Lots going on in this one! I don't think I quite figured out what to do with the sliders in the shop, and I don't think buying the gun seemed to do anything for me? I like the combination of resource management and bullet-hell though!
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Loan Shark's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #176 | 3.457 | 3.457 |
| Game Design | #357 | 3.304 | 3.304 |
| Audio | #368 | 3.217 | 3.217 |
| Fun | #422 | 3.174 | 3.174 |
| Overall | #432 | 3.185 | 3.185 |
| Theme | #594 | 2.957 | 2.957 |
| Graphics | #665 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 46 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The Game starts with no danger outside of trying to make money, Though, once enough clients feel they have been denied too many times or your work negatively impacted the market, the game becomes a top down shooter, taking all sense of calm gameplay out of the picture.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Most of them, My friend (no itch page) created the main menu splash screen and I got the background music from Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.com/
Comments
Hey, nice game! Good work using the music to really set apart the "calm" portions and the "storm" of enemies raiding your place! Took me a second to figure out what I was doing, but the ? board helped out quite a bit. You may have had it but I didn't see a spot where I could review current loans to try to make a plan to make rent while maximizing my loan out value! Overall though a really cool concept and game!
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Agents of StormThe game has a lot of promise with its creative mechanics, though it could benefit from clearer guidance at the start. A bit more polish on the tutorial would help players get into the flow of the gameplay faster. Once I understood the mechanics, the game became quite engaging, especially with all the systems working together. Great work, looking forward to seeing how it evolves!
There's a lot of potential here, and a lot of integrated systems!
As others said, it wasn't immediately obvious what to do. This could be resolved by a few different tactics. My personal preference is by making the things the player should be interacting with the largest on the screen, potentially even highlighting them in some way. Avoiding long and drawn out tutorials is a positive; so finding a way to show the player what a "correct" day could look like before pushing them into the deep end should be your goal.
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Sailing the Stormwatch IslesNice game, loved the idea, it has plenty of potential!! Good job :)
Feedback:
At first I was a bit lost, I didn't know what to do exactly so maybe you could improve the tutorial a bit more
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Escape from the StormHey i loved your game idea and it looked really cool but what am i meant to do after i buy stock , a response would be appreciated so i can actualy play it.
would you mind rating mine?
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THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERManaged to get to the end boss, not realizing I needed to put money into health and guns.
10/10 would die just caring about the market instead
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Silent HarborPlayed around with it for a few minutes, definitely got a chuckle out of me on the sliding animation! Nice work!
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Hurricane WatchInteresting idea! In the beginning there's a gun shop shown, but you're given a gun in the wave anyway so it looks like it's better just not to buy any gun at the beginning. When I buy one at the start, I still get the same gun anyway during the wave as if I don't buy one at all. This was actually a bit confusing and then it took me some time to figure out what to do with approving and declining the loans, I wonder if something there should be made more clear. Overall nice job on the game though!
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Cloud Survivalfun little game! I love gaming the market and putting people in debt with 101% interest loans, and then committing casual homicide in my own home when secret agents show up! 😂
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Ribbiting ClimbI never got past week 1—it seems like the time progression might not be finished yet, or maybe I just couldn't figure out what to do. But with all the interactables, it seems like a solid idea for a game.
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Space Station SurvivalWas a bit confused on what to do at the start
Overall unique interpretation of the theme and the graphics are pretty good, the game itself is also pretty fun
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4 days til the end
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