Gold Digger 2084

by tony-redmer

co-authored: @shredmer

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.01

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.61

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.65

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.74

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.36

GOLD DIGGER 2084

Grab your golden shovels, it's time to DIG SOME GRAVES!

The world is overrun by rich men, defeat them and claim your riches. Tough-as-nails level design and a variety of enemy behavior keeps the gameplay fresh and rewarding. Earn the highest score by dodging and destroying enemies, collecting bonuses, and progressing through all 20 waves!

Who's the greatest gold digger of them all? Share your high scores in the comments and see who you can beat :scream:

Listen to the main theme here:
https://soundcloud.com/tonyredmer/gold-digger-2084

CREDITS

- Andy Redmer - Programming & Design
- Tony Redmer - Art & Music

WARNING

This game contains fast flashing images. It may cause discomfort and trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Player discretion is advised.

Comments39

Rgarbati1 May 2019, 09:24

Nice little game, like the concept. But why all sprites are flashing like that ? This is something you wanted or no time to fix it ? Anyway, good job !

Shredmer1 May 2019, 23:11

@rgarbati Looks like you played the game in a broken state due to some HTML5 compile errors! It's fixed now and much better to play :)

Lazertrax1 May 2019, 23:58

Nice game! Very good polish and a cool challenge. Fits the theme well! I really enjoyed playing it :thumbsup:

hubol2 May 2019, 00:30

I liked some of the textures. Some of the sounds are good.

EatAtJoes2 May 2019, 00:37

Fantastic visuals and design.

Carraka2 May 2019, 00:38

Super smooth controls! I wish I had more time at the beginning of each level to get my bearings. Just a second or two.

ryusui2 May 2019, 00:52

Good times. Has a very nice modern-retro vibe to it. Feels console-worthy, if that makes any sense as a compliment?

Shredmer2 May 2019, 01:01

Can you beat me?

almost2 May 2019, 08:04

Wave 9 and score 12000 on the first try, and Wave 9 score 18000 on the second try (getting more money but playing a bit more dangerously to do so). The game is fun, and gets really hectic when there are ranged enemies.

Pretty cool game. I would like to have a bit of time to react to the enemies at the start of the level, and I'd also like it if I could pick up money from a slightly larger distance (I sometimes run at money and miss it).

Does money do anything other than score points? The description mentions something about bonuses that I don't think I ever obtained.

Jiri Hysek2 May 2019, 13:23

Shooting those guys is sooo satisfying! And everything is enjoyable fast and juicy, I like it.. it feels great to play. Audio and graphics are also great. Cool entry!

michaelaranda2 May 2019, 17:14

Good, clean arcade action! For the whole gold-digging family!

Jin93102 May 2019, 18:38

This is addictive as hell! First I was bit confused with the controls but it is such a great idea which fits soo well! Great job you guys! Now, let's master this!

Purrseus2 May 2019, 19:42

Good clean arcade action _indeed_! Send your game back to the eighties, charge a quarter to play and - boom! - you are rich by now and the Gold Digger would have stared in several platformer, racing, party and other spin-off games. A-ma-zing job!

Nekorio2 May 2019, 19:48

good sound desgin and graphics, nervous and addictive :D
the transitions surprised me !

Nice work

CaptainPilot2 May 2019, 19:51

Fun little action game but a very lose connection to the theme. Overall pretty good though :)

Russ Moonbase2 May 2019, 22:32

I thought the sound design and graphics were great. The game was simple to understand and easy to figure out the mechanics. It was a little difficult to shoot in some directions due to the controls but it didn't bother me.

It gets really tough in the later stages and I was running around the level trying not to get hit. Great job on this game. I will be playing this again.

Black Flag3 May 2019, 14:25

This game is great! I felt like I was playing a classic Gauntlet-style game! The visuals, audio and controls felt really arcade like and helped add to that sort of vibe! It would be good in this sort of game to have some sort of variety in characters to make the experience a bit different each time you play, but I totally get the fact that there is only 72 hours!

