shape shift tycoon by numero15
Most shapes are unhappy with their appearance. Shape shift tycoon is a game that allows you to help these shapes to look more like their inner self.
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EDIT ::
adjust difficulty equation to make it more progressive across levels (not perfectly balanced but still better)
Proudly made with haxeflixel.
EDIT ::
adjust difficulty equation to make it more progressive across levels (not perfectly balanced but still better)
| Web | http://nathanaeltardif.com/experiments/LD35 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=44826 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 0% | 2304 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.70 | 156 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.08 | 432 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.44 | 265 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.70 | 341 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.56 | 204 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.74 | 133 |
| Theme(Jam) | 4.04 | 77 |
+1 to put a background a music, o/
All you need to do is to spend money building new "machines" based on which type you have the least. Even then there is no optimal strategy as you might just get unlucky with the randomizer throwing 5 squares at you in a row.
Here's what I'd change, if I were you:
- Rather than walking away immediately when there is no vacant machine, the shapes could stick around and wait. Problem is, after a short grace period, they get annoyed and your reputation starts slowly going down based on how long you let the shape wait.
- You can choose to dismiss a waiting shape, but the reputation cost of that is huge and scales with how long they have waited already.
Bonus ideas:
- Multiple like minded shapes increase the reputation cost of waiting (you are clearly discriminating by not having enough machines of certain type!)
- Some shapes are VIPs (VIS'?) which further augments their reputation cost (both negative and positive) and payment amount. As such dismissing a non-VIP shape already undergoing treatment might just make sense (that also has a reputation penalty, but the media doesn't care about nobodies that much really)
- The media. After every level there's a news report about your business practices. Unethical treatment decreases your starting reputation in the next level, but you also keep your (ill gained) money to balance it out.
- Enough negative reputation will attract hooligans and bombers to your "clinic". You can hire guards to deal with them.
- Competitor clinics will take your customers especially if your company is mired in controversy. This can be offset with aggressive advertisement campaigns and slander.
- You can hire lobbyists and utilize blackmail to influence the political landscape which might yield benefits and tax cuts.
- If all else fails cut quality, globalize and evade the law through loopholes of vague legality.
I'll stop here, this is getting out of hand...
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description