I love the mining / oxygen concept. I think if you add more variety to levels, more stuff to dig up, maybe even some upgrades, you could really expand this into something great.
Thank you so much to everyone who played, and thanks for the praise :D - It's great to hear I made a game that was fun, and will definitely take into account the suggestions people have made :)
@almightyzentaco Thanks :), I don't know why its so large. I'm going to develop it more, and give it better visuals, and I will definitely do my best to optimise it!
Fun game! The main menu could be controlled with the keyboard as well, otherwise the flow (from the menu to the game... and then back to the menu) breaks in the transition.
Regarding the exe file it's definitely not normal for a game so short to be that "big". I can totally see the file size being a deal-breaker for some potential players so here's my advice; Ensure you are not compiling your project with "include debug information" (A "build for release" option/profile should be available in most dev environments) and also see if your IDE/toolchain offers the option to "strip" unneded/unused symbols when compiling. That usually removes any portion of code that your game is not ACTUALLY using (sometimes your game gets compiled together with the FULL runtime and libraries you are using even when you call a function or two from them).
Ha ha, fun little game! I like it, you immediately grasp the interest and it's good to run. Reminds me of Boulder Dash for some reason, although it's actually quite different. Nice entry!
BTW I'll check this page often to see if you have uploaded source. I'll take a look at why it is so big a file as you requested on the blog :)
Cool game, really enjoyed it. Regarding the file size, uncompressed audio files are usually the culprit for that sort of thing. Hope you can get it sorted out, this one deserves to have more people check it out :)
Well yep, no mystery here! You have ~3Mb of sound effects, and 110Mb of music! 3'30" is awfully long for an uncompressed .wav. I'm pretty sure GM8 accepts MP3, so you should definitely go for it when it comes to BGMs. You can keep .wav for SFX, though.
Wow, this was actually MORE fun than I expected :D The music is really great, and I like just running around and spamming those gravity-defying bombs. Then suddenly an alarm rang and the music changed, and I was like "WTF!" and then it rained giant drills. Really cool.
This is so addictive! I just wished I could get some power ups to increase the oxygen. Gotta love the digging. Add more power ups, more terrain and random items to find and I could spend hours playing.
Very nice work! Cute little destruction game. I don't really think the the theme was designed for building and or destruction games, but you made it work! Nice sounds, good graphics. Alright animations. 8/10
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Thanks so much :D
Though, I never reached a sudden death or anything. I'm definitely going to continue playing this little game!
Regarding the exe file it's definitely not normal for a game so short to be that "big". I can totally see the file size being a deal-breaker for some potential players so here's my advice; Ensure you are not compiling your project with "include debug information" (A "build for release" option/profile should be available in most dev environments) and also see if your IDE/toolchain offers the option to "strip" unneded/unused symbols when compiling. That usually removes any portion of code that your game is not ACTUALLY using (sometimes your game gets compiled together with the FULL runtime and libraries you are using even when you call a function or two from them).
@iterative deepening heh, thank you, It is quite hard.
BTW I'll check this page often to see if you have uploaded source. I'll take a look at why it is so big a file as you requested on the blog :)
Duellists! I really enjoyed your game :)
Ill try re-uploading.
You can add some more stuff and make a really interesting game. :)
Great job!
The music is really great, and I like just running around and spamming those gravity-defying bombs.
Then suddenly an alarm rang and the music changed, and I was like "WTF!" and then it rained giant drills. Really cool.
but gameplay is bored