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A jam submission

Glitch Better Have My MoneyView game page

Play slots and rig the odds in your favor!
Submitted by dylbyl (@dyl_byl) — 1 hour, 28 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Entertainment#353.8333.833
Audio#403.5003.500
Overall#493.7003.700
Creativity#513.8333.833
Theme Use#573.6673.667
Visuals#713.6673.667

Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

  • It's pretty hard to survive long enough to see the corruption meter fill up, but it also keeps me replaying it to see if I can get it. Brilliant idea to add Balatro-like modifiers to a slot machine game, it's very addicting
  • This was so creative and so much fun! Very addicting. Easily could be in a game like UFO 50 or fleshed out into it's own Roguelike/lite game like Balatro. I'd encourage exploring this idea. Could be up on Steam right now as a demo. I really hope you turn this into a full release. I'm writing this after becoming fully addicted and having played more than I care to admit. I would easily buy this in a heartbeat as a full release. My only suggestion would be during the "round over" screen to show the round I finished, what's next, and how much I need to pay to beat the next round. That way I can calculate risk a bit easier. I also wasn't sure what purifying did until you explained it, but it didn't matter too much to me as I wasn't using it. There should probably be some balancing to make it more tempting to purify. But the game's fun either way. Double or nothing! All or bust! Thanks for submitting!
  • Pretty cool game, but I wish it counted if you have multiple matches in a spin.

How does your submission fit the jam's theme?
You hack a slot machine in your favor. But beware- hacking too much means the machine will be corrupted, and you could lose money instead!

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McDanooj JoeyJam Judge107 days ago (1 edit)

Hey! I encountered what seems to be a major bug, but it was on my bajillionth play so don't worry, it doesn't seem to be that frequent. I got to the end of the round, placed the toilets I needed to, bought what multipliers I wanted to, but I was unable to go to the next round and wasn't sure why. Nothing I did seemed to work. Of course this happened on my best run yet that would have been my high score. Oh well. The house always wins!

Edit: I started to encounter this fairly frequently now (I don't have a problem), almost every run where I don't have horrible luck like failing in round 1.  So it might not be a bug and is some intentional mechanic I'm missing.

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dylbylDeveloper106 days ago

Thanks for letting me know, and for playing a bajillion times! I’ll start looking into this. Is there anything you’ve tended to do right before this happens, ie spent ALL your money, restocked multipliers, etc?

Also was the “Next Round” button disabled completely, or was it clickable but just not doing anything?

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McDanooj JoeyJam Judge106 days ago

So the button was grayed out and that's why I couldn't click it. As for answering your first question, it's hard to say. It usually happens after I complete a round. I'll place the toilets but it won't become clickable again. I want to say this happened without toilets once but I can't remember. I do know it's happened to me after rounds 3-8.  The button is grayed as soon as I enter the end of round screen and place the toilets, so it had nothing to do with placing symbols or multipliers. 

The only thing all of these runs had in common, aside from my recent round 8 clearing run, was that I was doing extremely well. Like, "I have full x2 multipliers at the start of round 3, very few toilets at the start of 5, and I'm good enough to skip buying symbols and multipliers with my winnings" well. And the thing they all had in common was that they would have cleared round 8. Like I said before, it was always my incredibly good runs this would happen to, almost like corrupting the machine too much locks it down. That's why I thought it was a mechanic I didn't understand, since the corruption bar at the top seemed useless.


Thanks for making an addicting game! I don't have a problem. I can quit when I want.

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dylbylDeveloper106 days ago

Thanks for all the info, that gives me a ton to work with. I doubt I can have it fixed by the time judging ends but will definitely have it figured out in a few days.


To explain the corruption-

As your bar goes up, the main screen gets distorted and music messes up. If you go over 50 corruption, you’re forced to take 1 toilet per 10 over 50. Purifying yourself lowers corruption, but the toilets are permanent. We were torn between explaining this in-game or on the main page, or leaving it mysterious.

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McDanooj JoeyJam Judge106 days ago

That's good to know how the corruption works! Thank you! I'd fill the bar quickly and see the number disappear. And then once the bar filled I had no idea what was going on really.

As for fixing the game, I highly encourage you to consider developing this as a full release if you felt like it. I've been keeping my cards close to my chest, but I see the other judges leaving positive comments so I will too. This is easily one of my favorite games here and absolutely my most played out of any of the jam games. Could easily be a lost UFO 50 game or it's own Balatro like game. This concept was so clever, creative, and cool! The fact that you made this in a week is incredible because it could be a demo on Steam this very moment. I would easily pick this up full price as a full release with more time to cook and more ideas added. This has a LOT of potential and it's been great to play! Thanks for entering the jam!

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dylbylDeveloper101 days ago(+1)

I've fixed this bug, plus fixed the corruption font and un-hid an icon showing the toilet's value

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McDanooj JoeyJam Judge101 days ago

Thanks! Will be good to get back to spinning the slots.

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dylbylDeveloper111 days ago

I just noticed another new bug with our corruption mechanic. Am I allowed to fix that and re-upload? How does that work with the judging period?

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YoshituraJam Judge110 days ago (1 edit)

You can re-upload the game and notify us here which issue has been fixed.

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dylbylDeveloper110 days ago(+1)

I just re-uploaded both the EXE and Web versions. The issue was that toilet symbols (the ones you get for having high corruption levels) could be overwritten. They're supposed to be permanent once added to your reel.

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dylbylDeveloper113 days ago

I had to upload a new build for some bugs and a slight balancing change. I still hit the deadline- just updating you in case you've already downloaded

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