Digable Planet
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IMPORTANT: If you don't have a mouse or a mousewheel play the Post Compo version!
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The Galactic Governor has spoken: you're Mankind's only hope! Find the artefact (small purple jelly beans) buried deep beneath the surface of this unstable planet to give Mankind a chance for a brighter future!
Hint: There are several artefacts buried on the planet but only one will save Mankind's future! It sure won't be the first, it may be the second but it will definitely be the third one you found!!
Hint #2: If you don't succeed don't give up, you can do it! Finding the right artefact is worth the try!
To achieve your mission, you'll have to manage your resources, iron (blue rocks) and gold (orange rocks), in order to build machines that will help you find the artefacts :
- a Digger: allows you to drill and pick up resources. Careful, you don't want to drill the planet core!
- a Radar: it will give you a pretty good view of what lies beneath the surface
- a Cooler: if the planet core becomes out of control, coolers help it maintaining a reasonable size
- a Tower: as you'll see, you're not welcome by the planet natives. A tower will help you eliminate those who dare attack your machines!
When you don't need a machine anymore or if you want a digger to stop digging, you can destroy/sell it by positioning the mouse on it and left clicking. If the machine hasn't got any damage, you'll be refunded of half its cost.
Controls
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The game only plays with the mouse:
<Left click> : Build a machine or Sell the current selected machine
<Mouse wheel> : Browse the 4 different machines
<R> : Restart
POST-COMPO
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After some feedback I've made a post compo version with alternate controls (especially useful if you don't have a mouse or a mouse wheel), some small bug corrections and a nice alert when a digger is about to drill the planet's core.
IMPORTANT: If you don't have a mouse or a mousewheel play the Post Compo version!
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The Galactic Governor has spoken: you're Mankind's only hope! Find the artefact (small purple jelly beans) buried deep beneath the surface of this unstable planet to give Mankind a chance for a brighter future!
Hint: There are several artefacts buried on the planet but only one will save Mankind's future! It sure won't be the first, it may be the second but it will definitely be the third one you found!!
Hint #2: If you don't succeed don't give up, you can do it! Finding the right artefact is worth the try!
To achieve your mission, you'll have to manage your resources, iron (blue rocks) and gold (orange rocks), in order to build machines that will help you find the artefacts :
- a Digger: allows you to drill and pick up resources. Careful, you don't want to drill the planet core!
- a Radar: it will give you a pretty good view of what lies beneath the surface
- a Cooler: if the planet core becomes out of control, coolers help it maintaining a reasonable size
- a Tower: as you'll see, you're not welcome by the planet natives. A tower will help you eliminate those who dare attack your machines!
When you don't need a machine anymore or if you want a digger to stop digging, you can destroy/sell it by positioning the mouse on it and left clicking. If the machine hasn't got any damage, you'll be refunded of half its cost.
Controls
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The game only plays with the mouse:
<Left click> : Build a machine or Sell the current selected machine
<Mouse wheel> : Browse the 4 different machines
<R> : Restart
POST-COMPO
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After some feedback I've made a post compo version with alternate controls (especially useful if you don't have a mouse or a mouse wheel), some small bug corrections and a nice alert when a digger is about to drill the planet's core.