Merchant 64

This game doesn't aim to do much, which is nice... But it's just so barebones. The whole story can be shortened into 2 sentences, and the gameplay is basically just hoping to see number going up and checking trash until you can buy and sell more than trash. It's mindnumbingly repetitive and boring.

Even though I fully completed the game and somehow slightly enjoyed it, I can't really recommend it. The aesthetics and N64-like style are cool, and while the idea sounds nice at first, the gameplay becomes very repetitive in less than 30 minutes. As the game progresses, most of the mechanics and several item types become useless, and you can easily maximize your profits with minimal effort and finish the game by simply repeating: * Buy any item at the minimum price * Sleep * Sell it at the maximum price * Repeat You don't even need to do any math or use any more elaborate strategy. If you like the idea of N64-like games, I highly recommend **Super Kiwi 64** from the same creator. You'll probably enjoy it a lot more! PS: Even though I've mostly played it with the Steam Deck the controls are not the best and you need to use touch/mouse for much of the stuff, switching from controller to screen, that is a bit annoying

I'd hate to leave a negative review just for being disappointed when the description clearly says "short game", but this obviously feels like it was just testing potential systems for a bigger game... Except several of those systems are broken at that. The "better deal once a day" thing just doesn't work, and many trades you make in town give the wrong values, on top of already being weirdly skewed. For such a minimal 'game', you could've at least gotten the mechanics it has to work right. The one positive takeaway I've gotten from this: All those courses about game programming that tell you "program systems"? This "game" is a perfect example of slapping together those systems to see how they all work before you go make a bigger game.

Fun short game to 100%

I was wondering why a game that looks this adorable would end up with 'Mixed' ratings. I've played the game for just a couple of minutes, and I already get it now. There's literally nothing interesting going on in this 'game'. You gather three types of items and then you walk back and forth between the most generic, soulless NPCs ever, sometimes selling or buying those exact three items to/from them. That's it. After making a bunch of money, you can unlock additional towns, but from what I'm gathering they're all tiny and equally boring. I liked the idea and the graphics, but sadly this game ended up being neither worth anyone's time nor money.

Do I recommend this game? NO (other reviewers already went in depth on why so read those) Did I still get hooked and addicted to this dumb repetitive game? Yes.