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A jam submission

Budget BuilderView game page

Repair the bridge with a tight budget
Submitted by Maggewagge jr, N1kko — 19 minutes, 4 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#1633.7623.762
Overall#2943.5243.524
Enjoyment#3363.6193.619
Audio#3893.3813.381
Gameplay#4153.3333.333
Visuals#4253.7143.714
Innovation#4443.3333.333

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

How does the game fit the theme?
You're building a bridge within a budget. Balancing between using as little money as possible and repairing the bridge so it doesn't break.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
We have used some free sound effects from pixabay as well as a song that we made before the jam.

How many people worked on the game?
2

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Comments

Submitted

This game is incredibly polished, visually engaging, and genuinely satisfying to play. I really enjoyed it. The only downside is that it feels a bit short. This game is a true vertical slice. I played for as long as I could, but after level 15 there was not much new to do. Without any upgrades, I only lasted until round 24.

While I truly appreciate all the effort put into the visuals and polish, since it is really well done, I feel like the game could have been even better if some of that time had been spent extending the gameplay. Just a few upgrades and new cars, nothing too complex or time-consuming, would have gone a long way in making runs last longer and feel more rewarding.

Additionally, as some have pointed out, the bridge breaking is not always much of a problem, which somewhat goes against the theme "Nothing can go wrong...".

Overall, I really hope you keep working on this game. Expanding it and maybe adding some meta progression would turn it into something even more amazing. This is a solid, well-executed, and fun entry. Great job!

Submitted

Very fun game, and nice artsyle!

Submitted

A groovy and fun game that even pulled me in a bit. You're good. I also wish the narrator would speak faster or could be skipped altogether.   

Submitted

Great game.. love the boss :D but at some point its just RNG because you can repair all parts at stay in budget

Submitted

Loved the style of this one for the backgrounds and sprites, though I did have some trouble identifying damage, especially on the bricks.

I appreciate your letting the player overspend instead of forcing awareness by greying options out. It was all simple and clever and fit together wonderfully!

Submitted

Love it! Although with the brick textures its quite hard to make out if they are damaged or not ;)

Submitted

Enjoyable but there is must to be any reason for the upgrades, player shouldn't do it random. There must be strategic ways.

Submitted

I love the graphics and sounds! Just has that cozy retro vibe. Gameplay was very fun too! Maybe I was too laid back in the beginning, because all of a sudden there were like 20 trucks breaking my bridge apart!! Go take another bridge guys! I love how letting cars fall and explode doesn't get you fired, but spending too much money on safety does... lol

Submitted

Its such a cool concept and execution. It was just a little difficult to know what percentage was what I was spending. Other than that a really fun and cool game!

Submitted

Really cool concept, I find it funny how going over budget, instantly get you fired, but you can kill people like 3 times before getting fired lol. Only thing I think would be nice to add, is highlighting on the budget percentage bar, how much percentage each purchase will cost when we hover over it, as it's kinda hard to calculate the percentage in my head and on my first attempt i went over budget by accident

Submitted

This is a great game with great style! Awesome visuals, audio design and overall feel as well as concept. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I have difficulty getting to upgrading to third stages, instead I get stuck in a loop of reparining. Also, the repair costs say they're 5 for the second stage, but cost 15. Overall, really nice entry!

Submitted

I really enjoyed this game! Great concept and execution.

nice game !

Submitted

Really liked this!!! Fun idea, solid mechanics, and great art/music! Well done 5 stars!!!

Submitted (1 edit)

Very Fun game! Love the idea and the Graphics. 

Also the music you did is also pretty catchy and not to annoying :D

You got a laugh out of me. Because going over budget, but some exploding cars are fine. Hahaha, what is this, Germany? :P

I am now at wave 21 for at least 6+ Waves I couldn't do much more except for repairing the bridge. Maybe the upgrades are a bit too good haha. 

Sad that there is no ending, but everything since the last paragraph is anitpick. I really enjoyed your game <3

Submitted

Great job! Really liked the art

Submitted(+1)

Fun game! It is quite easy and simple gameplay but it make it a cool arcade game

Submitted(+1)

Really fun !

The da is really cool, music and vfx super cool too.

Gameplay wise i love the idea, maybe the game ends to abruptly when spending too much money tho. 

Frankly very nice overall ! <3

Submitted(+1)

cute cars :3