🚨 THIS IS A DEMO BUILD / VERTICAL SLICE 🚨

Everything is subject to change. The Melon has yet to show his mercy.

Welcome to Melon Laughs at Dopamine Addicts (MLDA) 🍉

What started as a silly side project for laughs somehow grew into a working prototype. This is the first game I’ve ever made, built with zero prior game dev experience.

I’m a full-time college student with scraps of time, and what you’re playing here is a vertical slice demo raw, imperfect, but real. I don’t plan on promising anything I can’t handle or burning myself out… but the Melon demands I tend his dopamine machine.

Premise

Stuck, burned, and out of options, you’re invited by the Evil Melon CEO of Melon Corp. to synergize your dopamine and build a Pulp Coin empire.

Sure, it’s a clicker… but it’s a clicker that grows, learns, and plays back with you.

Future?

The Melon demands more: more properties, more workflows, more ways to exploit dopamine channels. Maybe he’ll need a bigger brain, or new math to cook the upgrade shops for quarterly reports. Who knows? The Melon decides.

Vision

MLDA is a satire of how games, apps, and corporations hijack our brains for dopamine. My goal isn’t to make the biggest clicker  it’s to make one that feels alive, one that parodies the very systems we take for granted.

This demo is just the seed. If it grows, the Melon will grow too stranger, funnier, and maybe a little scarier with each update.

Disclaimers (no pitchforks yet, please)

• I used AI tools for some of the heavier coding when things went over my head.

• This game is held together with duct tape, dopamine, and chaos but it works.

• Expect bugs, cursed math, and balancing nightmares. Tell me if you find something wild. The Melon feeds on feedback.

Follow Along

If you want to see where this goes, follow the dev log or support the project. The Melon demands growth. 🍉