Money Vault

[mxc0427]

http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/games/moneyvault/

Rules: Fifty cards line the Money Vault walls. Forty are Cash Cards ranging from $1,000 to $100,000. Ten are “Bail Cards”. If you choose a Cash Card the value will be revealed and you may place it in any of the ten available slots. Cash Cards must be placed from lowest in slot one to highest in slot ten. If you cannot place a card in an appropriate slot, the game is over. If you successfully place Cash Cards in all slots, you win the entire value of your bank. If you draw a “Bail Card” you are allowed to walk away with a portion of your winnings. You can walk with 5% of your bank for each Bail Card you draw. If you get stuck you are given two Key Cards. One is “Pass”, which lets you pass the Cash Card and draw again. The other is “Swap”, which lets you swap one of Cash Cards already placed for the card just drawn.

Strategy is everything in "Money Vault." As you close your gaps, the game gets tougher but much more exciting. With a leaderboard, you play against others from around the world! Can you beat the Money Vault?

[NickS]

I like the game; after playing it a couple of times though I've had to turn the sound off.  You might want to look into getting a professional voice-over artist to do the lines.

[wheelloon]

[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'253527\' date=\'Dec 28 2010, 04:15 PM\']I like the game; after playing it a couple of times though I've had to turn the sound off.  You might want to look into getting a professional voice-over artist to do the lines.[/quote]

Ditto... Verbatim.

[Dbacksfan12]

What is "Xvid Codec"?  I haven't heard of this...I'm assuming this is safe, but thought I'd ask here first.
Edit: The game started itself up this time.  Pretty fun game--though I could go without the long, drawn out reveals that have become so stereotypical of today's game shows.

4/5

[Kevin Prather]

It's just a video thing, Mark.

[Sodboy13]

I've been enjoying this game.  I find myself getting far too riled up when I'm down to the last 2 or 3 open slots, considering that I'm playing for precisely zero real money.  It's a fun round of high-stakes Rack-O.

One gameplay suggestion: picking all 10 bailout cards automatically awards the full bank. Or, to guard against the extremely slight possibility of grabbing all 10 before a single cash card, the option to walk with the current full bank.

[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'253527\' date=\'Dec 28 2010, 03:15 PM\']I like the game; after playing it a couple of times though I've had to turn the sound off.  You might want to look into getting a professional voice-over artist to do the lines.[/quote]
Yeah, the voice work could use some sprucing up.  I'm available, by the way...

[BrandonFG]

I know the game is all about risk, but I'm not big on not offering a chance to stop.

Maybe offer a few automatic bailouts should be offered whether you find a bailout card or not. One for say, 10% if you place five cards, and then after 9 cards, maybe 20-25% of the final amount.

Either that or a small amount of money for each card placed, and you can walk with that.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'253533\' date=\'Dec 28 2010, 03:13 PM\']What is "Xvid Codec"?  I haven't heard of this...I'm assuming this is safe, but thought I'd ask here first.[/quote]
Something that if you don't already have it installed, you really probably ought to.

[Matt Ottinger]

How are the values of the "Cash Cards" determined?  Are they just randomly generated numbers between 1 and 100?  That's important for game play, knowing that they aren't weighted to the high numbers or the low numbers.  It's very well designed, both as a game and as a computer program.

[TLEberle]

So Endemol Rack-O, with a bush league announcer.

[mxc0427]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'253548\' date=\'Dec 28 2010, 09:46 PM\']How are the values of the "Cash Cards" determined?  Are they just randomly generated numbers between 1 and 100?  That's important for game play, knowing that they aren't weighted to the high numbers or the low numbers.  It's very well designed, both as a game and as a computer program.[/quote]

Correct. They are randomly generated. As random as you can get! And, there is only one of each amount.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'253539\' date=\'Dec 28 2010, 04:12 PM\']I know the game is all about risk, but I'm not big on not offering a chance to stop.

Maybe offer a few automatic bailouts should be offered whether you find a bailout card or not. One for say, 10% if you place five cards, and then after 9 cards, maybe 20-25% of the final amount.

Either that or a small amount of money for each card placed, and you can walk with that.[/quote]If I'm producing, I ditch the bail out cards, and the Key Helps. If you place all ten cards sequentially, you win the total prizes on the board. I also allow the contestant to nominate two "pit stop" chances along the game, but only after three cards are on the board. If you reach that plateau, you can take the money that goes with that amount and wuss out, or press on and chuck the safety net.

In terms of the computer version, I would straight away get rid of the ascending cash values. I'd prefer not to have to wait that long to find out my card was $97,000."

[gaubster2]

Doesn't work on my iMac?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'gaubster2\' post=\'253558\' date=\'Dec 28 2010, 08:40 PM\']Doesn't work on my iMac?[/quote]
1) iMac or iPad? If the latter, yeah, it won't.

2) Update your Flash.

[LA the DJ]

I'm going to agree with a lot of what has been said.
The VOs are pretty weak, but then I seem to see that a lot these days (Ludia Games, anyone?).
The "suspenseful" money value climb also just becomes annoying after awhile. In fact, I posted this while waiting for some high values to climb. Yawn.

All that aside, I do think it's an interesting game. Just needs tweaking.

Also, you could allow a DonD style "Had you gone on..." scenario so that the player knows if he/she made a bad decision.