Begging Simulator 2019 by lekiy

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made by lekiy for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

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Try to survive in the harsh Urban landscape.

Controls: Move with arrow keys interact with X Sprint/leave shop with Z Escape to Exit game

Game is mostly still in a prototype stage and lacks a lot of content and features.

Thanks for checking out my game!

Ratings

Overall 407th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 414th 2.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 314th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 210th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 240th 3.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 237th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 173th 2.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 302th 3.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Kazatan
06. Oct 2019 · 23:04 UTC
Haha, i love the voicesque sfx for the talking :laughing: Seems pretty difficult to survice, perhaps that's supposed to mimic reality! Graphics are consistent and I like the little musical theme :thumbsup:
🎤 lekiy
06. Oct 2019 · 23:29 UTC
@kazatan Thanks so much for playing, Although not my first jam its the first time I have made the music myself, so I'm glad you like it. I didn't really take the time to balance the difficulty, but rather I threw together the hunger mechanic in the last few minutes to make it feel more gamey. I actually increased the difficulty by about 30% immediately before clicking publish.
Kazatan
06. Oct 2019 · 23:58 UTC
@lekiy Yea, I know what you mean. I reduced the difficultly on mine, thinking that i've been playing it for 2 days - probably going to be good at it by then! Still a lot of people find it difficult! Ludum Dare is like a full on user testing session! :laughing:
QueenInWonderland
07. Oct 2019 · 00:01 UTC
Hello Lekiy! The graphics are great! I would suggjest adding something for the controls in game. I did not read the whole post, I just downloaded the game. I had to hit random buttons to try and find the controls. Maybe adding a billboard in game with the controls listed on it? Sound effects are great! The little talking sounds kind of annoying in a good way like if someone keeps asking you for money. I also recommend maybe adding a visual difference between who your character is. Sometimes I lost my character in the crow of people. You could try making him look homeless or wear some sort of clothes that might represent a "lower class". Had a ton of fun with a simple game. Nice work. Keep it up!
TheBox193
07. Oct 2019 · 03:30 UTC
Good concept and fun to play. I liked reading the different responses. Music and sound effects are playful and fun.
Game_Coder28
07. Oct 2019 · 15:47 UTC
Nice idea for the theme, The Music and SFX are great and the overall idea for the game is fun, but the controls are a bit weird. It was a great game though, Nice work!
🎤 lekiy
07. Oct 2019 · 18:15 UTC
@game-coder28 can you define better what you thought was weird about the controls?
Game_Coder28
07. Oct 2019 · 18:29 UTC
@lekiy basically they are just hard to get used to, like using x in a menu to select instead of clicking or pressing Return and if you didn't read the controls it would be very hard to find.
Scott Steffes
09. Oct 2019 · 00:28 UTC
Love the concept and presentation of this game. Understandably, it's in a prototype stage as written above, but the gameplay loop did feel a bit too simplistic. I would be really interested to see what sort of other stats/events could be added if it went beyond the prototype stage!
dxk2294
09. Oct 2019 · 05:32 UTC
It was difficult to get used to 'X' as the interact key, but I love the aesthetic and it ties in well with the theme. Nice job!
Keseril
09. Oct 2019 · 06:14 UTC
Nice idea! Really interesting and fun game play. Thank you!
jakemchugh1
09. Oct 2019 · 06:26 UTC
That audio hurt my ears dude lol. Funny concept though.
SuperLee
09. Oct 2019 · 06:46 UTC
Love this art style, if there's more content, it will be better.
BOOtak
09. Oct 2019 · 08:54 UTC
I like the overall style of the game - with SFX, background music and beautiful pixel graphics. Nice work! Controls do feel a bit slow sometimes. I'd like to see what else you can add to the game later
Hellper
10. Oct 2019 · 15:30 UTC
I like the assets, but the gmaplay and controls have to be improved a lot I think. I undersant this is still in a prototype stage, tho.

Anyway it may be something really nice to play I think so good luck if you plan on working on the game after tje LD's end ;)
Monish Vyas
11. Oct 2019 · 05:13 UTC
Nice graphics and sounds. I loved the adaptation of the theme. For the first time I thought the run animation is punch someone, so I tried to punch those who didn't give me money. That would have been a good feature in the game :) I had fun playing it.
Vaibho
11. Oct 2019 · 06:26 UTC
The game's graphics and music were nice. The key bindings could have been better than X and Z. There should be some animations when the player eats something because you have to see the health bar. At first I thought there should some other key for this but then i noticed the health bar. The game is really hard and can be made a little easy but its your preference. The dialogues of the people were also quite well written. The movement and other mechanisms of the game were also nice. Overall, a nice game. I liked it.