Debt Bust by JAMESDEV

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made by JAMESDEV for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Your in deep pal, but I'll play along. Let's roll some dice and see if you can dig yourself out of this one.

Debt Bust is a Tabletop Strategy game where you roll dice to see if you are going home tonight.


DebtBust.zip is for Linux devices, Windows users please download the DebtBust_Windows.zip.

Ratings

Overall 745th 3.054⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 701th 2.929⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 600th 3.018⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 783th 2.75⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 619th 3.259⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 380th 2.958⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 576th 3.346⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 38🗨️

Feedback

Nivbeth
08. Apr 2025 · 17:41 UTC
Hey there, nice entry idea! Refreshing interpretation of the theme :) Music and atmosphere are very fitting too and the graphics are great - good job!
Teist
09. Apr 2025 · 09:04 UTC
Nice game! really liked the antagonist vibe, feels like hunter x hunter
Slyz
11. Apr 2025 · 11:19 UTC
Hey ! very interesting game :)) I especially like the effects when you select a dice lol
Houmgaor
19. Apr 2025 · 21:40 UTC
Great artistic choices. The change of views is well-done and the animations on the dice choice are great as well. Adding different types of dice make the challenge more interesting. Very good vibes overall!
Jake G
19. Apr 2025 · 22:02 UTC
Pretty cool dice rolling mechanic, I could see this being built out further into a full game. Is it using some sort of physics and then figuring out which side of the die landed up? Or is the random number determined ahead of time, and the animation is played to match it? Either way, that's an interesting technical problem to solve. Creative interpretation of the theme as well!
🎤 JAMESDEV
19. Apr 2025 · 22:24 UTC
@jake-g Thank you! The dice are completely physics based! each side of the dice has a collider so that when the die is in a resting spot, it checks which collider intersects with the table and then reports back the side it rolled on. It's a little rough and had I had more time I would've used math to determine which side is up instead because it would be more reliable than this current system. I posted the source code if you wanted to poke around
poboy
20. Apr 2025 · 03:32 UTC
Concept is really great, I could see this going further. Love the mood of this! I wish the animations were a lot faster (the dice should already be rolling by the time the camera pans down imo). Overall a really solid entry
AdamsMcCall
20. Apr 2025 · 13:13 UTC
I didn't quite get the rules. At some point I had like 10 and the dealer had more and my debt still increased ?

The concept seems nice if more clear and could be easily be expanded upon. I could see this becoming a buckshot roulette with dices lol, well done :)
Tygrak
20. Apr 2025 · 16:11 UTC
Fun game! Buckshot roulette vibes, intended I'd guess :). I hope if I end up in a scary situation like this I'll get to play against someone as dumb as this dealer haha.
She Wrote
20. Apr 2025 · 20:35 UTC
I really enjoyed playing, there's a lot of potential, and the art is amazing! I just wish there were more. However, the SFX actually hurt my ears a little. Still, it's a good game! Well done!
MoD_Wiz
20. Apr 2025 · 22:04 UTC
I really like the concept of this one! Buckshot dicette. I think this concept is deserved to be expanded and explored further. More dice types, maybe some sort of deckbuiding (dicebuilding in this case) mechanic or abilities/items, more interactions with dealer perhaps?
Execution is also well done, wish for a button to speed up animations, thoug.

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LeReveur
22. Apr 2025 · 23:54 UTC
I'm not pretty sure of how I've done that, but I finally managed to win, even if I think I didn't understood the rules very well… Or maybe did I - isn't this like a sort of Black Jack with funny dices?
Anyways, most important is that, for my surprise, it was fun to play, so: good job!
stephenwhoskins
23. Apr 2025 · 03:40 UTC
This was a really good entry! I'm giving it 5/5 across the board. Hoping you get to the top!
Jim jagers
23. Apr 2025 · 10:26 UTC
I LOVE GAMBLING!
CodeChomper
23. Apr 2025 · 12:14 UTC
I like you take on the theme. The different dice spiced things up, I really liked your entry good job
LDJam user 276121
23. Apr 2025 · 23:13 UTC
I'm not sure the balance works here, but the presentation is nice for what it is. I selected left dice every time and the dealer went bust without fail until I was debt-free.
ImNotVegan
24. Apr 2025 · 00:07 UTC
When one of the cubes hit another, it flew out of the playing field and the game froze.