Petrucio, the gem stealer

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.66
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.13
You're playing as Petrucio, that needs to steal gems from the minecarts by throwing your pickaxe at them, but be careful, the game gets harder when your score is getting higher!
"A" & "D" to move. Left Mouse Button to throw your pickaxe!!!
>If you want, post your high score on the comments below! Thanks for playing!

>Note: After you throw your pickaxe, you can take it back! - Added on instructions screen now;

>Movement fixed;

>Blur fixed;

Highest score so far: 2020

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Comments23

krasse4 Dec 2017, 21:11
Nice game! Took a while before I understood that I was supposed to capture the pickaxe :)
That could have been part of the instructions text.
Simple but effective music and solid gameplay fun.
Virtual Turtle Studio
Virtual Turtle Studio4 Dec 2017, 21:17
I really like the main mechanic of this game! It's pretty tense to try and catch and the pickaxe and the gems. Some critique: I think either the movementspeed of the character is too high, or the basket he's holding is too small, because it's REALLY hard to accurately catch these tiny objects, and I overshot quite a few times. I also didn't really see the rocks you're suppose to avoid, because they all bunched up with the gems. This could easily be resolved with some tweaking though. I think this has potential for what it's trying to be! Very lovely graphics and crisp sounds. The throwing physics feel really good too. Good job guys!
BoltKey4 Dec 2017, 21:20
Fun quick little game with very juicy feel. Got 1070 after a while. I don't get the point of the time limit, when there is rising difficulty over time. I loved how you could lose axes by throwing them on the carts.
Antoine Vion4 Dec 2017, 21:26
I liked but difficult to move correctly ! but very cool ;) gg
headchant
headchant4 Dec 2017, 21:55
Such a good game. Probably my favorite right now. Very interesting core mechanic. Throwing the axes is so satisfying. Great entry!
happygreenfrog4 Dec 2017, 22:13
A decent concept, but the movement is a bit slippery and the game needed to do a better job of explaining that you need to catch the pickaxe.

Pretty fun once you have it all worked out however! My best score so far is 650.
realryanrogers4 Dec 2017, 22:42
I liked this a lot! Like the above poster said, the movement was a bit slippier than I'd like, but it didn't stop me from enjoying the experience. Well done!
Thiago Ferraroauthor4 Dec 2017, 23:02
Thanks for the feedback guys! We've adjusted the movement to be less slippier.
papacheech
papacheech4 Dec 2017, 23:55
Nice! Kinda feels like a new iteration of brickbreaker, with alot more depth. Great work, keep it up!!
el-pepi
el-pepi5 Dec 2017, 00:19
Feels very solid. Graphics and audio are on point. I think it'd be less frustrating if the gravity where weaker. Also, I'm not sure I like that blur effect on the player, maybe it's too strong.
Xacur
Xacur5 Dec 2017, 03:07
Forget the gems, catch the pickaxe! Lol, once my pickaxe get on one wagon and I had to use another one to recover it. It almost worked, but I only could catch one of them.
GameQuester5 Dec 2017, 14:23
Got 910 Points after a few tries. I really like your game and the music and graphics are fitting very well. One of the most fun games I played so far on this LD.
josefnpat
josefnpat5 Dec 2017, 18:16
Nice game! I wish there were some extra pickaxes in the minecarts, but catching it is a part of the game! Nice!
Moionese5 Dec 2017, 18:22
@josefnpat Actually there's a small chance of spawning pickaxes on the carts depending on how many pickaxes you still have.
Micahtron6 Dec 2017, 00:11
Great game! I found myself aiming more for the pickaxes than the gems. Nice graphics and music too, everything fit really well together. Found "just one more turn" becoming a problem, which is always good.
howardcs
howardcs6 Dec 2017, 14:42
Original and surprisingly fun. There's something satisfying about throwing the pickaxe at the cart and causing it to release the gems. A few times I had to make a snap decision to sacrifice the pickaxe to avoid being hit by a stalactite, which added more pressure to the game. Well done overall.
smogen6 Dec 2017, 15:06
Fun little game. Like the graphics and the misuc. All works very smoothly. Well done! :)
CoderK6 Dec 2017, 15:21
Great game! The mechanics were well done, and I enjoyed playing. The only issue I had was how the pickaxes felt random when they bounced off the cart.
Lucas Ferrantelli
Lucas Ferrantelli16 Dec 2017, 13:07
Nice game dude ! Thats a good entry, I like the gameplay, good job !
UnidayStudio
UnidayStudio22 Dec 2017, 20:52
very fun game! I liked it! Good job! :D

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