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Bora Bora Or Bust by WongKongPhooey

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made by WongKongPhooey for LD 44 (COMPO)

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Help Fred quit his menial job working in airport currency exchange where "his life is currency" and get him on a flight to Bora Bora!

Tweak the exchange rate to earn commission and use upgrades to draw in crowds and money!

Controls:

Left/Right - Adjust exchange rate

X - Open upgrades menu

Z - Continue/Buy Upgrades

Made by Josh Duffety-Wong using Pico-8 for Ludum Dare 44.

Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DuffetyWong

HTML5 (web) https://wongkongphooey.itch.io/bora-bora-or-bust
Source code https://github.com/WongKongPhooey/BoraBoraOrBustLDJAM44/blob/master/sourcecode.txt
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/bora-bora-or-bust

Ratings

Given 21🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

DeathBySnail
29. Apr 2019 · 12:05 UTC
Neat idea.
Kiddy
29. Apr 2019 · 17:18 UTC
I really like this game.
notb
29. Apr 2019 · 17:41 UTC
Love your style and a fun game too! Great to see fellow pico8 devs :) I would recommend downloading the latest version .12 and exporting your web player again, it runs a little smoother and is better on mobile. Nice job on the compo though!
🎤 WongKongPhooey
29. Apr 2019 · 17:49 UTC
@notb thanks for the feedback and for the heads up on the latest Pico8 version, I'll definitely jump on that one!
fazz
29. Apr 2019 · 17:52 UTC
Your artwork is great, and it's nice to have a little story for motivation!
Mika la Grand
29. Apr 2019 · 17:59 UTC
Pretty awesome game. Only issue was that the font was hard to read.
b3agz
29. Apr 2019 · 18:12 UTC
I like this. Strangely addictive considering how little there is to actually do. Art style is cool; I'm a sucker for super low-res pixel art.
Aaron96
29. Apr 2019 · 19:23 UTC
Cool little game with a nice story :)
Rombus
29. Apr 2019 · 20:48 UTC
What a great game, NES vibes. The sound, the graphic effects. The gameplay.

Really solid, nothing bad to say. Congrats!

![Screenshot from 2019-04-29 17-46-50.png](///raw/e40/3/z/224a2.png)
highlandbert
29. Apr 2019 · 23:28 UTC
144 seconds yay! The idea behind the game is really good. Congrats! 😄
Dani Desa
29. Apr 2019 · 23:40 UTC
I guess I'm going to Bora Bora!! Wooo wooo!!! Thanks for making this, it was really fun. I couldn't hear any sounds...

![Screenshot 2019-04-30 at 00.37.43.png](///raw/923/91/z/22b4d.png)
Shawn Moore
30. Apr 2019 · 03:32 UTC
Nice game Josh! I instantly recognized your art style from your previous LD entry about fire rescue :)

Small bug: if your exchange rate is below market value, when people exchange money, it doesn't lower your score.
🎤 WongKongPhooey
30. Apr 2019 · 07:24 UTC
@shawn-moore thanks for playing! Awesome that you recognised the style from last jam :).. the score thing was a design choice on my part, it felt mean to dish out negative commission! Also meant if you took a while to get the hang of it, then it could take forever to then finish starting off with minus score. :)
Shawn Moore
30. Apr 2019 · 07:29 UTC
Totally fair :)
Daniel Moreno
01. May 2019 · 13:41 UTC
Curious game, and a fun one! And nice to see a Pico-8 game made for the compo, not an easy task.
The shop is a great addition to the game idea.

Nice work!
aeveis
01. May 2019 · 16:31 UTC
Made it to Bora Bora! I think I had to go below the exchange rate first to get things started, but after that things worked fine. I didn't hear any audio, I'm not sure if there was any? Anyway, nice work!
🎤 WongKongPhooey
01. May 2019 · 17:51 UTC
@aeveis Thanks for the feedback :). You're not the first to say there wasn't any audio! I've re-exported it with the newest version of Pico-8 in the hope that it fixes that issue. Thanks again!
64mega
01. May 2019 · 17:54 UTC
Made it in 97 seconds! Always nice to see Fantasy Consoles being used!
aeveis
01. May 2019 · 20:01 UTC
@wongkongphooey I hear audio now- thanks!
🎤 WongKongPhooey
01. May 2019 · 21:43 UTC
@64mega not bad at all! Best I managed knowing all the tricks was only 10 seconds faster :)
🎤 WongKongPhooey
01. May 2019 · 21:44 UTC
@aeveis thanks so much for letting me know!