector game :moneybag:
Baluj8 Oct 2025, 17:56
Interesting idea
cogcomp
cogcomp8 Oct 2025, 18:53
Really loved your sense of humour even though the game mechanic itself was a bit hard to get used to.
adjo8 Oct 2025, 19:15
i wasn't quite sure how I was suppose to get the coins into the cart, a few went in though! audio is nice too.
Ciphereo
Ciphereo9 Oct 2025, 13:03
A very interesting game! The music is very pleasant to listen to, with a touch of light humor. Haha
nekowei
nekowei9 Oct 2025, 14:36
Simple but very fun game! Never image this kind of way to do the theme. Good job!
leparlon
leparlon9 Oct 2025, 18:46
Funny game! A lot happening all the time, which made it a really cool experience. It actually got pretty fun once I got the hang of it. The tomato could be a bit more opaque though, in the end it didn't feel necessary to defend against it. Nice job, had fun!
Prunus Padis
Prunus Padis9 Oct 2025, 19:15
Intresting take on the tax collecting game. The coin physicst are little wonky but funny. There is quite a lot of small things going on so its little hard to follow everything thats visually happening. The starting title animation was awesome, noice voice acting too :D
naru
naru9 Oct 2025, 20:37
Time to collect some taxes.
LDJam user 385997
LDJam user 38599710 Oct 2025, 05:03
Funny game with a unique atmosphere! The coins having physics is a great idea, and I love that you can bounce them into the cart with the shield.
José Bonilla
José Bonilla10 Oct 2025, 14:53
Nice game!!! Loved the idea and creative use of theme. Good compo submission!
Jimbly
Jimbly10 Oct 2025, 22:31
My score (1 run): 14. I'm not a great tax collector, but at least I had no tomatoes in my face. It was fun trying to position the shield while still knocking on doors.
commanderstitch
commanderstitch12 Oct 2025, 02:53
Got 21 coins. I liked the surprise horrible job medevial simulator. It was nice to try something so different. And it was pretty neat too. I liked beating on the doors for that money!
Jvdwijk
Jvdwijk12 Oct 2025, 15:22
I couldn't get better than my first run: 17 coins. Quite an interesting game, sooo much was happening! It reminded me a lot of an old flash game, nice entry!
Yvanor
Yvanor13 Oct 2025, 15:26
Got 16 ! The game looks very simple but there is actually so much mechanics that it become quickly complex, I've played it several times in order to get a good understanding of everything.

There is so much things happening at once, the only way to make it though is to be hard focused, and the minute pass in a blink of an eye !

So good job for this very fun game !
grid96
grid9613 Oct 2025, 21:52
nice game, but what do I need to do about the bumpy ride?
ellaris
ellarisauthor13 Oct 2025, 22:00
@grid96 as with everything, use your shield (point it down to close the manholes)
LDJam user 28018917 Oct 2025, 19:46
Cool game, found it very challenging! I love how simple the mechanic is but at the same time deep. Loved that it requires you to stay attentive and potentially position your shield in any direction.
Ginger_Kyoko
Ginger_Kyoko20 Oct 2025, 20:34
Funny and quite easy game. I really had fun while playing it))

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