Shovel Master

by dbralir
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.41
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.39
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%
Shovel Master!

You are are a skilled treasure hunter, exploring various areas in search of gold.

Collect at least 50 gold to pay for travel to the next area, but you only get one minute!

Arrow keys to move, spacebar to dig.

Dev Team:

5-cent BAZOOKA - Designer

Aarithian - Artist

Ben "Juicy" Olson - Artist

Chume - Programmer

DBRalir - Programmer, Designer

Reginald Simmons - Musician

screenshot

Comments18

vinull
vinull17 Dec 2013, 03:53
I like the art style and music - the game play is a little rough, it's very hard to get those coins in time!
GaTechGrad17 Dec 2013, 04:07
Neat game and good work on the sprite graphics. This reminds me a lot of the shoveling mini game in Zelda: A Link to the Past for the SNES.
MRvanderPants17 Dec 2013, 18:16
I liked the games concept. But the art looks a little rushed somehow. Maybe you shouldn't cut the edges of the playfield like that, and try to make some different sprites, which you can randomly use on trees and such. The shoveling animation was pretty smooth thou
Jeasonfire
Jeasonfire17 Dec 2013, 19:05
That was really fun, simple and fun. Also, the music was very cool.
pele17 Dec 2013, 19:08
The music is arcadey and cool. the graphics could use some work. The game felt too much luck based and I'm not sure if it was specific to me but the objective didn't feel clear until I got a game over.
JaJ
JaJ17 Dec 2013, 20:57
There doesn´t really seem to be any skill involved in playing this game, it´s all luck.

The presentation is nice.
StMatn17 Dec 2013, 21:10
Nice game!
The music and graphics are really cool.
I really like the look and animation of the treasure hunter :)

After the second level I thought "Well...I got 60 gold and have 20 seconds left. I will lose my money anyway, so... lets chill and just wait for the next level." Then the game tells me, my score is 200 and I instantly regret my lazyness :D

Great game!
Scifer17 Dec 2013, 21:50
Very nice. Do love the retro feel and look to the gameplay. Can so envisage playing this on the SNES
eralpkaraduman17 Dec 2013, 21:58
I installed windows on virtual machine just to play this game :)
DBRalir
DBRalirauthor17 Dec 2013, 22:21
Thanks for the comments, guys! We were really rushed, and weren't able to add everything we wanted.

Expect a post-compo version!
WojWorks20 Dec 2013, 06:07
It's a bit of a guessing game, but it's fun enough.
Croze
Croze4 Jan 2014, 23:15
Felt too random, it was pretty much press space and move as much as possible. Good idea though, and looked nice.
Jeremias
Jeremias5 Jan 2014, 12:02
You should make the digging faster and add some kind of meaningful decision to the gameplay, e.g. hints where to dig, enemies to avoid or so. In the moment, it's just luck. I like the background music and the sound effects!
mtinkerhess5 Jan 2014, 20:43
The execution is pretty good (graphics, sound, music, controls), but I'm not a big fan of the gameplay -- it seems like there aren't any interesting decisions for the player to make, and whether you win or lose seems to be pretty much luck.
Jedi5 Jan 2014, 23:20
I agree with what's been said; it's an awesome execution but the gameplay itself is too boring and random.

I really liked the music!

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