Billy's Bargain by pedsm

Billy has been oppressed by the aristocratic class his whole life. One day, Billy discovers his unique ability to communicate with goblins. He is pleased to learn of the goblins' indifference towards the ruling class. In fact, they don't seem to be interested in much at all - other than coin. Billy succeeds in robbing a wealthy landowner of their life savings. With wealth in hand, and revenge in mind, Billy strikes a bargain with his new allies.

| Itch.io | https://pedsm.itch.io/billys-bargain |
| OST | https://soundcloud.com/rishi-parmar/billys-bargain-ost |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/billys-bargain |
Ratings
| Overall | 216th | 3.925⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 106th | 4.05⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 132th | 3.925⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 311th | 4⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 311th | 3.65⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 316th | 3.5⭐ | 18🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 330th | 3.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 26🗳️ | 18🗨️ |
Unfortunately for me, I have an AZERTY keyboard, so it's not easy to find and press the right key quickly and easily ^^'
really like the game visuals!
I accidentally skipped to a level at the start thinking the numbers were maybe for pages on a tutorial screen. Might be good to group the SKIP text closer to the numbers.
I love the dynamic movement in the OST. Not sure if the drum layer was meant to kick in at level 3, but it happened for me and it was cool as.
Would love a little more variation in sound design (say a few different goblin spawn sounds) just to keep the sounds from feeling too spammy.
Overall, loved it. Great work!
We actually did something really similar (Helldivers/DDR-like summoning sequences) if you'd like to have a look at ours via my profile.
Thanks for your feedback. I randomised some of the sounds and should have done the same for goblin spawns - the samples for which were fixed to the goblin type. So if they were spammed it does sound a bit silly. You're right that the music is meant to progress in each level to become more dramatic - glad you enjoyed it.
Will definitely check out your game!
P.S. I've been waiting for hours at this point: https://giphy.com/gifs/GrRMmodskFBpi4IvR6