It's a basic roguelike where you explore a XIXth gold mine. Unfortunately, I added only few features: you can collect gold, food and lamps (very useful to avoid death). The map reveal all the room.
The goal is (of course) to explore a lot of levels.
[arrows] or [numpad] to move. [numpad 5] or [SPACE] to wait. [L] to look around (buggy) and [SPACE] to escape.
I didn't have time to add these features: - inventory - fauna (AI, etc.) - PNJ (ghost of dead prospectors! outlaws! spirits!)
My first attempt to make a roguelike: well, 3 days is not enough^^ So I probably add more stuff in the next weeks, and the post-LD version should more interesting.
I'm not entirely a fan of this kind of game. But I took that emotion out and gave it an honest go.
Overall, it wasnt bad for a DOS Game lookalike! I found there wasn't enough lamps, and the gameplay didn't feel all too rewarding; but I did enjoy myself for a good 5-10 minutes until I had absolutely no light, walking blind and suddenly died :P
Got to floor -7, but by then I had already lost my torch and could only see a smart part of the room. So, after wandering for a while I quit. I hadn't played a proper roguelike game until now, but it was nice. It's a pity, though, that I was able to grab all those cool items but couldn't use them... =/
I really like where this game is going, I got confused when my viewable area started to disappear, then I died. I hope you do something more with this!
I love the the rogue like aesthetic so much that I enjoyed just walking around. That was actually one of the moodiest entry so far. 3 days is indeed short. Consider entering the 7drl. Good job nonetheless.
A little confusing to start with though.