Fantasy Shop

9/13/2024

Fantasy Shop is a game about buying things in a world where they haven’t quite figured out how currency should work.

There are a couple rules that everyone abides by: you may not overpay and you may only buy one thing at a time. These rules come together to make some funny conclusions.

My goal for this game was to find everything that was funny about this system and put it into a little demo. Go ahead and check it out, it will only take a few minutes to complete.

Here is the download link: fantasy-shop.zip

The first joke this game makes is that you can have negative currency and it makes sense. Moreover, vendors can sell things for a negative price and you have to give them money. Another joke this game makes is that when you are trying to buy something worth more than $11, you don’t just put down as many $11 coins that fit. This is because the denominations of currency are weird. (Or more precisely, the values of the coins are coprime.)

Thanks for checking out my little game! I appreciate it!