Overall, this is a really good entry that I am likely to come back and play again!

mooseandloon3 May 2019, 15:02

Awesome game! It had a great feel to it with all the visual effects and animations. Was able to get into it right away. I particularly liked the different death animations for enemies and the player.

Link3 May 2019, 15:03

Great great great... interested me a lot, I focused on it, but the theme was not so much respected.

cozmic3 May 2019, 15:51

Nice and fast game! The combination of audio, graphics and the gameplay feels really coherent!
I also like the shooting mechanism a lot more than what it'd have been using the mouse.

T-Bo3 May 2019, 15:52

Great game ! Nervous gameplay ! I love the pixel art characters ! Great job ! :ok_hand:

Hugimugi73 May 2019, 16:02

Interesting game, maybe little too hard and audio would have been nice too! :thumbsup:

Roilbauk3 May 2019, 16:03

The game is really catchy, I like how the game judge your skill in the end. That forced me to improve myself haha. I like the art, the sound and the quick/energic gameplay !

Some ideas :
- you could add a safe circle around the character spawn where monster don't appear. sometime you start really close to a monster and die really fast.

Tony Redmerauthor3 May 2019, 16:06

@hugimugi7 Oh no! Sounds like there may have been a bug then, the game has a full soundtrack and sfx. If you're curious what we made for it, you can here one of the themes here: https://soundcloud.com/tonyredmer/gold-digger-2084

Perhaps just refreshing the page or clearing your cache may solve the issue :)

Hugimugi73 May 2019, 16:19

@tony-redmer It works now, Weird... :thinking:

oakus3 May 2019, 16:33

The gameplay and grahics were great, audio didn't work for me, so I don't give rating for that. Pretty tough and skill demanding but I like it, add a shop and/or progression system and you got yourself full little mobile game ready to launch!

dk5000p3 May 2019, 16:33

The game was tough and a great bullet hell experience. I had a lot of fun playing and will keep trying to get to a later wave.

Hadi Danial3 May 2019, 20:32

Great game!

klianc093 May 2019, 20:53

Nice Game. I just wish I could change the controls, because keyboard ghosting prevents me from shooting and walking into multiple directions at the same time.

KeyurRana3 May 2019, 21:00

Very fun game. Loved the art and audio. A bit too difficult (or maybe I'm just bad at it:smile:). Great job!

sparewizard4 May 2019, 00:25

Very good spritework, I especially liked the scene transitions!

Simon Rahnasto4 May 2019, 00:40

This game was a BLAST to play! Thank you so much for posting it to my stream. I enjoyed a lot of aspects of this game, but my favorite things were:
- Although maybe a bit over the top, I still have to say the death and level complete animations are amazing, they make your game stand out. If you continue development of this game, don't tone it down too much ( a little would not hurt though).
- The graphics are super cute, coherent and just overall well polished.
- The gameplay loop is fantastic, I love score attack games and this is one that I might actually come back to later!

Awesome job!

Annie Owl4 May 2019, 08:22

Well, that was quite a ride :smiley: The concept is simple, but fun, the gameplay is intense and engaging, and this BGM doubles it all up. Nice work.

Caleb4 May 2019, 17:33

Fun and responsive Shooter. Level transitions are a little seizure-inducing, but the experience is sharp!

Webox4 May 2019, 17:39

Very fast and responsive, I really liked it. A bit hard too! haha... Also, a little photosensitive epilepsy warning may be good inside the game

CocaPasteque4 May 2019, 17:44

Really nice game, I'm a fan of this kind of arcade games, well executed !

palsina4 May 2019, 18:15

Really good version of Robotron, and in such a short time! I liked the little touches, like the death animation and the level ending warp effect. I'l play again for sure.

jjjjason4 May 2019, 20:33

Very clean arcadey feel. I actually liked the concept of an enemy type that's undefeatable, just to get in the way and keep you on your toes movement-wise. Minor nitpick is that the shooting audio feels rather bassy? Feels sort of weird in this style of game, but it is at least a cool audial contrast.