Game Title: Pongzi Scheme

Playable Link: [https://indieoffshore.itch.io/pongzi-scheme](https://indieoffshore.itch.io/pongzi-scheme)

Platform: Windows (free download via itch)



Description:

Pongzi Scheme is an active incremental where Pong physics meet financial fraud. You

bounce a coin off a candlestick paddle, and every block you smash is a fake

"investment" that skims cash from your "clients". Chaining hits without missing builds

a combo multiplier, so clean play pays far more than sloppy play. But every payout

raises SUSPICION, a timer that fills the greedier you get; let it max out and the

scheme runs hot. Before it collapses you retreat to your office and reinvest the loot

into shady instruments (ROI, leverage, pump-and-dumps, shell companies, a compliance

tree to outrun the SEC). Eventually you liquidate the whole fund and vanish to the

Cayman Islands, banking a permanent prestige multiplier and starting an even bigger

scam. The numbers go up and the bubble never pops... until it does. Unlike most

incrementals it's fully active, you play every payout, no idle waiting. The free demo

runs to the first prestige wall (\~15-30 min), with keyboard, mouse and gamepad support

in seven languages. I'm after feedback on whether the active loop stays fun past the

first few rounds and where the balance or pacing drags.



Free to Play Status:

\- \[ \] Free to play

\- \[x\] Demo/Key available

\- \[ \] Paid



Involvement:

I designed it, made the calls, and built it in Godot 4.

Pongzi Scheme (free demo)