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All I Got For My Birthday Was This Terrible Curse by randomnine

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made by randomnine for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

It's your 13th birthday and you have been cursed by a wizard! Every year, all of your belongings turn to ash and everyone forgets you exist. How awful!

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Start as a homeless orphan and work your way up to the top, every single year! Maybe you'll be able to cure that ridiculous curse before it's too late...

A five-year rapidfire life sim. Features:

  • Shopping
  • Slimes
  • Practical Conversation Tips
  • A Horse
  • Several endings
  • Nine achievements to score

Have fun, and don't die of exposure!

Youtube http://wootfu.com/ul/junk/ld45/LD45-randomnine-AllIGotForMyBirthday.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/all-i-got-for-my-birthday-was-this-terrible-curse

Ratings

Overall 43th 3.966⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 66th 3.776⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 139th 3.603⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 84th 3.931⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 102th 3.81⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 28th 3.821⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 87th 3.707⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

JoshuaRabbit
07. Oct 2019 · 16:29 UTC
The UI is well-made and the whole game seems mature.
Toryf
07. Oct 2019 · 16:35 UTC
Terribly efficient and addictive game, nice art and clean UI, Great Job
TwinTurboDouche
07. Oct 2019 · 17:33 UTC
This seems really polished for a 48 hour game! Nice work! The art is awesome!
blobo
07. Oct 2019 · 17:40 UTC
Ah dang, this was tough. The fortune teller seemed like he was the key to removing the curse, and i was ready to give him the 20 bucks (because he made the offer in the past) but he wanted me to wait until the following year, which was too late. Tough game, but nice work!
dqmhose
07. Oct 2019 · 17:54 UTC
This took really long to download despite its size .. but it's worth it! Super polished, amazingly fun and interesting.
ROBOWARRIOR1982
08. Oct 2019 · 19:28 UTC
Great humor for this game, the interface is clear, graphics are cute in accord to humor, maybe you can add hilarious sound effect and music. Good job !
evgenimp
08. Oct 2019 · 19:41 UTC
Very good job! Very fun and pretty well balanced. I liked everything about it.
Combo Man
09. Oct 2019 · 00:26 UTC
Great stuff!
mahalis
09. Oct 2019 · 02:16 UTC
This is fantastic - I love the idea of having to actually play through a Groundhog's Day situation. I was all excited on my third or fourth attempt to have finally saved up enough for the fortune teller to cure me... and then he forgot I existed. Oops. Great work!
NachtWitch
09. Oct 2019 · 13:31 UTC
Such an interesting interpretation of the theme my guy! The game is both fun and interesting to play! 5 stars from me bro
kakarotsan
09. Oct 2019 · 14:35 UTC
The longest I've played a game here so far. Very well done. It's too bad you couldn't save since some of the later gotchas made you have to replay the entire game again to get to certain point.

By the way, what engine did you use to make this?
🎤 randomnine
09. Oct 2019 · 19:59 UTC
Thanks everyone! Glad you're enjoying it. If I do a full release I'll add save points for sure. :)

@kakarotsan: this is using [Haxegon](haxegon.com).
shrapx
10. Oct 2019 · 13:27 UTC
I really enjoyed this, figuring out strategies and seeing what happens. I didn't manage to break the curse. It is pretty hard!
Shelvid
10. Oct 2019 · 21:47 UTC
Really awesome entry! Super simple mechanics, art style is solid and i love what decisions can lead to :) Really awesome entry! Couldn't beat it as i got tired on work and died but it was very fun, well done!
Kevin Prehn
11. Oct 2019 · 02:45 UTC
nice adventure game! I went for the stables > adventure strategy for maximum warfare.
Lombax
12. Oct 2019 · 00:28 UTC
realy nice ui. gj :dog:
Paulius
13. Oct 2019 · 11:18 UTC
Nice game with a joy to exploring the place and what is hidden, maybe having some tracking information of where you are would be a nice addition to come back to!
Kirbloid
22. Oct 2019 · 16:16 UTC
Charming beyond belief, and that UI really glues everything together with the graphics. Great job!