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The Gold Digger by Jiri Hysek

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made by Jiri Hysek for LD 44 (COMPO)

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In this puzzle platformer you are a gold digger. A woman who's purpose is to manipulate men in order to reach her goal.

There are six levels, the first three are supposed to learn you core game mechanics.

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* Controls * - Arrows / WAD / Gamepad - movement - SPACE - tame a guy - x - breakup - r - restart level

* Tools * - Godot Engine - Inkscape & Gimp - Audacity - FL Studio

NOTE: If you encounter performance or other issues in HTML5 build, please download binary version for your favourite operating system.

Source Code https://github.com/jhysek/ld44
HTML5 (web) https://jhysek.itch.io/gold-digger
Windows https://jhysek.itch.io/gold-digger#download
macOS https://jhysek.itch.io/gold-digger#download
Linux https://jhysek.itch.io/gold-digger#download
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/the-gold-digger

Ratings

Given 51🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

commanderstitch
29. Apr 2019 · 02:15 UTC
I beat this! yay! that last puzzle was hard. Took me a bit to figure it out. Nice feel, mood, and music. Great job.
RedHermit
29. Apr 2019 · 03:46 UTC
Fantastic! I love the take on the theme, this is a great puzzle experience! Your char movement and camera follow/work is slick too.. well polished and fluid.. awesome job all around!
PhilippeM
29. Apr 2019 · 12:21 UTC
Lol! I love the mechanic and the way you interpreted the team. Really nice.
shp
29. Apr 2019 · 13:42 UTC
This is a nice puzzle platformer, I guess the game fits the theme as well?
Fat cat
29. Apr 2019 · 13:59 UTC
Very good puzzles!
dk5000p
29. Apr 2019 · 16:33 UTC
I think some of the platforms could have been a little larger that you were jumping on, added a precision element to a puzzle game which just gets annoying. The artwork and audio was superb. The puzzles were also great. I thought the solution of the last puzzle was jumping out of the world, thought it was a trick, but I finally solved it. Overall good job.
John Snyder
29. Apr 2019 · 21:36 UTC
Very nice puzzle platformer! I love the faces of the guys when you break up with them.
Kovakomes
30. Apr 2019 · 02:40 UTC
Haha this is great. Well done.
GastricSparrow
30. Apr 2019 · 02:43 UTC
Congrats on another great game! Funny concept, pretty art and very original interpretation of the theme. I wish the game were longer, haha.
maoap
30. Apr 2019 · 07:48 UTC
I really like the game, the theme interpretation and the humor :) Although the levels were too easy, at least they werent repetitive, so it was fun playing it.
Roidz
30. Apr 2019 · 14:17 UTC
Great interesting, original game. liking it a lot
dusterherz
30. Apr 2019 · 14:19 UTC
The game is very funny and the puzzle platformer is pretty cool !
gcttirth
30. Apr 2019 · 14:30 UTC
Such an interesting puzzle game :D I thought I had the last level figured out but I had to try it 2 times to get there :D Love the mechanics <3
Wassim
30. Apr 2019 · 14:49 UTC
Amazing Idea and solid concept of a platformer game, Good job!
wolar
30. Apr 2019 · 20:17 UTC
Very good entry, especially for Compo. Nice audio, mood and graphics. I liked the levels and kept playing til the end. The only thing I didn't like that much was the delay between tame / breakup action and it's actuall effect. Many times I have pressed one of these keys (mainly breakup) started moving and the guy moved with me for split of a second leaving the switch which required me to tame him again, move him again and dump him again. But overall very good job!
SnowTV
01. May 2019 · 01:10 UTC
Game mechanics are introduced very good! Innovative mechanics that matches your theme (though I don't see how it relates to the jam's theme). The last level is actually challenging, took me a few restart to figure it out, I love it!
Gus the Shark
01. May 2019 · 02:09 UTC
Nice concept, my girlfriend actually suggested me to make a hooker game too haha. I like the mechanics and the graphics are nice too. Solid entry
Scofflaw Games
01. May 2019 · 17:24 UTC
Fantastic is all I have to say!! I was NATURALLY a great gold digger!! Thanks!! Just solid!!
Nick Rafalski
02. May 2019 · 01:33 UTC
Great puzzles, great mechanic, and great take on the theme. Really nice job!
kuro
02. May 2019 · 11:07 UTC
I liked the mechanics and audio. The use of the theme made me a bit sad. The whole seducing/dumping men mechanic is very cynical, but I'm not sure the name "gold digger" fits well. Maybe "siren" or "man-eater". Good job, still.
🎤 Jiri Hysek
02. May 2019 · 12:01 UTC
@kuro yeah, it is a bit cynical, like the theme is. But hey, don't take it too seriously :) The game is trying not to be serious as well. I wasn't sure about the name actually - I didn't know whether it's correct term for those kind of women also in english.. so I looked it up in google, switched result to images and it looks like that this name is pretty accurate even in english :)

