Pachinkle
Have you ever get tired of grinding for money and wanted an easier way to do it?
Have you ever wanted to throw a ball into a bucket and win some money?
Well, I can't do that for you, sorry.
But here's a simulated version of it:
Pachinkle!
Contents
- Incremental pachinko-like game
- Pendulums that obstruct your way
- 4 upgrade paths to choose from!
- Let the game goes idle after you've got enough upgrades.
- Day/Night cycle (for aesthetic only)
- A song made specifically for this game!
Note
The earlier part of this game is quite difficult. You have to get through it first before you can enter the “idle phase”.
Also, try to get at least 1 million money!
Resolution issue: I apologize in advance if you have resolution issue when playing the game. I haven't tested it on other devices so it goes unnoticed. I might fix it after the game jam period end.
Credit
This game was made for Solo Dev Jam #11 within 72 hours by myself.
Made with Godot (my first Godot game!)
Music and some SFX made with FL Studio.
Sprites made with Aseprite.
Background image from Craftpix.
Font: Bungee
Color Palette: Apollo
Some SFX from ZapSplat
If you like it, please rate it!
Development log
- Update v1.3.116 days ago
- Update v1.321 days ago
- Update v1.221 days ago
- Update v1.121 days ago
Comments
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What are the chances.....
To be honest, it happened to me so many times and I don’t even know how…
I liked it, nicely done! Especially for a gamejam entry!
You can keep the cost per ball if running out of money isn't a complete loss. That makes it no longer an incremental game. You could make it a nodebuster-like where if you lose, you get to buy some sort of upgrades that will last across rounds. (Warning: people are pretty tired of nodebusters but it's a way you can fix the game in your limited amount of time.)
So it's gonna be more roguelike? Great idea, I'll keep that in mind. I've never played Nodebuster before but heard a lot about it. Maybe I'll just remove the cost per ball thing. I'll have to think about it.
Well again, my perspective of incrementals is that you shouldn't be able to really "lose", or if you can then at least you shouldn't go backwards in progress. However you want to do that is up to you.
By the way, I do like this variation on pachinko. And nice music!
Why would you make it cost coins just to click? That makes no sense and sort of ruins the game.
Because it’s a game jam submission and the theme is “everything has a cost”, so I tried to show that through clicking.
And to prevent spam click when spawning is still in cooldown.
But if it really ruined the whole thing, then I might remove it. I still have about 6 more hours before the submission period is closed and then I can’t update the game for a while.
Oh! I didn't even know that this was for a theme. I thought it was a bug. It really didn't feel right. I don't really follow contest stuff.
Well, I made it to test if it works and no one likes it lol, so I removed the cost now. Now you can play without losing!
Losing should still be a thing but I think it should only cost a ball if you actually drop a ball and it would be great if there wasn't a cooldown on dropping balls. Just click and drop the ball but each ball spawned costs points