Indie Space Miner
This game is from the old Ludum Dare platform. You can try viewing the original page on Web Archive
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STORY:
You are a young miner who has just been given the opportunity to start his own independent mining business. Unfortunately, you don't have very much money so for now you'll have to fill some asteroids with artificial air inside and mine them manually.
Be careful, though, these small asteroids are often very unstable so cave-ins may happen (and kill you, in case you stand in their way) if you mine too many adjacent walls. If you cause more than 10 cave-ins, the whole asteroid will collapse and the game is over...
GAME CONTROLS:
arrow keys to move your character
('w','a','s','d' can scroll the map but there's no reason to do that since the map is limited to the window)
hold 'ctrl' to mine/destroy walls
'1' to go to main menu
'2' to give up
'r' to start a new game
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
- Windows (x64),Compo version: Download the .zip file and unpack everything to a folder of your choice, then click the .exe file to start the game.
- Linux/MacOS/Windows(x86), Compo & post-LD version: I'll try to provide binaries eventually, but for now you'll need to install the love2D framework which you can get at http://love2d.org . After installing Love2D, download the '.zip' file provided as 'source/Love2D' and change its type from '.zip' to '.love'. Then, you can double-click on the file or open a terminal in the folder and write 'love [file name]' to start the game.
NEWS:
2014-04-28: The LD contest version has received fixes for a few small issues (see the commit text at the 'github' link below for more information on what was fixed)
2014-05-07: Work on a post-LD version of the game has begun. So far, it features a complete list of controls on the start screen and when the game is over it'll tell you why. More improvements will be added over time.
You are a young miner who has just been given the opportunity to start his own independent mining business. Unfortunately, you don't have very much money so for now you'll have to fill some asteroids with artificial air inside and mine them manually.
Be careful, though, these small asteroids are often very unstable so cave-ins may happen (and kill you, in case you stand in their way) if you mine too many adjacent walls. If you cause more than 10 cave-ins, the whole asteroid will collapse and the game is over...
GAME CONTROLS:
arrow keys to move your character
('w','a','s','d' can scroll the map but there's no reason to do that since the map is limited to the window)
hold 'ctrl' to mine/destroy walls
'1' to go to main menu
'2' to give up
'r' to start a new game
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
- Windows (x64),Compo version: Download the .zip file and unpack everything to a folder of your choice, then click the .exe file to start the game.
- Linux/MacOS/Windows(x86), Compo & post-LD version: I'll try to provide binaries eventually, but for now you'll need to install the love2D framework which you can get at http://love2d.org . After installing Love2D, download the '.zip' file provided as 'source/Love2D' and change its type from '.zip' to '.love'. Then, you can double-click on the file or open a terminal in the folder and write 'love [file name]' to start the game.
NEWS:
2014-04-28: The LD contest version has received fixes for a few small issues (see the commit text at the 'github' link below for more information on what was fixed)
2014-05-07: Work on a post-LD version of the game has begun. So far, it features a complete list of controls on the start screen and when the game is over it'll tell you why. More improvements will be added over time.