Mechanics feel solid. Although many times I hit a big pile of rocks and/or laval that made it impossible to continue. Rocks are a death sentence for sure. Also for some weird reason I kept trying to use the arrow keys left/right in the opposite to your settings. I don't know why but it felt unnatural, probably just preference though.
Simple and fun game, although i think at the beginning it should be more forgiving, like letting you dig faster through rocks (cause if you hit rock - youre 100% wont be able to get out of it fast to continue). Also sometimes game spawns 2 rocks taking like 99% of the width of screen, so youre automatically screwed.
Great entry, the only thing that really irritates me would be that I couldn't find an option to invert the controls - it just would seem more natural for me if they went the other way. Still, very fun game.
@Liens: Yes, the generator is completely random. I'd have wanted to improve it so that all maps were beatable, but didn't have the time
Arrow keys: I had it inverted at some point, but it was confusing for me, and I changed it so that left meant left of screen and right meant right of screen. Preferences, I guess. If I upgrade it, I'll add it as an option.
Fun but a little tough. Luck plays too much of a component. A few slight tweaks could make it much more fun. A slight increase in the speed of Drilling though Rock. To reduce the luck requirement, either a fixed seed or a heuristic to ensure that there is at least _some_ quick path. Getting a couple of rocks spanning the full width kills you no matter how good you are.
I frequently come across two rocks spanning the entire width of the level (as in the second screenshot you uploaded). That's pretty much always a death sentence with no way to avoid. Fun, though!
@Lerc: I wanted it a bit tough, but you are right that those things are actual issues I didn't have the time to fix, and the game would improve with more work there.
Pretty solid game, great execution. Its quite hard but really fun. You should give the option to invert controls though, it's sometimes a bit confusing.
One of the best entries I saw. Id'd be hugely addictive if it wasn't for two things:
- The controls seem swapped; at least for me. I think you could at least turn that into an option, because frequently at the verge of death I'd press the opposite arrow without any apparent reason. - Sometimes it's _impossible_ to avoid some rocks. Try to work on that and we got a glorious game
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Arrow keys: I had it inverted at some point, but it was confusing for me, and I changed it so that left meant left of screen and right meant right of screen. Preferences, I guess. If I upgrade it, I'll add it as an option.
Very satisfying gem sounds and great match to the theme. It just "feels" nice :)
@Notch: Glad you liked it despite that issue!
You should give the option to invert controls though, it's sometimes a bit confusing.
Id'd be hugely addictive if it wasn't for two things:
- The controls seem swapped; at least for me. I think you could at least turn that into an option, because frequently at the verge of death I'd press the opposite arrow without any apparent reason.
- Sometimes it's _impossible_ to avoid some rocks. Try to work on that and we got a glorious game
By the way, I also kept getting the directions mixed. The drill is moving down so when I wanted to steer right I kept pressing left.