Amazing Gamble Life by xuanqiuyun

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made by xuanqiuyun for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

As a gambler, revel in the thrill of luck, harnessing your skills to utilize all the items within the room. The time has come to make your fortune! But beware of the penalties when luck falters!

Press the button, spend coins to draw items, handle different types and rarities of items to earn more coins. Survive and submit your daily coin count, see how long you can last!

Items come in four types:

1.Food: Consumable for health restoration or animal feeding.

2.Tools: Increases the chance of drawing higher rarity items next time.

3.Animals: Can be sold for coins, feeding yields more coins, but neglecting them for over a day leads to death.

4.Gold: Provides a large sum of coins upon use, high rarity.

The room contains four machines:

1.Item Generator: Spend 10 or 40 coins to draw different quantities of items.

2.Enhancement Pool: Located left of the Item Generator, placing items here increases the chance of drawing higher rarity items next time.

3.Low-Price Selling Pool: The pool within the golden fence. Place items here and press the button; each item will be sold for 5 coins.

4.Next Day Button: Press to proceed to the next day. Insufficient coins will result in health deduction, and if health runs out, the game ends. Earn 20 coins per day.

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Ratings

Overall 1167th 2.792⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 906th 3.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 712th 3.227⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1109th 2.813⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 448th 3.273⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1122th 2.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 372150
15. Apr 2024 · 04:26 UTC
This game wasn't really feeling it. I'm pretty certain that the assets used weren't made in the 48 hours. If they were, then man, you'd have the skills to make everything else *not* a white cube. With compo submissions, the requirement is that the project is all you, in 48 hours. Also, the controls are unintuitive and hard to get used to. Also, missing a way to exit the game without alt+f4.
LightningST
15. Apr 2024 · 04:53 UTC
I don't understand what is going on
🎤 xuanqiuyun
15. Apr 2024 · 05:54 UTC
@vegeo My bad.I thought opt-out of Graphics category will be ok
🎤 xuanqiuyun
15. Apr 2024 · 06:20 UTC
@lightningst I've added some descriptions for the rules.
Gulcar
16. Apr 2024 · 09:02 UTC
the dinosaur ate my pizza xd
🎤 xuanqiuyun
16. Apr 2024 · 12:06 UTC
@gulcar Thanks for playing. Selling it will get you more money haha.
LDJam user 0
16. Apr 2024 · 14:35 UTC
<3
Kirass
16. Apr 2024 · 21:49 UTC
Interesting game! I like it!
🎤 xuanqiuyun
17. Apr 2024 · 02:44 UTC
@kirass Thanks a lot for playing and commenting
XRy
17. Apr 2024 · 18:39 UTC
This game is super addicting, i love discovering everything you can get in the game! I did stay in Day 1 for a very long time, forgetting to progress the game LOL but it was a lot of fun!
🎤 xuanqiuyun
18. Apr 2024 · 02:12 UTC
@xry Haha, thanks for playing, the numerical aspect of the game is not very well done, will adjust and add more item types and items in the future
XRy
18. Apr 2024 · 06:07 UTC
My friend needs to know, Is there a dinosaur in the game? Thanks

Also, it's not very relevant, but I found a lot of joy in using momentum to throw large objects like the animals up and out of of the play area into the sky.
🎤 xuanqiuyun
18. Apr 2024 · 11:20 UTC
@xry There's no dinosaurs.I realized while developing it that flinging your head and dropping the item can make it fly extra far
woona
18. Apr 2024 · 17:50 UTC
Seeing a zebra o crocodile appear out of thin air is funny. I wish there was something in game to keep me going, like a story. You could also add an in game tutorial to make it more clear what we're trying to achieve.

I think the animal & food mechanics are clever and unique: I don't remember seeing them anywhere else. Great job with coming up with all these ideas and putting a game together! Good luck with your future projects!
🎤 xuanqiuyun
19. Apr 2024 · 02:37 UTC
@woona Thanks for the play and feedback! I'll be adding some new, more driven goals afterward.

Choosing animals and foods is a trade-off between short-term gains and long-term gains. I want the player to make a trade-off when they're just a little bit short of money: gamble on the luck of the draw, or deduct life points to stabilize gains
Julian France
21. Apr 2024 · 04:45 UTC
Pretty interesting game. Overall quite confusing but fun to just play around and discover the mechanics.
🎤 xuanqiuyun
21. Apr 2024 · 07:19 UTC
@julian-france Thanks playing.I got the submission rules wrong, I should add some newbie tutorials
DJTequila
22. Apr 2024 · 22:22 UTC
Once I understood the rules, I was getting hyped for lions and urns! Weirdly scratches the gambling itch :laughing: Can be a bit hard to tell what's going on at times. I suppose chaos is part of the fun. Some feedback to the player would be nice though (sound effects, particles, UI, etc.)
🎤 xuanqiuyun
23. Apr 2024 · 02:28 UTC
@djtequila Thanks for the play.Next time I'll be sure to add some sound effects and a tutorial!
joe40001
27. Apr 2024 · 12:17 UTC
Quite innovative. The gameplay loop didn't hold me for long, but I appreciated how out there the idea was and how many mechanics seemed to be underneath everything.
🎤 xuanqiuyun
27. Apr 2024 · 14:38 UTC
@joe40001 Thanks playing, When I have time I'll make the game's objectives a bit more clear and engaging
Petr Vejchoda
27. Apr 2024 · 16:55 UTC
How do you feed the animals???
🎤 xuanqiuyun
28. Apr 2024 · 09:43 UTC
@petr-vejchoda Animals will eat at the end of each day