Orction House Panic by Dry Tree
Orction House Panic is a high-fantasy high-speed auction simulator.
Win or lose, the house keeps EVERY bid in these 10-second auctions.
Use your point'd fingerclicking to shove the other bidders and the orctioneer will take their money. Waste enough of your rivals' cash in the first four auctions and you'll be able to outbid them all for the real prize: The Sword of Fash'um Kalish!
Don't make any fast movements or you'll place a bid yourself. The other bidders may flinch or jump with the tension of the moment so seize these opportunities to leap while the orctioneer is distracted.
Good luck, adventurer!
[NB: Linux users may need to launch the game with the command "java -jar Orction-House-Panic.jar", Windows & OS X users can simply double-click to launch the game]
Win or lose, the house keeps EVERY bid in these 10-second auctions.
Use your point'd fingerclicking to shove the other bidders and the orctioneer will take their money. Waste enough of your rivals' cash in the first four auctions and you'll be able to outbid them all for the real prize: The Sword of Fash'um Kalish!
Don't make any fast movements or you'll place a bid yourself. The other bidders may flinch or jump with the tension of the moment so seize these opportunities to leap while the orctioneer is distracted.
Good luck, adventurer!
[NB: Linux users may need to launch the game with the command "java -jar Orction-House-Panic.jar", Windows & OS X users can simply double-click to launch the game]
| Java (all platforms) | http://www.drytree.co.uk/games/Orction-House-Panic.jar |
| Web | http://www.drytree.co.uk/ohp/index.html |
| Android (Google Play) | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.drytree.tenSeconds |
| video playthrough | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x4ZUKqnZgw |
| timelapse | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_B5cPtlGFs |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=5357 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 66% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.57 | 90 |
| Audio(Jam) | 4.20 | 7 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.04 | 244 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.91 | 120 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.89 | 28 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.81 | 33 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.40 | 117 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.67 | 59 |
Fun idea for gameplay. good integration with theme.
And awesome humor. good job. :)
Fun idea for gameplay. good integration with theme.
And awesome humor. good job. :)
Still, though. This is very well presented. Good job!
Would be good to have a few more surprises.
Good programming and the audio is fun.
Very funny
It would be cool to have this gun fight, but I could not pass on! Thank you for the work done, I had a great time! This is a good start for a great game, I think .. Need to implement the idea, as long as someone did not use it;)!
Great job!
"high-fantasy high-speed auction simulator"? Sold!
It took a while to get accustomed to how fast I can move, but then I could soon hear that "Victory is mine". I really love the concept. The gameplay is works well too, although I was never fast enough to really use the distractions of the auctioneer - I just touched the people from side to side while moving cautiously. What's really cool is the risk/reward you got going there: The more people you prod, the more you can get from them - but the more you could lose if you move to quickly. Happened to me once, never again.
Where the game really shines is the visuals, and, obviously, the music and voice acting! Everything looks right like an adventure game, and I can't be the only one who still loves those. And the humor. Great puns!
Pretty awesome entry!
One thing that I noticed: for some reason, the voices only came through on my back speakers when the game started and were very hard to hear. Maybe because I don't use a center speaker(?)