Inspectable

Quick game made in a week for the 2025 b3agz game jam. You are a collector whose prized collection had been infiltrated by  mimics.  Use the equipment to test each object and decide whether to take it or discard it.  Correctly taking a collectable will give you money and time back, while accidentally taking a fake will set you back in both time and money. See how much money you can get in the limited time and save your prized collection!

Controls:

Mouse for everything (mobile works too I think) - click and drag objects to move them around
Esc or O for options menu (recommend using O on itch so it doesn’t exit full screen)



Equipment:

Weighing scale -  takes 3 seconds to measure the weight of the object. Fake objects will have higher weight variances, so compare the value with the expected value and variance to see if it is fake or not (keep in mind some fake objects may have weights that seem real).

Feather box - tickles the collectable, making it jump if it is fake. Every second you leave the collectable in, there is a chance (10%) for the collectable to jump (only if it is fake)

Scientific test - runs tests on the collectable telling you there it is real or not with almost 100% certainty. However. It takes 10 seconds to run, and you cannot take the collectable out of the box before it is done.

Collectables:

Strawberry - [game: Celeste] - [expected weight: 1.5 +- 0.3] - [rarity: common]

Korok Seed - [game: Zelda (botw/totk)] - [expected weight: 3 +- 0.2] - [rarity: common]

Coin - [game: Mario] - [expected weight: 5 +- 0.1] - [rarity: common]

Grub - [game: Hollow Knight] - [expected weight: 15 +- 3] - [rarity: Uncommon]

Golden Strawberry - [game: Celeste] - [expected weight: 5 +- 0.5] - [rarity: Rare]

Started out as an easy idea so that I could do polish and nice art. Don’t have to tell you how that went. Didn’t have a lot of time to do play testing either.  Game may be a little unbalanced. Second* game made yay 🎉. Also fist time doing proper pixel art for myself (not just squares and boxes with eyes)

I don’t think anyone will read this far but have fun!