One year to retirement

Disclaimer

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We are aware that this game is extremely difficult. It's that way on purpose as an allegory of living as older citizen in capitalistic society. Be aware that Harold is winner any way as he managed to reach old age.

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It's one year until Harold can retire. He got an easy job as the night guard at the Royal Mall. It's easy, right? Everything is protected by magic after all.. Wait what? The spell has faded away? It seems the management wants to maximize profits and doesn't want to pay the wizard to reinforce the spell. And they'll dump my pay for every item stolen. On top of that the word has spread and some "adventurers" want to claim their loot...

Use WASD to move.
Your goal is to catch all thieves, before they steal gems in the mall.
Any stolen goods must be reimbursed by Harold using his retirement money!
To catch a thief simply find them and shine your lantern on them. Once caught they need to be dumped in a "Jail" bag. There are multiple of them in the levels. You can press [Q] to see the view of magical orbs spread around the mall. The enemies are smart though and use paint to obscure the view! Don't worry though, you can hold [E] to clean a dirty orb, when standing next to it.
This game is a reverse-stealth game developed for the GMTK 2023 Game Jam by two people
Thanks for playing!