This is our puzzle game where you play as an unnamed digger/miner/generic underground job title, and you must get from A to B simply using the rocks (blocks) around you. Good luck :D WASD, Right Click to mine (delete), Left click and drag to move light coloured blocks. Notes: We only have a few levels for now but there are MANY more to come. We are also going to be adding a soundtrack with sound FX. Please follow our Twitters @ChiptuneDev and @WaistcoatDev for updates and the like:D
About the levitation... It's incredibly fun and all, but there are also puzzles too xD NOTE: I have included a second link. This link is a version of Geology Rocks that is constantly being updated, and therefore I cannot use as my official submission. The first link is the original submission, which has not changed.
UPDATED THE GAME!:D We now have (pretty crummy) sound FX, and we have fixed the levitation problem. (But we're keeping it in for something else...) Also Lava. Enjoy!
Funny mechanics, although if you plan on doing something more with this project you should do something about the ability to cheat by standing on the block that you move =)
Potential as a strong puzzler here, adding cave-in's for being too heavy handed would be great (and enjoyed the stand on blocks bug, made the game a really crazy version of that electric wire steady hand game :)
Good job! If you want to keep players from "levitating," you could make the blocks not collide with the player while being moved, and then have them reset or not be placed if they're in the player's way? Fun!
I'm really intrigued with the gameplay and can imagine several ways of it being really interesting. You should probably fix the mechanic of moving the blocks, maybe freeze the screen and prevent it from overlapping one another?
Nice mechanics, although it might be interesting to make the blocks tip if they're not supported correctly. Pretty good graphics, and a good sense of humor!
Cool idea and that character has style haha XD That bug with the flying rocks, maybe you could turn it into a mechanic, it would be really cool to actually do it on purpose somehow :D the only thing that bothered me was the character's hitbox, his arm collides with the walls and i couldn't make some jumps there D: But overall its a really cool game, nice job !
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gorgonzolapasta29 Apr 2014, 19:05
You could add control with the arrow keys. (I don't use a normal keyboard layout.) The Pixelart looks nice!
Writing in the instruction to NOT do something will cause troll players like me to do that exact thing. I completed the first two level by legit means, but after that everything became a shoot to the moon. :D Without this "feature" the game would not have been this fun.
Would have loved to see the game do more with the enemies and the rotating blocks (and much earlier - too much time spent stacking blocks). I think it'd be helpful to highlight the 'goal' region in some way, since it's not always in the same place relative to the user.
Very interesting, the main mechanic is actually one that I employed in a previous project. I will say it is a bit glitchy in places and the title is missing a exclamation mark ;) but other than that a good entry, well done.
Love the name, and the aesthetics and mechanics are pretty good as well. But like others said, the fact that I can fly using blocks makes the puzzles pretty trivial. Although it is pretty funny.
Cool game with a lot of potential. It's a shame it lacks sound, it really needs sound. Maybe you could add a sort of finish line or button on which you place a block to complete the level. Still awesome job!
Pretty game, neat idea, but kind of random!? I seem to die without reason and am never sure of my objective. Also, I was promised digging, but was unable to dig...
(ps my game also had trouble with "die for not reason" ^o^)
Flying on the blocks is a lot of fun! I wish this game was called "The Jedi Minecraft" :) I did not figure out how to mine, seems like this feature left unimplemented.
Nice concept, but I actually think your levitation bug is a much more interesting mechanic, you should just roll with it and make that the central mechanic of the game. Just come up with some backstory about telekinetic powers or something :P
Interesting ideas in here. I'd disable levitation while moving. Or alternatively *only* have levitation while moving for trickiness. "We are also going to be adding a soundtrack with sound FX. " - is this in the post-72 version? Silence here. :|
It's a fun game mechanic and could lead to some nice puzzles. I can stack the boxes directly to stairs (impossible physics), which makes the game rather easy. It would be fun if the towers collapsed if stacked improperly ;)
Cool concept. "Space" as the reset button caused me quite a bit of frustration. I kept hitting it by reflex sometimes since it's a common button for jumping. Also would have liked sound. Art looks good. Nice work.
Neat idea. I like the instructions and the levitate pose. Gameplay feels very loose, I think you should have focused more on what makes the game tick within the short time you had. It's hard having a gamebreaker as obvious as yours in there (stand on levitating block) and expect people to "play around it". If you can't get it out by design means, then embrace it and make it a real mechanic! Nice, moody entry overall, but lacks in sound, gameplay and representation of the theme.
very nice concept, the block handling is well made. The game is a bit buggy and unfortunately has no sounds :( However there lays lots of potential in the game
Very nice entry. Although the puzzles were a little on the easy side and didn't require too much thought. Also an actual indicator of where the goal was would be nice too. Flying around using the 'stand on block and move it' bug was fun even if it was unintentional :P
I couldn't get anything to happen. Clicking on the blocks doesn't mine them, all I could do was make the miner walk around and make the blocks float. Not going to rate until I can figure out how to play. Title screen looks great!
Nice presentation and idea, but could use some polish :) Also for pixle graphics I believe you shouldn't mix different resolutions (ie. all pixels should be same size).. I see this all to often these days (rotating pixels is also a no-no for true pixelated style)
Good game, with some flaws in the physics. I got trapped by dropping a rock on my head. With some more polish this would be a great game. Love the humour!
The concept is interesting, but it would be nice if the blocks wouldn't get stuck so often, one into another, because it's too easy to move a block too much and then both of them are unplayable.
Rating this as a jam game so I'm playing the post-compo (72 hour) version. First play-through got stuck under one of my own blocks almost immediately, made bad :P Second playthrough got stuck inside one of my own blocks. Third playthrough I made it through a few levels and then got two of my blocks stuck together. Man I suck at this so much!
The name is clever, the gameplay is too, just a few glitches that make it a little frustrating :S Nice artwork too, and good that there is sound in the game though it does get a little repetitive.
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Besides, i got confused with what was and was not a path.
I love the art. It took me back to the 80's, those torches felt bizarrely nostalgic to look at haha
And sorry but after telling me that i CAN levitate using a rock, i WILL levitate using a rock :T I'm a terrible person
But overall its a really cool game, nice job !
The Pixelart looks nice!
The idea is cool but, as some users said before, you need to disable the collisions while dragging blocks, otherwise players will keep cheating.
I liked the "quake" effect when placing blocks.. tiny "harmless" detail but made the world difference :)
I completed the first two level by legit means, but after that everything became a shoot to the moon. :D
Without this "feature" the game would not have been this fun.
the levitation bug still there. (jump on top of the block and carry this to levitate) but thats fun!
My biggest problem with the game was the lack of guidance to the level finish
The mechanic is cool though cheating is a little bit too easy.
(ps my game also had trouble with "die for not reason" ^o^)
Could jump on a block and drag myself with mouse ... :D
good work, thumbs up!
Great
I did not figure out how to mine, seems like this feature left unimplemented.
Up, C, Down, C, Left, C, Right, C, Hold A + Start
Nice, moody entry overall, but lacks in sound, gameplay and representation of the theme.
what to do..
And after I did, it was too easy...
I just flew to the end of the level.
Nice and COOL game with a lot of attitude.
Gameplay wise it didn't get it, but maybe I'm stupid.
And the graphics
The name is clever, the gameplay is too, just a few glitches that make it a little frustrating :S Nice artwork too, and good that there is sound in the game though it does get a little repetitive.