Fair Trade by LDJam user 344804
Fair trade is not about equality, it is when both sides are satisfied.
Gather various pieces of art for your collection by trading with other collectors. Present your collection to them in a right way to get the most value out of it. Make you collection bigger and bigger to be able to buy the rare ancient items when they appear in stock. Gather all 3 rare items to finish your collection and win the game!
Controls: mouse
How to play (there is full tutorial in the game, but you can read this if you want):
Select a group of cards to sell. All cards have base cost and some have effects that will increase cards total cost. You can sell only one group of cards per shop. Press "sell" button to confirm. After you sell items you can buy new cards from the shop. Your objective is to obtain more and more powerful cards. All remaining money will disappear after you leave the shop. (lore-wise there is no money in the game world, this is just an imaginary counter of the value.)
After you exit shop you can choose one of 2 next shops. Door color represents location (which affects what cards are sold) and also you can see a modifier above each door. This modifier allows you to gain more value when selling your items.
After 5 normal shops you will encounter a special shop. There you have only 1 very expensive card to buy. You must buy it, otherwise you lose the game. In this shop you can sell multiple groups of items. Each special item will give you some powerful passive effect.
You win the game after collecting all 3 special items.
The game is short, but takes multiple tries to win. And you can play a few more times to try other strategies. There is a lot, we checked.



| Link | https://stonebreak.itch.io/fair-trade |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/fair-trade |
Ratings
| Overall | 2th | 4.511⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 8th | 4.344⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 29th | 4.1⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 2th | 4.656⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 25th | 4.589⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 67th | 4.067⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 144th | 3.659⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 58th | 4.239⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 59🗳️ | 72🗨️ |
Difficulty had good scaling
art was good, and had a distinct style
I feel like you can turn this into a bigger project afterwards!
I mean this is clever, pretty, and just a solid execution. This is one of my favorite projects in the jam. Really no complaints, any plans to keep going post jam? I'd love to see this universe expanded upon!
И нужно просчитать ценность карт таким образом, чтобы хватило на равноценный обмен)