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A jam submission

American DreamView game page

Submitted by Malfunctioned Productions — 24 minutes, 8 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#853.9053.905
Audio#1733.2863.286
Overall#3223.0563.056
Innovation#3292.8572.857
Game Design#3912.8572.857
Theme#4852.9052.905
Fun#4872.5242.524

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
You are a newly unemployed father and if you don't find money to pay your bills you will get evicted. When walking home to break the news to your family you find the opportunity of a life time, American Dream Casino! Dive deeper into your gambling addiction and climb up into a life of luxury!

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
We wrote all the code, drew all of the graphics and made all the music. The sound effects are not made from scratch.

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Comments

Submitted

I liked the idea, graphics and audio of the game! I also found a love for negative numbers, as betting an extremely low number  (like -1000000) causes the game to give you millions of dollars

Submitted

The art/vibe is cool and surrealist in a good way. 

The gameplay needs quicker variety, and I don't see myself being motivated to complete a game that is entirely chance.

I like the exploration of the mental health pit of addiction.

You did a great job of completing a game that feels it has a well put together vision.

The music compositionally was great; some of the VSTs used here sound a bit cheap, but that is a personal taste thing.

Submitted

Interesting concept, but the gameplay wasn't very engaging and I didn't really had much choice on what to do other than wait or try to gamble and mostly lose all the time. I guess that's a realistic depiction of gambling in general but it wasn't that fun as a game lol.

The art, music and sounds as well as the theme of using a computer were amazing though, pretty neat and interesting.

Submitted (1 edit)

The art is nice. I felt the gameplay was lacking. I just lost all the money, and then didn't have anything to do but restart. Still, it is pretty impresive with the amount of content that was built in a week. I also like the audio; the background noises were a nice touch.

Submitted

I like the art and the take on the theme. I'd have loved to see a little more varied content than just gambling games that most people have played at some point or another.

Submitted

I enjoyed the game, the art style and the sounds were so good! However at first I didn't understand how to start the poker game, I placed my bet and it wouldn't start, I could only place bets under 60$ or so, however I had 100$ available, I am not sure if this is a bug or was this intended but that's the only issue I faced. But anyways, I loved the game, wish there would be a full version!

Submitted

I'm not sure if I missed something here, but it just felt like casino games in a pretty package. Maybe I'm just really bad at these types of games, but I very quickly lost my money and felt like I couldn't do anything else. The constant timer made it even more stressful too, I was less likely to gauge my bet to see if it was valuable. 

Submitted

Love the art style and music so so much! I would have appreciated a little more direction to inform the gameplay, but a really awesome experience nonetheless :DD

Submitted

love the unique idea and the artstyle!

Submitted

I have no Idea how poker works, but I did enjoy the game. The art looks incredible. Also 99% of gamblers quit before they win big

Submitted

Wow- love the artstyle, especially the silhouettes in the intro and the game idea! Great submission!