Trueque by victor_reiner

made by victor_reiner for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

You are a beggar who has nothing. But you have always been good at bartering. You look in the trash to see what you find...

With what you find you will have to keep exchanging it and going up in value. You have two possible paths, try to get a Nintendo Switch console from a broken PS4 controller, or get a house from a simple match. But, beware! Some items are scams which are not what they seem like. And some others are bargains which will help you get to your goal faster.

The controls are as follows: - Swipe Left: Reject deal. - Swipe Right: Accept deal. - M: Mute sounds.

Developers: - Victor Reiner: Programmer and SFX. (https://twitter.com/victorreiner) - ShubiArt: Artist. (https://twitter.com/Shubi_Art) - Bobemv: Programmer. (https://twitter.com/bobemv)

Screenshots:

Youtube	https://reiner13sly.itch.io/trueque
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/trueque

Ratings

Overall	803^th	3.19⭐	44🧑‍⚖️
Fun	787^th	2.988⭐	44🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	670^th	3.049⭐	43🧑‍⚖️
Theme	305^th	3.679⭐	44🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	666^th	3.345⭐	44🧑‍⚖️
Audio	419^th	3.263⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Humor	297^th	3.244⭐	43🧑‍⚖️
Mood	767^th	3.075⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Given		41🗳️	34🗨️

Feedback

BrokenMirrorMedia

08. Oct 2019 · 08:01 UTC

Very relaxing and neat game idea. I felt it was super easy, so maybe I'm just amazing at this game, or there isn't enough "bad" options or ways to lose... Still loved the idea, I also wanted to do something based on the paperclip to a house story, but I couldn't think of any way to make it into a game, and this is a sweet way to do just that! Reminds me of the game Reigns, which is sweet.

Bredera

08. Oct 2019 · 08:09 UTC

cool little trading game, like the art and music in the background. great job!

PashaShef

08. Oct 2019 · 08:10 UTC

A good game idea, smooth gameplay, but quite unbalanced. I easily won both modes by just swiping right every time.
I understand that this is due to the lack of time, but imo balance is what this game really needs.

Tommyflower

08. Oct 2019 · 08:18 UTC

That was a quick effective way to develop this idea! Simple and easy to play. Would have loved some more visual cues. The bass loop is very cool!

Glowt

08. Oct 2019 · 08:28 UTC

It is a fun and simple game, really pleasing to play, just swipe stuff and see what happens next. I would have like to have to think a bit more about the trading in and off them self, trying to evaluate stuff just based on the name is a bit hard and it felt like most times just swiping right won you the game. So what I would have liked is just some more complexity but I really liked what you guys have created.
P.S (really like the audio, just a simple base loop with some nice "aaahh" and "oohs")

pleyad

08. Oct 2019 · 09:24 UTC

Nice, well executed game! Funny without being obnoxious :) I'm not sure if I'm blind, but I still haven't found out what the losing condition is. I still had some barters left when 'Game Over? popped up. Great game nonetheless!

Dr4g0nsoul

08. Oct 2019 · 09:31 UTC

Cool game. The swiping could be explained in the game itself through overlays but other than that it is a great and funny game if you just want to waste some time and have fun.

Good job!

FinnThePirate

08. Oct 2019 · 10:27 UTC

Nice music and sound effects, I don't know if it's the way it should be but at the end play again button a little off from the border and also some texts are stepping out of the border area

Furraran

08. Oct 2019 · 11:55 UTC

I wish this game was optimized for working as a smartphone app. It's a good time-killer and it would be nice to play it on your way somewhere. :3

Miss Pi

08. Oct 2019 · 12:00 UTC

Nice idea, I liked the music and the art.

Chocolat-Endive

08. Oct 2019 · 12:01 UTC

Really short but smooth and well executed. It could be cool with more levels with the same gameplay but different ideas.

Clickbait

08. Oct 2019 · 13:57 UTC

Nice game! Its extremely unique and there was definitely a good job done on the art. Great job!

🎤 victor_reiner

08. Oct 2019 · 14:34 UTC

@brokenmirrormedia @pashashef @glowt @chocolat-endive
Thank you very much for your comment! Yes, we lack time to add more objects and control the difficulty. But I'm glad you liked it :D

@pleyad
When all the objects have left you, the game is also lost. It is true that it is not indicated anywhere, sorry for that :C

@finnthepirate
Thanks! I made all the sounds with a microphone. And music using the GarageBand program :D

@furraran
Thank you so much for the idea. If we can we will end up taking out for smartphone

@clickbait @miss-pi @dr4g0nsoul @tommyflower
Thanks very much for the comments. We are very happy that you liked the game!!

Emiliabea

08. Oct 2019 · 14:47 UTC

Very nice, I like how the choices weren't obvious if they were good or bad, sometimes it's easy to tell and it makes the game not fun if it's too easy. Your preview caught my eye and I really like the art :)

TaoPhoenix

08. Oct 2019 · 14:55 UTC

I forgot who it was, but I think I remember something like the Match to House story.
And I also like how relaxing this is, great for something idle when you're on hold with the bank processing all those trades! :)

🎤 victor_reiner

08. Oct 2019 · 14:57 UTC

@emiliabea Thank you! We needed to review the difficulty of the game well and add more content!
The art was made by ShubiArt, you can follow it on Twitter if you want (https://twitter.com/Shubi_Art ):D

Emiliabea

08. Oct 2019 · 14:58 UTC

@victor-reiner oh sorry I wasn't clear, I meant that sometimes in OTHER games its too easy. This one does a good job with the difficulty!

Rensei

08. Oct 2019 · 15:06 UTC

Amazing art and nice soundtrack. The swiping mechanics worked correctly, I didn't understand what I was doing the first time, but I won :laughing: . Great submission!

CG_Fred

08. Oct 2019 · 18:49 UTC

Nice little game, loved the music :D

Mr.Bold

08. Oct 2019 · 23:14 UTC

Well done! I love this kind of games like Reigns, and the theme is really cool, I like bargaining. I only wish getting a house or a switch was so easy.

BreynartStudios

09. Oct 2019 · 12:23 UTC

Very nice game. Congrats, team!!

custardcosmos

09. Oct 2019 · 19:38 UTC

Neat little trading game. Really liked the background art and audio, and the humor was pretty good with all the items on offer. Made me chuckle more than a few times!

OWC

10. Oct 2019 · 11:07 UTC

Great bass, cool idea and great humor! The only thing, I won just by swaping everything to the right side. But it was very funny anyway. Good job, guys!

DaniE

10. Oct 2019 · 17:59 UTC

Very funny :)
It is very hard to loose the game, but the little comments are quite enjoyable. I stayed in the menu in the beginning just to listen to the awesome music. Very well done and atmospheric. The "Ahhh" sound when completing a transaction is a bit weird, but it fits the easy-going, joking atmosphere of the game. Well done!

Pedro Rosa

11. Oct 2019 · 09:13 UTC

The concept is really original and I had some fun playing it. I like a lot art style. Good Job!

Space Nomad

12. Oct 2019 · 14:44 UTC

the art in this was very nice
gameplay's a little boring though

Weine

13. Oct 2019 · 14:52 UTC

Interesting idea, but really hard to estimate the values without more details. Felt a bit random after a while.

PeachTreeOath

19. Oct 2019 · 02:16 UTC

I actually liked this idea a lot. There's a few trading games I played this LD but this one took the most "skill". I liked it because it was a lot like Price is Right where you have to be decent at knowing how things are priced. I could see this working further if you had prices that were even closer to each other so it was hard to make the judgement, even better if it was multiplayer! Great job w the concept and the execution, both gameplay and art-wise.