Scalper Beat-Off! by chelC

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made by chelC for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Your precious child wants to complete their collection of Bobomon cards. Brave the card shop and fight scalpers to be the best mom on the block!

NOTE: Play on itch.io for a post-jam update with improved fighting mechanics! Play here for the jam version :)

Controls

WASD - Movement

Space - Attack

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Ratings

Overall 332th 3.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 278th 3.523⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 413th 3.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 94th 4.182⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 183th 4.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 80th 3.932⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 456th 3.455⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

Auceane
Oct 07th · 09:18 UTC
Good game ! A lot of card are available ! I had a great time ^^
Artalasky
Oct 07th · 14:23 UTC
Not a fan of Fury but the game is pretty cute, good job
Sheepolution
Oct 07th · 17:49 UTC
Fun game! It's a really fun mechanic to not collect the cards right away, but to collect packs that contain cards. And it felt good to kick those scalpers and steal their packs :) The cards were really funny. Great job!
Arnazian
Oct 07th · 17:53 UTC
This was really fun, I sort of wish the scalpers would stay down after you beat them, I kept having a bunch of them bundled up following me and it was difficult to manouver around multiple at once.

Anyway art was great, concept is fantastic and gameplay was fun, nice submission!
outstar
Oct 07th · 17:58 UTC
I loved the music you picked for this one, I was chilling in the main menu for a while dancing to it :D Great idea and really fun execution. I made my 6-year old kid play it and she loved it too (she's in her Pokemon cards phase). Your idea for enemies was hilarious, reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7FZWovUTmL0
Hank Ather
Oct 07th · 23:47 UTC
The inversion of having like, normal people on the cards is really funny. Great art style!

Glad we weren't the only ones thinking about trading cards, cool to see a spin on it!
SergS Workshop
Oct 08th · 00:12 UTC
Hi there! Nice art and soundtrack. It’d be great to see an improved fighting system in the future.
Catusfelony
Oct 08th · 02:46 UTC
Hehehe, this is delightful! I've got to be honest, I got a little frustrated by how downed Scalpers can still damage you and make you drop packs... But the artwork is SO PRETTY, our roo mama is incredibly cute as is her kid, and I love the eeevil raccoony design of the Scalpers x3
APDT
Oct 08th · 03:05 UTC
Hey! The game is awesome! As a child, I really loved collecting cards and stickers in my albums. This game has brought back very warm memories! The music fits just fine and the graphics complement the whole experience. Well done!
Custodi
Oct 08th · 06:24 UTC
Finally, furry game. 5 stars, the greatest game ever.
Eugenik
Oct 09th · 13:03 UTC
Wow! I love the artstyle!.
Amiuke
Oct 10th · 14:24 UTC
Your art style is so cute! I love the gacha mechanic
Profugo Barbatus
Oct 12th · 06:21 UTC
Loved the premise and visuals, but feel like the very limited left/right attack, and ability to get hit while you are performing an attack and getting interrupted just makes the beat-down element feel weak. If we had directional attacks and maybe a bit more range, it'd be even better.

Also, me and my artist are highly amused that we both had the same idea of rainbow/holo modifiers to stretch our assets, great minds think alike.
slay a stone
Oct 12th · 08:05 UTC
Cute graphics, The combat felt a bit lackluster, maybe having the cards add something to it would have been cool. Not being able to pass through this spot felt a bit counterintuitive:

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Sibi
Oct 12th · 08:17 UTC
![scalpers.png](///raw/34e/c/z/6f4c9.png)
I did it! What a grind to get that last card :D
Loved how satisfying opening the packs was!
b0guslaw
Oct 12th · 14:14 UTC
Very fun spin on a trading card game, well done!
Strega
Oct 16th · 01:32 UTC
Very cute, with nice animations. I liked the inversion of being a creature and collecting human cards lol. The combat was a bit surprising. I was getting kind of stun-locked at first, but I figure out how to best attack and collect packs without losing my packs after a few days. Great job :D