I had a lot of fun in my first Ludum Dare. This is the game I made, Drilling Beneath the Surface. In this game you start at ground level and dig down, avoiding traps to find a gem! Once you find the gem, you can safely navigate back to the top and deposit it.
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EDIT:
Post-ludum dare fix: http://www.mediafire.com/download/4lslgloa3b1a61f/post+ld29+res+fix.jar This version fixes the buttons not working on lower resolution monitors, there are still quite a few bugs and changes I'd like to make after ludum dare is over. To keep up with whatever I'm doing, feel free to check out my temporary website! I'd absolutely love more feedback in the comments :)
Congratulations for finishing your first ludum dare! It's a solid entry, if a bit simple: I played all the way till the end. Dying on the trap blocks also confused me at first, but I guess I should have just payed more attention to the instructions.
Really nice game. I also died a few times before figuring out the darker bricks kill you. It could really benefit from adding a time constraint. As it stands, the best way to get the highest score possible, is to play REALLY carefully and just drill every block that doesn't hurt, which boils the game down to color matching. Adding a timer would force the player to make quick decisions and plan paths to get the most amount of good blocks in the least amount of time.
Interesting idea ... if this game would last longer and had more different obstracles (for example stones that fall down) it could become quite addictive.
I won with a score of 3130! This was a feel-good game. Cute sprites, but overall really easy to finish, especially as you regenerate lives after each gem.
Thanks guys! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :) I'll attempt to add more difficult challenges and stuff in the post-Ludum Dare version, I will start working on it after voting for this Ludum Dare is over! :)
Cute little game and quite fun. You should add some kind of time pressure to make it harder. I liked the art a lot. Well done! I scored 2500, but I have no idea what my score means. You should either display the score in-game, or give a hint like "try to beat the game faster" or "try to get hurt less".
I encountered a small bug where on the main screen, the area I had to click for the buttons was shifted down. What I mean is that clicking "play" and "how to play" did nothing, but clicking "quit" actually started the game. This is on OS 10.9.2, java version "1.6.0_65"
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Anyway, REALLY nice!
To everyone else:
Thank you very much for your feedback, I am sorry I didn't make it obvious enough of a hazard. Thank you all for your kind words! :)
I'll attempt to add more difficult challenges and stuff in the post-Ludum Dare version, I will start working on it after voting for this Ludum Dare is over! :)
I liked the art a lot. Well done!
I scored 2500, but I have no idea what my score means. You should either display the score in-game, or give a hint like "try to beat the game faster" or "try to get hurt less".
I encountered a small bug where on the main screen, the area I had to click for the buttons was shifted down. What I mean is that clicking "play" and "how to play" did nothing, but clicking "quit" actually started the game. This is on OS 10.9.2, java version "1.6.0_65"