Little Mole Hunt

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.48
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.66
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.93
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.41
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★79%
You are a little mole trying to get an apple. But there are many humans around hunting you with their spades. Will you escape them and get the apple?

Take your time and also experience the opposite view playing as a hunter.

You can play together with your friends too and let them hunt you or try to hunt them yourself. The server host will always start as the mole.
Limit: 5 Hunter + 1 Mole

----------------------------------------

Tips:

Mole:
Stand still and you can sense the hunters and see them through the surface. If you go to the surface the hunters will see you, so change your position quickly.
Only you can see the apple, but you only see a projection to indicate the direction until you are near enough.

Hunter:
You can trace the moles movements through his hills.
Additionally the last surface visit is marked with particles. He might be still around.
Trace the direction in which he is moving to guess where the apple could be.

----------------------------------------

Controls Mole:
- Movements: WASD
- Go to Surface/Back: Space
- Mine walls: Hold LMB

Controls Hunter:
- Movements: WASD
- Use Spade: Space/LMB

Universal:
- Mute Sound: M
- Reduce Grass: R
- Increase Grass: T
- Restart afterwards: Esc

----------------------------------------

Features:

- Destructible underground
- KI
- Different textures depending on role
- Multiplayer with additional Hunter role

----------------------------------------

Used Tools:

Unity
Bfxr
Photoshop

----------------------------------------

Post Compo:

- Enabled hunter mode for singleplayer with mole KI
- Minor cave destruction fix

(Had not much time on the first day, this was done in a few hours one day later)

Comments17

Seppel28 Apr 2014, 06:28
It's a fun game, but the mole surfaces once to find the apple, then he never has to resurface again until he wins.

Do the hunters get to see the paths the mole has dug? (I haven't played as a hunter.) That can help the hunters get an advantage.

I think it's a game that could use some improvements to be made very good.
orangepascal
orangepascal28 Apr 2014, 06:35
took some time to figure out how to work this game (also my screen resolution cut off the instructions at the bottom, that might have helped) :p First time I played a mole!
Nition
Nition28 Apr 2014, 06:36
Nice original concept. Well done getting multiplayer working (with editable terrain even!) in the 48 hour timeframe (though I didn't try multiplayer myself).
CustomPhase
CustomPhase28 Apr 2014, 06:41
Really interesting premise, but realiszation could be a little better. And disability to restart the game without reloading the page sucks :)
Tragonauthor28 Apr 2014, 06:55
@CustomPhase: You can press Esc to restart. It was only in the controls beneath the player. Now also in Description.

@Seppel: The mole has limited vision. When he goes to the surfaces he can only "smell" it and see the direction. It is just a projection of the apple, not the apple itself, which is pretty far away.
muramasa
muramasa28 Apr 2014, 07:00
Well, it will be fun to try it out with a friend.
As for the solo-play, I don't know if there is an objective other than surviving. Maybe arcade-like, but I think it misses a score thing (timer or something).
primaerfunktion28 Apr 2014, 09:37
That game lools reaööy creepy. :D
Liens
Liens28 Apr 2014, 09:42
Nice little game, cool concept for sure.
Skywilly
Skywilly28 Apr 2014, 17:00
I want this game on LAN, with twenty players, 10 Vs 10. Great idea ;)
mattpattie29 Apr 2014, 16:49
that was cool (LOVE THE MOLE THEME :) )
Simon@LD29 Apr 2014, 16:52
Original concept! I'm also quite impressed that it is multiplayer (although i could'nt test it).
shane109029 Apr 2014, 16:54
Interesting concept - I got hit by a spade quite a lot!
João Kucera
João Kucera29 Apr 2014, 22:37
Multiplayer in 48 hours? Congrats!
helloWorldStudios
helloWorldStudios30 Apr 2014, 22:12
Nice game. good idea like the fact it's multilayer.
Red Light Collective10 May 2014, 03:55
Dude you worked really hard to do this all by yourself, congratz!
NiceAlexanderAS14 May 2014, 22:36
It was kind of hard to understand how to play the first time but ones you get it its fun! and Wow! the graphics are awesome! i love that grass and that dark feel on the surface :D Great work :D

Other games by @tragon288

Found a bug?
Tell us on Discord