SMOL BIZNASS by CO5MONAUT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr3FVtEKIMA
Alright, listen up! In smolBIZNASS, you play as Jack Pot — yeah, that's right, Jack Pot. You thought taking out a "micro" loan from MICRO CREDIT was a smart move? Guess again! MICRO CREDIT is run by tiny businessmen with a huge attitude. Now you’re hiding in some closet-sized bunker, desperately trying to work off your debt. But surprise! These smol businessmen are coming to take back what’s theirs, and they don’t care how small the loan was. Your keyboard? Gone. Your coffee mug? History. They’ll strip your life down piece by tiny piece until you repay every last cent. It’s absurd, chaotic, and ridiculous — so get ready for the most stressful (and hilarious) collection process of your life!
Key Features:
- An absurd, fast-paced, and hilarious debt collection experience.
- Tiny businessmen with big business energy taking your stuff one micro-step at a time.
- Frantic gameplay that makes you question your life decisions.
Made by: CO5MONAUT — the one and only. Seriously, I did it all.
Graphics by: Dekogon Studios and Switchboard Studios
Partially powered by: Interaction System Starter Pack
Built with Unreal Engine 5.3, bringing tiny chaos to life with stunning detail.
| Link | https://co5monaut.itch.io/smol-biznass |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/smol-biznass |
Ratings
| Overall | 275th | 3.826⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 151th | 3.891⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 118th | 3.896⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 143th | 4.167⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 442th | 3.813⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 436th | 3.341⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 15th | 4.396⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 275th | 3.848⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 26🗨️ |
One thing: audio cue at the end when you win turned out to be way too loud/unpleasant.
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
In the beginning I wanted to make a game about penis-stealing gnomes (but I wasn't sure if that had a place on LD, and I also couldn't find a suitable gnome asset), but over time the game has been transformed ahahh
Yeah, with algebraic examples, the answers have to be entered in words.
The sound was done at the last minute so it came out unkempt, apologies >﹏<
One aspect of a game that I especially enjoy is that you can either help the little guy by throwing your stuff into the door or to slow them down (although I'm not sure how effective it is in the long run) by taking the stuff back.
These little distractions make the core gameplay less repetitive. Otherwise, it would be a quite boring experience. But as a whole, it works alright. I think your gameplay video was intentionally more funny than many playthroughs would be, but it shows that this game can be enjoyed in some other ways (if you try to create a funny scene out of it).
The graphics are cool, but UE is such a heavy artillery for a jam, it really puts my laptop under a pressure.
Certainly one of the most innovative games this jam, I like it so much. I think that the quick way to make the player interact more with the room would be to place multiple computers, and only one would display a riddle at the time. At first it's hard to figure out what to do, especially when you get tricky questions on on the computer at first, it'd be great if the first questions were somewhat preprogrammed and featured some kind of tutorial tips. I like the small guys running around the room and the fact that you can interrupt their process of taking out your belongings. Just wish there was more incentive to do that, because when playing for a longer time, you tend to just sit by the monitor and answer questions as quickly as possible.
Certainly one of the most innovative games on this jam (and one of the most original I have ever played on any jam), great work! Will surely check out your future releases :)
~ Jacko
Really funny game👍