The Bizarre Bazaar by Seven Legged Table

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made by Seven Legged Table for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

Trade up at the Bizarre Bazaar! You’ll start with nothing - pick something off the ground and trade it up with the merchants around by clicking, or pressing space, on the item they offer. Don’t get greedy! Keep trading though, and you’ll make it to the moon!

Based on a true story. The names of the mushroom people have been changed out of respect for those involved. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5167388.stm

Screenshot 2019-10-07 at 20.17.22.png

Ratings

Overall 179th 3.879⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 335th 3.554⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 465th 3.31⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 102th 4.052⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 231th 4.067⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 158th 3.793⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 31th 4.143⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 237th 3.768⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 32🗨️

Feedback

Kenarf
07. Oct 2019 · 19:52 UTC
Loved the artstyle and sounds. The item ideas were straight up wonderful! Bravo!
Fictions
07. Oct 2019 · 20:01 UTC
I did this on a bachelor party once, where you had to trade items with strangers to get a present in the end... That's a simple and fun game :D I love it! <3
blobo
07. Oct 2019 · 20:01 UTC
I love the idea! wonderfully done! I loved the art work for all the items, and the music was catchy too. Great game.
robopossum
07. Oct 2019 · 20:02 UTC
Impressive amount of art for 3 days, and the music was cool too.
Orion Five
07. Oct 2019 · 20:05 UTC
Haha, great game XD I didn't get the greed mechanic, though... I suppose when I trade for something too valuable I lose a life?
Progressing in the game felt really fun :)
Ayxs
07. Oct 2019 · 20:07 UTC
I really like this game, the art is really good and the sounds are nice. I like the amounts of humor this game has in the items. I also really dig the nice effects you put in the text and animations.

To me personally the "Greed Chance" value was not really clear as the value showed lower as the chance was higher? Also the game seems to ramp up pritty quikly in terms of money and sometimes it shows duplicates, witch is quite weird.

Also you have the same code idea as we had, only we were only with 2 so it looks a little bit less polished :) Check it out if you like :smile:

Overall a great game!
ItsBamboo
07. Oct 2019 · 20:07 UTC
As others have said, the art and sound are really great. I'm not sure I entirely understood how it worked, but overall great work.
IndieBin
07. Oct 2019 · 20:07 UTC
Such a damn cute game! Love the sound design and animations. I'd say it's a little repetitive, but full of charm and very funny. Love it!
Vhalenn
07. Oct 2019 · 20:50 UTC
Awesome game ! Super cool graphics and funny references !
creativ4eg
08. Oct 2019 · 13:17 UTC
I really love graphics!
Synthphonia
08. Oct 2019 · 14:45 UTC
really love the graphic style! good job! Also music is good but a quite boring for a long therm.
burczy
08. Oct 2019 · 16:26 UTC
I really like the art style and music.
vincentvincent
08. Oct 2019 · 16:45 UTC
Lovely graphics and fun time
Black Flag
08. Oct 2019 · 19:49 UTC
Hi could you please re rate my game =, the link now works- I will also rate your game, sorry for this very forward sounding message!
Black Flag
08. Oct 2019 · 19:54 UTC
I really like the concept and the art is really good! I enjoyed seeing all of the “Bizzarre” items that came up for sale, the music also fit reall nicely as well as the sound effects for if you made a profit. This overall is a really good jam entry!
Bagenzo
08. Oct 2019 · 20:37 UTC
The classic paper clip into house story is absolutely perfect for this theme. This is a fun game and those mushrooms are very cute.
Emmatw
08. Oct 2019 · 20:45 UTC
Very nice game with lovely graphics and audio!
Demuss
09. Oct 2019 · 09:32 UTC
1st few minutes of gameplay were priceless, loved the graphics, audio and how bizarre the bazzar was ^^
gamejuv
09. Oct 2019 · 09:37 UTC
The combination between music and graphics is awesome. I love all the different items, very creative!
squaredev
09. Oct 2019 · 09:52 UTC
Very nice presentation. The art is charming and the music and sounds worked well. I was not sure how to judge the different items' values so I just kept trading randomly though :joy:
William_Zen_Montague
09. Oct 2019 · 10:57 UTC
This game is a joy to the senses. The synergy between sound, art and gameplay come together for an exquisite experience. I give it five bags of popcorn.
Hare Software
09. Oct 2019 · 16:59 UTC
The graphics are super nicely drawn, the game is simple to play and thus quite relaxing. I sadly had to trade away my jar of dirt, but I guess it was worth it!
stavu
10. Oct 2019 · 21:40 UTC
adorable characters and lovely graphics. The mechanic has a lot of potential and it’s very fun to guess the price of things.
The background feels a little empty, maybe add some elements with a little brighter colours to get a better sense of a busy colourful market.
Maybe add an inventory system (say having up to 3 items in person) it could add to the complexity.
Theme-wise it's unclear why being greedy is a negative thing, it's a market and I’m trading goods that are offered to me. Maybe calling it reputation instead would fit better.
Purrseus
15. Oct 2019 · 11:41 UTC
Super cute game! I love the audio in this one and the art is amazing, too! Also, it's really funny with it's eccentric choice of items :D
The gredd mechanic was not quite clear to me. Nevertheless, I managed to get hold of the moon on my first try ^^

Love it.
Papaver
16. Oct 2019 · 09:33 UTC
Cute game! I like the audio, the graphics and the gameplay, although I didn't quite understand why I couldn't be too greedy, or when I exactly was being too greedy. :wink: I liked that there are so many interesting items! After a while I learned the price of some items and I got to the moon! :smile:

A very minor detail: I noticed that the player character is drawn on top of the foreground leafs (which you only see if you walk to one of the sides). Also, after winning, if you give up to give it another go, the nice music is very soft!