Hey,
Cool you checked out my game. Well, it's more of a demo than a full game.
Yes the pedestrians spark a lot of interest, people who play the game like to see features like being able to rob them for example.
What did you mean by 'signage' though? Like street signs.. or..? Same for 'pan handling mechanics'. You mean like panning around the screen?
I like your idea about street performance. Of course, knowing myself, I probably won't work on the game anymore, since I tend to lose interest after it's 'complete' within a certain scope. Might be different if I didn't have to do all the programming myself, since I'm stil learning and regularly encounter - for me - infuriating issues. I do like to make graphics and game ideas.
Anyway, it was mostly based on the game 'Rags to Riches' for the C64. I never played that game - did see footage of it - and when was inspired to make something similar but with a a twist of course but the same goal; make money from a bum to a wealthy person.
Yeah about robbing and sueing, this game is probably suitable for 16+ or something for a specific audience. Although there isn't any actual visible violence in the game.
I don't know about any similar games like this one. I figure this one alone is hard to find if you were looking for it, since it's not promoted, popular or otherwise known outside this topic and the Scirra Arcade. Well, if you type in 'Lousy Bum' in Google the game does get listed on the first page, lol.
One guy called 'MO SALAAH' said he set the highscore of $8,096 as a guest. That's quite impressive and if anyone is up for it he asks that someone try to beat his score!
- R