Gnomish Miners

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.97
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.36
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%
The Gnomish miners are collecting gems. Try to collect as many as possible before the mine fills up.

Inspired by Ingenious/Einfach Genial.

Update: I reduced the board size from 11x11 to 9x9 so it fits better on smaller resolutions. Please leave a comment if the game layout doesn't look right on your screen. Thanks!

Comments21

eugman30 Apr 2014, 00:31
Very well implemented game. Although I do have to mention that it seems to borrow heavily from the boardgame Ingenious.
Anoarith
Anoarith30 Apr 2014, 00:34
Really cool puzzle game :D ! Reminds me of the boardgame Einfach Genial.

Too bad it's not color-friendly :(
LandoSystems
LandoSystems30 Apr 2014, 00:35
Cool concept, and a polished interface. The rules were still a bit unclear at first (do the colors have to be uninterrupted in the row?), but I still felt like I accomplished something when I finished, even with a score of 0 : ).

Thanks for putting this up!
ArcturusDeluxe30 Apr 2014, 00:36
Interesting game, I like the concept behind it. The graphics are simple, but effective.
pichifino30 Apr 2014, 00:36
Is a good idea and a good game but I do not see the connection between the game that give the topic
WhiteVoidia
WhiteVoidia30 Apr 2014, 01:03
The graphics are nice and very smooth. The gameplay was fun, addicting, and sometimes mind-bending. Great job :D
HybridMind
HybridMind30 Apr 2014, 01:42
I've never played the games you mention inspired this, but the concept seems interesting. The random number generator screwed me a bit though on the score system. Since it produced very little blue hexes during my playtime, that was my lowest scoring gem. This is well polished, but I find the connection to the theme very missing. Yes, you called this a mining game, but that seems like merely a nod to the theme.
GreatBigJerk
GreatBigJerk30 Apr 2014, 20:43
Very cool puzzle game! I hope you keep going with it. It'd be really slick on mobile.
ZQMony1 May 2014, 01:22
This is a addicting fun puzzle game.
uRLgR3y1 May 2014, 01:27
Simple and fun.
Ellian
Ellian1 May 2014, 01:27
Very well made. Nice concept, especially how the final score is calculated. Simple and effective!
ruerob2 May 2014, 01:19
It was really fun to have an eye on the numbers to raise the lowest color and not to block the other colors at the same time. Nice game. Thank you for that entry.
Cambrian_Man2 May 2014, 03:07
Well, sure it's a cool puzzle game, but where are the beards!?
petrih2 May 2014, 08:03
Well done!
lowcade
lowcade2 May 2014, 16:18
was very similar to the real game.
I didn't get where is the theme?
badlydrawnrod3 May 2014, 18:18
A good, single player interpretation of Ingenious. I liked that a lot. A little off theme, but that doesn't matter. Nicely done.
lorniebear4 May 2014, 14:18
Very fun, and easy to play
AnglerteamGames6 May 2014, 02:21
Very well-implemented; the game played quickly and beautifully, and was a very interesting concept.

I found the theme to be a little bit of a hindrance in understanding the game -- I wasn't really sure why gems were being re-mined, why the sources tiles don't get included, or indeed where the gnomes were. Certainly a game I'll enjoy coming back to, though.
eskivor6 May 2014, 03:27
good potential

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