Dwarf Dig Deep

Background

Help your dwarfs to mine all the gold and escape the caverns at the bottom of the level.

For this Ludum Dare I again used my own engine which I build on each LD event. It uses Java and LWJGL (OpenGL / OpenAL). The inspiration for the game of course is Spelunky and PP Hammer (from the Amiga days).

Instructions

There *is* a help screen in the game which shows the controls, but there isn't an explanation of mechanics. Your goal is to mine 200 gold on your way down to the bottom of the level where you'll find a door to exit the level. Once you have enough gold the door will open.

Here are a few set pieces to help you:

Digging & Attack

Digging and attacking both use the same button (SHIFT).

You can dig in the direction you are facing by holding either of the shifts keys.
If you press and hold SHIFT, you can then use the A, S, D keys to change the digging direction (marked by the white box).

Gold

The goal of the game is too collect 200 gold pieces and reach the exit at the bottom of the level.

TNT

If you find digging to be too tiresome, you can either throw TNT (G key) or drop TNT at your feet (S + G keys). Be carefull, TNT has a wide blast radius!

Enemies

Spiders are a weak enemy but have a high jump range.

Goblins are strong but stupid creatures. A swift few hits with your axe should suffice to kill them.

Have fun