Let's Get Digging

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.68
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★46%
EDIT II: I fixed the falling bug in level 1. You are supposed to dig down.

Ok, so I fixed all the important bugs just in time: now you can see all the levels and the enemies.

Game is an old fashioned game and very simple. Try to dig down levels without dying. The hard part is to dig: main weapon (press X) mines the stone, special weapon (X + down) digs the earth.

There are 3 heroes in the game: the miner, the farmer and the magician. Try the all! (careful with the farmer, its easy to get stuck if you dig to much)

Started the game the last day, so I didn't have much time to put the things I wanted like an actual shop were you can buy upgrades and stuff.

Hope you enjoy it and sorry if it's too hard, couldn't calibrate it since I've uploaded it 2 mins before the limit haha.

Comments14

superzac28 Apr 2014, 02:41
Once I grasped the mechanics, I thought it was a cool idea. It just seems really hard, also I couldn't seem to break the grey stone.
rogberth
rogberthauthor28 Apr 2014, 07:29
The grey stone is broken with the normal attack. I know this is kind of ridiculous (specially for the farmer) but I think it gives the game a certain strategic point of view on where you dig so you can later mine the stone depending on the parabolic curve of your main weapon.
Jeffalisk
Jeffalisk28 Apr 2014, 10:41
Love this graphic style, took me back to the glory days of the ZX Spectrum which I assume was the look you were going for!
The wizard's walk animation was great. Overall a fun game though you're right, it is very hard.
Simon@LD29 Apr 2014, 08:07
Ah, a nostalgic trip to the good old days of gaming! One thing i miss though is a little effect to indicate you've taken damage. Really like the selection in characters to play with!
delfino
delfino29 Apr 2014, 08:43
Nice! I like the character variety, it is quite difficult like you mentioned.
kyyrma29 Apr 2014, 09:42
Very nostalgic. Good use of a limited palette in the graphics. Enjoyed it!
dsoft20
dsoft2029 Apr 2014, 09:58
Nice speccy graphics :D, I really like how the game plays with different characters
sudorossy
sudorossy30 Apr 2014, 23:05
Cool graphical style, but seems pretty difficult. Could you jump? I seemed to get stuck pretty easily
tchem
tchem1 May 2014, 03:14
nice artwork!!!
Rabbits...
Rabbits...2 May 2014, 01:09
There was a lag in the moving due to the key repeat, flash can be weird like that, you may want to check your render loop to get the motion a bit smoother, besides that the characters and their attacks were very nice looking.
petey1235673 May 2014, 20:06
Good stuff! As a player, I wanted to queue up multiple 'special weapons'.
Almost
Almost7 May 2014, 04:33
I played as the miner. I dug straight down with bombs but then found it very awkward to have to throw my pickaxe upward and away from me instead of downward in order to dick the rocks.

Additionally, if I try to widen my hole while standing on the stone layer, my bomb doesn't destroy enough vertically for me to throw an axe in the widened part without it hitting the dirt above.

After a few deaths I basically ragequit.
rogberth
rogberthauthor11 May 2014, 13:32
Sorry! I didn't have time to balance the game, so it's hard and even stupid some times.
SimianLogic
SimianLogic17 May 2014, 17:41
the combat/arena part is kind of entertaining, but overall it's super difficult and frustrating. it's a digging game where your main character is terrible at digging.

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