Anyway, I'm glad you liked at least the game itself :)
kuro
02. May 2019 · 12:52 UTC
@jiri-hysek don't get me wrong, I liked it, it's smart. It's just a bit cruel :)
Jin9310
02. May 2019 · 14:45 UTC
The sound of whistle and breakup are brilliant and just the way I would imagine. Love the approach to the theme, also nice puzzle. ;)
cheesepencil
02. May 2019 · 21:53 UTC
Haha that last level is a little tricky...
Barrier
02. May 2019 · 22:05 UTC
Nice interpretation of the theme :D
The sounds are funny, the art is cute, good game :)
Frank Gevaerts
03. May 2019 · 16:50 UTC
A very nice puzzle, nicely finished in every way. Well done as usual!
Dooda
04. May 2019 · 00:16 UTC
Really nice submission. The puzzle mechanics are very interesting. Overall very solid work :thumbsup:
DeathStorm
04. May 2019 · 00:57 UTC
Its a nice "puzzle" Game
I liked the more or less new mechanic and the nice little sound snippets.
For me the connection to the Theme was not 100% clear but that isn't really important

Good Job, well Done
ursagames
04. May 2019 · 05:11 UTC
Thank you for submitting your game to be played on my stream!

Once the stream is finished you can find the video here: https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos
If you want to know when it was played you can find your game in the queue here: https://tinyurl.com/y5rdokvp
🎤 Jiri Hysek
04. May 2019 · 07:30 UTC
@deathstorm Hey, thanks for playing my game on stream, I'm glad you like it
🎤 Jiri Hysek
04. May 2019 · 07:34 UTC
@ursagames Thank you for playing the game, watching someone playing it is always helpful. You have encountered a small glitch with the elevator I wasn't aware of (at the first level). Thanks and I'm glad you like it.
Attala
04. May 2019 · 17:25 UTC
I like puzzle games and this was a good one :) Solid entry. Good job!
Rombus
05. May 2019 · 00:32 UTC
Really cool puzzle game with a funny take. it's crucial that the relationship break only affects the first man it touches so that you can position the men at the right distance.

Congrats on the entry!
INCD021
05. May 2019 · 19:58 UTC
Love it.. Hits the theme spot on. :/
Crisp controls, nice music.. Just perfect.
abbie
05. May 2019 · 23:13 UTC
Great puzzles, just wish the art style and tone of the game wasn't so reminiscent of a porn ad.
🎤 Jiri Hysek
06. May 2019 · 07:42 UTC
@abbie lol, really?:D It didn't occur to me. I'm not an artist but for me it's just a cute cartoon character. Maybe because of the purple and red colors? :) Anyway I'm glad you like the puzzles, if you're into less colorful artstyle, check my previous Ludum Dare game - Soul Traveller - it's kind of similar like this one but a bit darker :)