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OP here, we developed this game over the weekend for Toronto Game Jam and I thought the Hacker News community would appreciate the subject matter. There's a tot

by kylnew 12y ago

OP here, we developed this game over the weekend for Toronto Game Jam and I thought the Hacker News community would appreciate the subject matter. There's a total of 7 endings and one involves getting acquired by Juicebook. See if you can figure it out :D

danvoell 12y ago
A couple nitpicks. It's stressful to land on a page with a countdown to start and no idea how it works or what I need to do. I couldn't scroll down to the instructions or forecast. Other than that the interface is pretty slick. Good luck!
- kylnew 12y ago
  Thanks, yeah. I had limited time for browser sizing during the jam but it does respond if you size down your browser a little bit to fit 1024 X 675 approximately.
- disdev 12y ago
  I think that's kind of the point...
- soneca 12y ago
  I can't read the instructions either, and the keyboard shortcuts don't seem to work. Drag and drop is not efficient to continuous playing, so I quit... The first two times I was able to "pay myself".
- harvestmoon 12y ago
  It's using Agile methodology. The problem is likely with you ;).
taiki 12y ago
how the hell am i supposed to make money!? I just keep bleeding cash no matter what I spend my time on
- jyu 12y ago
  Focus on more sales.
  - taiki 12y ago
    The instructions were cut off for me. screen on my machine is only 13"
VLM 12y ago
Only seen the "pushed out by board" ending. Getting up to $4M valuation on some runs. My gut level guess of the underlaying mechanic is your most popular activity becomes your ending and focusing most on sales results in "pushed out by board"
- kylnew 12y ago
  Well, it mostly has to do with whether you are taking cash for equity and have the control to stay in power in that case.
- ckluis 12y ago
  11M valuation and pushed out by board too... picky bastards.
ckluis 12y ago
FWIW - I did a lemonade stand as a kid and charged $.05 per glass. We (brothers/friends) would keep a jar with about $.75 in change on top of the table. Everyone felt bad for us and tipped us $.25-5 per glass - avg tip was $1. We could not have charged $1 - we tested the price elasticity of demand. But, they felt terrible we never had any money in our jar. Just saying tips make a difference.

by kylnew 12y ago

danvoell 12y ago

A couple nitpicks. It's stressful to land on a page with a countdown to start and no idea how it works or what I need to do. I couldn't scroll down to the instructions or forecast. Other than that the interface is pretty slick. Good luck!

kylnew 12y ago
Thanks, yeah. I had limited time for browser sizing during the jam but it does respond if you size down your browser a little bit to fit 1024 X 675 approximately.
disdev 12y ago
I think that's kind of the point...
soneca 12y ago
I can't read the instructions either, and the keyboard shortcuts don't seem to work. Drag and drop is not efficient to continuous playing, so I quit... The first two times I was able to "pay myself".
harvestmoon 12y ago
It's using Agile methodology. The problem is likely with you ;).

taiki 12y ago

how the hell am i supposed to make money!? I just keep bleeding cash no matter what I spend my time on

jyu 12y ago
Focus on more sales.
- taiki 12y ago
  The instructions were cut off for me. screen on my machine is only 13"

VLM 12y ago

Only seen the "pushed out by board" ending. Getting up to $4M valuation on some runs. My gut level guess of the underlaying mechanic is your most popular activity becomes your ending and focusing most on sales results in "pushed out by board"

kylnew 12y ago
Well, it mostly has to do with whether you are taking cash for equity and have the control to stay in power in that case.
ckluis 12y ago
11M valuation and pushed out by board too... picky bastards.

ckluis 12y ago

FWIW - I did a lemonade stand as a kid and charged $.05 per glass. We (brothers/friends) would keep a jar with about $.75 in change on top of the table. Everyone felt bad for us and tipped us $.25-5 per glass - avg tip was $1. We could not have charged $1 - we tested the price elasticity of demand. But, they felt terrible we never had any money in our jar. Just saying tips make a difference.