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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #3 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
| Use of the Limitation | #9 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
| Overall | #11 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Concept | #12 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Presentation | #38 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
1 person, Harold Hirn (https://twitter.com/haroldhirn)
Software used
Game Maker Studio 2
Use of the limitation
The dragon is trying to horde an unlimited amount of gold.
Cookies eaten
No true cookies, but a couple 3-5 cookie m&ms, and handful of gummies (Haribo Bears, and Lemonade Sour Patch Kids)
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Comments
When is the song coming to spotify? The cha-ching got me smiling every single time. I will watch your career with great interest.
Thanks! I don't know when it's coming to spotify, but I think I'll put it on bandcamp at somepoint as a free download.
Really cute art and i loved the song..!!! Really charming game with good gameplay that can be easily expanded upon lol
Thanks! I really appreciate that!
Love it! Excellent. The song was fun and seeing Gus gain more bags to carry gold away with was great.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
lmao sick game. I got 20944
Thanks! Good Job!
AMAZINGLY GOOFY! My score was 2329. Good game!
Thanks!
Banger game, banger music, banger dragon
Thanks!
It's so goofy I love it
Thanks!
Good game and art
Thanks!
Lol the song was amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed it, although I listened to most of it from the "The End" game over screen on my first play. My gold was negative most of the time :(
Maybe you could explain the game tutorial in the actual lyrics too? That would be a fun way to explain the concepts. In my first play, I didn't realize the dwarves were bad.
♫ Gus, with his space bar, steals gold from the bank,
and avoid the dwarves who want to steal his gold with a shank♫
Since there wasn't a lot of visual/audio feedback from the dwarves, I didn't realize they were the reason my gold went negative at first. I tend to avoid reading long tutorial text my first playthrough to see if I can pick it up intuitively at first.
My second play was a lot better and i got 1876 instead of 35. One thing that still eludes me is what the 500 gold spells do?
Great work! Love how unique it is despite being a simple game.
Thanks! Maybe I'll try that, adding directions/instructions to the song. Your lyrics are great! The $500 spells make you double the amount of gold you steal from the bank.