In CrankVenture Capitalist you act as a real estate and ice cream bar mogul. The more ice cream you eat, the more you earn per crank. Think like those games where you tap the screen to earn money, except its a Playdate, soooo you crank to earn!! But the more ice cream you eat, the stronger you can crank. Get to crankin'!!
The game is available here on itch.io. It is also available in a bundle with 9 other amazing games here for half off!
But what good is an incremental game without an idle component?! You have to be able to idle. What happens when you need to go take a break IRL? Well obviously you use your Playdate case as an impromptu stand anddddd let the game just run until the screen times out. Why would you do this super wasteful thing with your precious Playdate battery? Obviously you buy a bunch of real estate and then that brings in passive income so you can be a real estate emperor/emperoress (is that a word?) and make lots of money without needing to lift a crank!
Like any good idle/incremental there is an upgrade system, Mana lets you earn permanent bonuses to the currency of your choice. Essence lets you earn short but big bonuses (shown on screen with a handy "S" or "B"! Balance these with your cold hard cash to rescue your mom, because for some reason the kidnappers, bankers and ....aliens? all seem to want a bit of all 3...I wonder why? Hopefully no one is messing with the dimensions and time, wouldn't that just be a bother!
With 2 fully fleshed out game modes, both endless and a story mode, you will get to play to your hearts content. Play while you watch tv, play while you work (Or maybe just use the idle function. "Disclaimer: If you get fired for playing this game I am only partially responsible ;)" ) JK! Anyways it's a lot of fun and if you just like to beat the next level and like watching numbers get bigger and bigger you will dig it!
Use the crank to crank, wait to earn passive rental income, bump into stuff to purchase it, wait to earn mana, wait to earn essence, B to open the mana permanent upgrade menu (if you have mana), A to open the essence temporary boost menu (if you have essence), and dock the crank to go to the main menu. The game saves on finishing a room, so make sure to finish a room before going to the main menu or the home screen!
P.S. There is a setting in the Playdate settings that allows the device screen to stay on if it is plugged in. That + Time is always my trick to get to the next level, no matter how much those kidnappers be chargin'.
Also a goofy trailer I made for it is here.
