Scam Artist - Prototype
Build your empire of scamming in this idle building game. Place down slot machines that never pay out, sell trading card packs that never have any hits and slowly build up your riches to upgrade your apartment until it looks like the most professional scam operation ever!
Place down structures that empty out the wallets of your customers!
There are tons of different ways to scam a person - and you are not afraid to use them all at once. Be it rigged slot machines, wheels of fortune that never win or empty trading card packs - your cunning knows no bounds and your customers will happily stroll left to right in your apartment to empty out their pockets.
Started from the bottom, now we're here!
Your shady business starts in your moldy, small apartment. Tough times never last, only tough people last! With time, you'll be able add more rooms, upgrade the interior and, with it, gain a lot more money as customers stream in!
Decorations are not just for looksies!
Each decoration has an effect that dramatically increases your growth as a scammer or just quadruples your cheddar. Be it dozens of eviction notes crammed into one corner or a luxurious chandelier hanging from the ceiling - find a layout that ultimately makes you richer and looks cool at the same time! ... or only just richer, you do you.
Join the organization!
The secret "Scam Society" may eventually take notice of your exploits and invite you into its ranks. Trade passports, credit cards, and fake IDs for research points to unlock even more elaborate ways of scamming your unsuspecting customers.
Full touch support!
This game utilizes drag and drop for interaction and can be played with only your mouse! On steam deck or mobile, you can even play the game completely using only the touch controls. This game was made with both desktop and mobile consoles and platforms in mind.
Controls
You can drag and drop stuff to place it down. Nothing may overlap.
When you HOLD onto something you placed, you can rearrange it.
You can move the camera by dragging around the mouse while holding
(On mobile you need to use two fingers)
Credits:
Game by greenpixels
Art by me and my wife
Soundeffects from zapsplat
Music is
Electric Funk Loop - Tini Composer
Feel The Groove - Composer Squad
Feeling Funky - Composer Squad
Funky Alien - Craig Dodge
In The Groove - Composer Squad
Rythm of Life - Composer Squad
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Development log
- Among Top 30 New & Popular!12 hours ago
Comments
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Some gameplay, some critique ;)
(Also, to other video makers, the music is copyrighted, so turn it off :P )
Great, polished prototype, love the overall style and the cover artwork, also so writing. Possible improvements: Placing items/deco and understanding where placing is possible and how the "collision box" works is difficult and not very intuitive. I am not sure if I have to place deko in the same room as items to affect them and I don't see a way to validate my assumptions. I assume "renovation" affects only items in that room, but deko affact everything?
As far as I can tell, all of the deco affects, including renovations, affects all of the rooms.
great game
great idea, but dont forget about gamblers table, its a great game, sorry for off-topic, also had issues with drag and drop feature, you should add reminder or something like that, have a nice one!
Cant seem to buy anything right after the intro, all a click does is bring up the description.
Hey, to buy you need to drag and drop. Does that work for you?