Mine Me Some Gold

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.46
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★35%
Mine some gold for your king in the treacherous rock beneath the surface, and return it to buy helpful upgrades.

Instructions:
Arrow Keys or WASD - move and point drill
Return gold to your king, you can only carry so much
Hold up while on ceiling to hang there
Do not fall to far or get killed

I chose to interpret the theme as beneath the surface of the earth. There are many challenges and items I would have liked to add if I had more time...

Genres: platformer

Comments13

FileCorrupted28 Apr 2014, 02:41
Loved the Graphics and sound, got really repetitive after a while but was fun at the start
uprightpath28 Apr 2014, 02:46
It looks rather nice and plays pretty well. Though it's difficult/time consuming to buy things (The fact that you can only carry a small number of nuggets is a bit bothersome).

Also, some issues with the spike trap (I dug under it then jumped upwards and got killed.)
Jools6428 Apr 2014, 14:36
The graphics are incredibly, I love the pixel art. The game-play also felt solid, it was just a bit too slow. Too much grinding for small rewards and I felt like my progress was slowing with depth rather than increasing because of the long climb.

Fantastic work on the presentation and solid game all round. I'd love to see this game continued and expanded upon.
fluidvolt
fluidvolt28 Apr 2014, 21:03
The pixel art is lovely, and the digging mechanic was fun to work with. I enjoyed the bizarre music too. I did have trouble getting back to the surface though.

Nice job on this!
Jared Sartin29 Apr 2014, 02:29
Awesome start with graphics and sound. Needs more polish to keep from being repetitive.
Hypnohustla
Hypnohustla29 Apr 2014, 08:45
Best pixel graphics I've seen this far. And 2d mining games are always fun :)
Franklins Ghost
Franklins Ghost29 Apr 2014, 12:44
Really nice art, the little guys have so much character.
Impmaster1 May 2014, 08:26
Graphics are nice, but I dug down too far and couldn't get back up and realized that the rest of the game was likely to be exactly the same, so I stopped. The music was alright, although the sound effects were a bit annoying.
Rabbits...
Rabbits...2 May 2014, 01:24
art is tremendous, and getting back up is quite the challenge
hanoth2 May 2014, 01:25
Fun game but that king is kind of a jerk. Get your own gold, man.
Loneshark2 May 2014, 02:26
I got 100 gold, upgraded my equipment, then went back down and got 97 gold, then accidentally dug into a rock above me by double drilling...

The king still said it was insufficient =(

It became a lot easier once I figured out how to glide along the ceilings ;-)
rfgpfeiffer4 May 2014, 10:37
Best mining game dirt graphics I have seen in this LD!
Thorig
Thorig4 May 2014, 19:20
Don't really like the sounds and music, but the gameplay is fun.

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