Ancient Technology

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Super chill, cool sprites, nice sound effects. Couldn't find where to go after I'd mined the rock :/

Really nice and fun little game! Loved the lighting effects. Also pleasantly surprised by the reveal at the end of why you’re doing all this, nice change to not get it shoved in your face right at the start. Good job!

The graphics are pretty cool and I love the ending. The water sound effect is very loud though. Also it's a bit weird that you aren't able to pick up some of the gears.

Cool pixel art. I have completed the game.

I really liked how the pixel-art lighting was done.
At first, I was a bit confused—I actually managed to get lost in this small area—but I made it through quickly.
The controls feel good; it has a classic style and fits the jam’s theme perfectly.

@vinnnie did you take the gear hidden behind the rocks?

Thank you for playing :)

@darwyn thank you for playing :)

@ludumdaredevil It sure will need some equalization for sounds in the post-jam version... Thank you for playing :)

@segtree Thank you for playing :)

@zabrat Thank you for playing :)

Aww the ending was so cute! I thought it was a fun little metroidvania-lite, although I did get somewhat lost to the right at first, because I started jumping around at random in the dark and couldn't find my way back to the door 😅

The only real feedback that I have is that the sound effects were mixed quite loud, but I saw you're aware of that already! It wasn't a problem, I just turned the volume down :)

Overall, well done!

@koolruz I went back multiple times to refine the layout of the dark room to avoid having players to remain stuck there, I'm relieved you managed to go back 🤣 Also yes the sounds, unfortunately I added them at the end and had little time to refine them. Thank you for playing!

Had a little "aha" moment like with that OG darks souls elevator when went out of the left part back to the center (good backtracking in other words) :) Nice job!

@wakanake I'm glad you liked that part... Thank you for playing :)

this is a really chill little mining and repair game, the hand drawn sprites have a lot of character and the sound effects fit perfectly. i like that the machine is buried and you have to dig around to find what it needs, it makes the repair feel like a proper little archaeology project. the hidden gear behind the rocks was a nice touch too. did you draw everything in aseprite during the jam? nice work.

@perrarancino yes, everything from scratch with aseprite. Thank you for playing :)

🎵 All the ducks are swimming in the water 🎶 😄

Very nice short game and I'm glad got to make friends with a duck.