Explovation
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Now a digging game isn't anything new. But digging deeper and deeper with various bombs - now that's a way to get some boom into a game! In Explovation you can blow away anything that worries you. Mostly slimes and rocks though. Dig deep, kill slimes and collect gold for a high score. There are over 25 (!) bombs at your disposal and many different caves and veins await you! (17+ unique layouts with procedural generation on top!)
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CONTROLS:
A - D: left and right movement
Space: Jump
Q / LMB: place left bomb
E / RMB: place right bomb
(The desktop version even feature controller support!)
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Music was once again custom made during the Jam by our good friend Gabriel Thäter who was YET AGAIN too lazy to create an ldjam account:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntrJnsnV5kDcgqKPZjf2DA
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Now a digging game isn't anything new. But digging deeper and deeper with various bombs - now that's a way to get some boom into a game! In Explovation you can blow away anything that worries you. Mostly slimes and rocks though. Dig deep, kill slimes and collect gold for a high score. There are over 25 (!) bombs at your disposal and many different caves and veins await you! (17+ unique layouts with procedural generation on top!)
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CONTROLS:
A - D: left and right movement
Space: Jump
Q / LMB: place left bomb
E / RMB: place right bomb
(The desktop version even feature controller support!)
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Music was once again custom made during the Jam by our good friend Gabriel Thäter who was YET AGAIN too lazy to create an ldjam account:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntrJnsnV5kDcgqKPZjf2DA
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Genres: platformer



Comments23
Bomberman platformer, I really can't believe it doesn't exists yet. If it already exists, then please link me the game. If not, this is a great game and a great MVP to showcase how fun it will be :D
Great game !
Overall great game!
It's great concept with nice music and sound.At each start I wanted to know how new bombs would explode, and it's fun!
Maybe you should create a signal or animation that indicates that the player has received damage. Anyway, your game is amazing! Congrats!
I didn't realize my own bombs were hurting me (seems there's no really animation or indication other than losing the heart). I don't think they should. Especially because they need to be placed at your position, they blow up fast, and they don't have gravity. If I could throw them, roll them, or drop them down holes it may be less "unforgiving". Once I learned I could hurt myself, I got a little further, but then I set off a big bomb and caused the cave to collapse on me.
There's just so many things that want to kill me!!! :cry:
I eventually set off some kind of huge explosion that slowed everything down to 1 fps. I think the physics killed my pc lol
Anyway, this is a neat idea that could use some tuning. Good job on the visuals, the bomb patterns, and overall good job on your entry!
- Fun bomb patterns and names
- Satisfying explosions
- Can't quit from fullscreen (or at least I don't know how)
- Slimes are way too fast and seem to never die, I once died to a slime that was down off-screen and just came zooming by and hit me
- Coins have gravity and sometimes get stuck inside blocks when they fall too fast
- The visuals and lighting are freaking beautiful
One suggestion I have is to maybe have the screen be vertical instead of horizontal, like a phone game. That way you could more easily see where you are going! Nevermind that, it's a really good game.