Dig Deeper!

by cyanilux

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.98

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.05

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.32

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.90

Descend into the earth and mine gold! But be careful, there's bats and slimes that don't want you there!

Controls : WASD to Move, E to Interact, use Mouse to Aim, LMB to Attack/Mine, RMB to throw a bomb.

The terrain is destructible, Find the hole to go deeper to the next floor. They're procedurally generated so will be different each time. You can also walk over lava but you'll take a little damage. If you lose all your hearts the game will restart.

Sadly there's not really an end to the game and it lacks some progression / more enemies as I ran out of time, but enjoy mining anyway! There's occasionally a shop with a few upgrades (I recommend getting the pickaxe speed one first!) as well as a statue that provides a bit of healing (at a cost of 100 gold).

Everything was made during the jam except for a few models & animations (Bat, Slime and character in statue) and a script for applying the level transition to the screen. Made with Unity, Universal RP.

https://twitter.com/Cyanilux

Tags: #action rpg, #roguelike, #singleplayer, #unity

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments21

RetroSpecter27 Apr 2021, 01:15

Pretty simple, but overall a neat game. I'm really intrigued with how you were able to build breakable terrain like that.

cninja_27 Apr 2021, 12:03

This breakable terrain feels so good to destroy, but I wish moving was more responsive because player sometimes move even though you're not pressing anything. Also fighting could be a bit more interesting (maybe add some boss fights after reaching certain "floor"). Even though it was rather simple I enjoyed it!

Cyaniluxauthor27 Apr 2021, 12:36

Thanks for playing

Abu Sabiq Mahdi27 Apr 2021, 13:16

Digging was really satisfying. Being careful of lava and the bats also resulted into a nice game mechanics. I know time is the issue here, still a story and some levels will make it more interesting overall.

Curtis Pelissier27 Apr 2021, 13:45

Great job on the destruction/mining mechanic! Impressive!
I found the game punitiv and a bit unbalanced (items in shop are too much expensive) :sob:
It lacks of a little ambient music.

It could be a good rogue-lite game (some kind of Spelunky maybe?) Congrats of the final result!

Kaihyo27 Apr 2021, 13:46

The breakable terrain is oddly satisfying et its simplicity made me loose track of the time for a bit. A change of color when the character take damage would have helped a little bit, but it remains a really cool game considering the time limit ! Thanks for your work !

TomBuston27 Apr 2021, 14:15

The "smoothness" of the terrain destruction is very pleasant, moving around and digging around is fun by itself. The combat system could have needed more polish.
It's simple but fun, good work:)

Glaas27 Apr 2021, 14:29

Neat ! I take that this is procedurally generated, good work !
Lacks some sound, and a bit unbalanced (super expensive items and health goes away fast) but I really liked wandering around !

LocustJin27 Apr 2021, 15:16

For now it is the best game that i played here :P It is very addictive and fun. Has the potential to be a paid game.

treslapin27 Apr 2021, 16:29

The bats were so cute! I didn't understand that going down the hole actually brought up a new level :joy: I spent a lot of time excavating everything to upgrade my boots haha :smile: At first I thought the enemy blobs were my companions because they were the same colour as me, maybe a different colour or shape would have helped there.

Dorkulon27 Apr 2021, 16:30

I had a blast smashing up the mine!

Szymon OGD27 Apr 2021, 17:15

Quite innovative. I like the fluency of rocks damaging. The character is simple, but has all the neccesacry details. :P

Cyaniluxauthor27 Apr 2021, 23:43

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

The items are fairly expensive so need a bit of grinding to get enough gold, I'd recommend getting at least 1 Pickaxe Speed upgrade first as that helps a ton! Can keep falling through levels until you reach a shop including it. In the future I'll definitely look at balancing it better, but glad everyone is enjoying the breakable terrain!

Mololo28 Apr 2021, 18:51

Great game,I like the idea.

It has good graphics and it's so satisfying to mine around.

Maybe add some sound when you take damage, at first a was playing with the bats and I noticed I was half HP :smile:.

I had fun so Good job.

Hempuli29 Apr 2021, 00:04

The gold sticking from the walls was really neat, and digging it out was really really satisfying! I could easily imagine this being taken further, with gemstones and whatnot. Good work!

Shoc30 Apr 2021, 06:28

I think that the game is good, but enemies feel so unfair and also the upgrades amount of gold.
If you balance that, game will be pretty nice!

Okamit30 Apr 2021, 11:31

Clean and effective graphics, the mining feels very smooth and good, great animation there!

Good work!

gamefive30 Apr 2021, 15:16

It was an interesting game. I liked the feeling of breaking the wall with a hedgehog. The price of the item seems rather high.

Coolp30 Apr 2021, 15:17

It was a lot of fun, I especially liked the breakable terrain!

Adriole2 May 2021, 15:58

Very funny game! I'd love a musical ambiance to feel more inside the mine but I had a good time, good game!

mhanapole14 May 2021, 05:44

I really liked this game! Digging through the walls was super satisfying! I would have liked some more feedback when getting hit by the enemies - sometimes I was dying when I didn't realize it. Some additional things to find would be cool too.