Mine For It All

by ji-li

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.33

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.45

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.98

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.12

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.41

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.76

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.00

My entry for Ludum Dare Game Jam 57. First time actually submitting to Ludum Dare!

Depths of Greed for all the Gold.
Click to use pickaxe on the rocks. Buy food and click on it to eat it for energy, so you can break more rocks and get more ores to earn more gold!

MineForItAll.zip - Local Windows Version

Art and Programming by Ji-Li

No audio

Genres: simulation

Tools: Unity

Comments22

cherrybcake7 Apr 2025, 13:44

I played this for a lot longer than i should have XD It's simple but it's pretty neat!

Colisan7 Apr 2025, 15:39

Nice little game. With more content, like a store for upgrades, and some progression, you could get a nice basis of a clicker game!

I went to lv20, before kicking in an autoclicker to push the game to its limits. Lv100+ with insta-mining was fun :joy:

LDJam user 2365457 Apr 2025, 16:41

Despite being a relatively simple "number gets bigger" game, it was enjoyable. I reached my goal of one-shotting the rocks at Level 50 and stopped after that. Some cozy music or sound effects with some light particles on the mining action would have really taken this across the finish line. Good job on finishing your first Ludum Dare!

Ji-Liauthor7 Apr 2025, 22:35

@colisan I actually was originally thinking of adding in a little store to buy random items, maybe in post jam version, but also planning on making a more in-depth crafting game with collectibles already anyways.

francescogorgone7 Apr 2025, 23:40

I don't know if it's just me but I keep getting stuck with no energy

Ji-Liauthor7 Apr 2025, 23:44

@francescogorgone You have to buy and eat food to recover energy

Isaac Hisey8 Apr 2025, 00:39

Well done on your first entry! Easy to grasp. Looks like you had a clear goal and executed it. I also got to the point of one shotting rocks and felt that was my win state.

basekeet8 Apr 2025, 07:15

Cool game! Just like others said, I got hooked and ended up spending more time here than I expected :)

LDJam user 3790948 Apr 2025, 07:21

Cool clicker game. Nice and simple game. I like the food icon and reset.

Would be cool if you have time next time to implement some miners to mine for you.

LDJam user 3859978 Apr 2025, 07:24

Fun little game—I made it to level 50. I think you start one-shotting rocks around level 46.

Ashe Liu9 Apr 2025, 04:12

Great game easy to understand,but I died a lot at the begining

engoneer10 Apr 2025, 03:16

Pretty awesome game loop! you have a solid base for epic games, basic sound effects would add a lot I think and this is kind of inspiring to build off of

Skosnowich10 Apr 2025, 21:28

It's so simple, but still feels more addicting than it should :smile:

oliver_day11 Apr 2025, 08:01

The art and mood has a lot of potential but it feels a bit unpolished especially the mechanics/ui. Overall a decent entry.

Ji-Liauthor11 Apr 2025, 22:15

@oliver-day Usually a game made in a few hours by a single person isn't that polished lol I'm primarily a programmer, so the few doodles in the game is my programmer art haha.

AthosPap12 Apr 2025, 12:49

Really nice game, I would recommend adding some increasing difficulty and maybe some harder to break rocks. Overall, good job

superpokeunicorn14 Apr 2025, 00:28

Has a pretty solid loop going, but needs some more mechanics to keep it interesting. Wound up playing until I got to level 50 and could break rocks in one hit just to see what would happen, so I guess there was at least something that compelled me to keep going, ha ha.

Eugenik14 Apr 2025, 06:10

Awesome man.

LDJam user 24319316 Apr 2025, 14:31

I had bad luck on my first run by getting scraps twice effectively ending my run prematurely. However I had better luck on second run.
Anyways, I can't see the depths of this game but I can break rocks for fun.

Outish16 Apr 2025, 14:42

I never really understood the point of such games. But I can see this idea becoming the next cookie clicker

Emily C16 Apr 2025, 16:45

Small and cozy, would have been nicer with some more challenge and maybe an end goal, but for a first jam game it's good :)
Hope to see games from you in future ludum dares :)

Potatobrain17 Apr 2025, 14:44

Just misses some more progression to hit the dopamine high ^^ new ores, better tools, automation, better food like different foodtrucks or a shop and it would be a nice cookie clicker! I like the gameplay loop

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