Can you Dig It?

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.32
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.66
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Procedurally generate level with various hazards and pickups along the way. How deep can you get before the time is up.
Can you Dig It?

You are the Drill and your task is to navigate the hyrid procedurally generatedd levels and dig as deep as you can. As you dig you will encounter obstacles that will push you up a few metres. How deep can you go before the time runs out?

Keyboard - Arrows/WASD, Jump - Spacebar, Drill - X

Game Controls - Left Stick, Jump - A Button, Drill - X Button

Comments18

Hotpaw
Hotpaw26 Apr 2021, 12:27
Overall fun game! I found out that if you take the third path from the right you only encounter gems and dynamites and never those -time bags! Enjoyable non the less GJ!
Kubbl26 Apr 2021, 12:30
I think it was fun, but the powerups confused me a bit.
iorena26 Apr 2021, 12:32
Yes! This is exactly the kind of game I hoped someone would make. The music was cool. Maybe would have wanted a drilling sound too. Only thing that bugged me was that I didn't understand what the "time reduced" blocks did. Was that a bad thing or a good thing to collect?
Vimlark
Vimlark27 Apr 2021, 00:34
Great work. Score wasn't too useful but going for depth was fun.
Shaolin Dave
Shaolin Dave27 Apr 2021, 19:55
Got to 109m on my second try, couldn't get close again. It was pretty fun but the sudden teleports were a little jarring. My recommendation would be that when the player hits the ostacles, freeze time, highlight the obstacle that was hit, let the player see it disappear (or not, if it isn't suppose to), lerp them higher up, and then restart the timer.
RAFFE
RAFFE28 Apr 2021, 00:29
Quite same as what happened with Shaolin-dave, got to literally 109 on my second and didn't get further lmao. Graphics were simple but very fitting for this game, nothing to complain about. Audio was also decent, the song was a pretty fun choice for this game :smile_cat: Obviously the theme was really on point, so gj with that! Those bags that teleported you up + the hard rocks were also a good decision in my opinion, made us think a lot more carefully and not just spam downwards :thumbsup: Gj dude!
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley28 Apr 2021, 10:11
Fun little game. I included it in my compilation video series of a bunch of LDJAM games!
gamesplusjames
gamesplusjames28 Apr 2021, 12:52
This was fun! The drilling felt nice and trying to get deeper each run was a nice challenge. Also, the dynamite was very satisfying to set off :D Great work!
buckmeister29 Apr 2021, 21:46
Enjoyed it a lot. Brings back memories of the olden pixel-art games a lot! Good job!
Zeias30 Apr 2021, 18:06
The designs and sfx are cool. I did not really understand how the game worked on the controller but on the keyboard is better. Well done !
Jonrei
Jonrei2 May 2021, 14:45
I didnt expect to like this as much as i did haha. Good job!
Curtis Pelissier
Curtis Pelissier5 May 2021, 17:20
Ahah I've been stucked in the wall :rofl:

Yes! I think you must tweak the gamefeel of the drill. Spamming the button is a bit exhausting. It's totally ok to let the button down during all the game. It think you core is the movement, and it must be juicy to destroy blocks. And maybe set the spacebar to drill too.

The music and the art are nice, so I hope you will improve the gamefeel in a post-jam!

Good job :thumbsup:
skill347
skill34710 May 2021, 11:11
Really cool little game. I liked the gameplay, original idea.

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