Underspendful - Introduction
The holidays are coming. Underspendful is a small experimental gift-management game about the uncomfortable choice between friends and money.
In addition to the lack of funds, your friends have personalities that operate on a system of 6 different VIBES that they expect you to READ somehow, so picking the right gift for them will be a hustle.
Search for discounts, sedge unwanted vibes, rise vibes that are useful for you, and most importantly, don't spend all the money you have before the Holidays - in this economy, all resources are limited.
This game was made during
Mini Jam 200: Freedom (Note that the Jam Version is a prototype, Game is in development right now)
- 150+ different gifts to choose from.
Each gift has an array of 6 VIBES. A Laptop, Microwave, or Instant Ramen will naturally score very low on NATURAL, while other vibes shift accordingly.
- 30+ modifiers you can apply to a gift's node system to:
reveal hidden VIBES, twist or rebalance a gift’s vibe profile, remove negative perks from a gift or simply squeeze out a discount.
- 6 friends assign gifts to:
All of them noticeably with preferences, secrets and equally hard to satisfy.
- Just 100.00@ in your bank account
To get a high score, you must:
Match the gift’s vibes to the receiver’s vibes,
while not overspending, since wasted money lowers your final score just as much as a bad gift.
Game by me (LuliLaj) as a single dev, character art by Volha Kosikava - from our interactive WebComic Two-Sided Noose https://twosidednoose.neocities.org/
Music by https://purrplecat.com/ Purple Cat
Screenshots (Early)
