Problem Machine
Fun little game, though getting the character into small spaces can be difficult.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD15 → Burrow
By incendia
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fun | 40 | 3.24 | ||
| Audio | 40 | 3.00 | ||
| Overall | 50 | 3.24 | ||
| Innovation | 52 | 3.10 | ||
| Graphics | 72 | 3.00 | ||
| Theme | 90 | 2.97 | ||
| Humor | 111 | 1.87 | ||
| Coolness | 121 | 1 | ||
| Community | 131 | 1.60 |
Fun little game, though getting the character into small spaces can be difficult.
Nice game. Sometimes the collision detection was a bit buggy, but it didn't really hurt the gameplay that much. It would've probably felt more "real" if you could only mine the tiles that are next to you, instead of the whole map. You could just go stand on a block with the gold pick-axe and kaboom all the other tiles to find out where the stuff is. :P The gem and time icons look really cool!
Quite fun. It's nice to find the hidden gems. Now it just needs some dangerous parts for a challenge ;)
I must admit, I found it really satisfying to plow through the screen with a golden pick. It's pretty fun, but it seems like it's missing something...
Quite fun, but it's a bit too easy once you get the golden hammer, and a bit too hard if you can't find it.
I made it to level 6.
I like the shading on the tiles, and the way that you have some tiles that are different sizes or which don't line up - it makes the level feel more interesting, like it's not just a grid.
Great little game. Pretty addicting.
Mediafire.com hates me. Might try again later. Looks kind of cool.
Update: OK, played it now. It was fun, and I can't remember ever playing a game like it before, so that's really good. As some other have said, collision stuff could have been a little better. Sounds was good. Got a bit tired of the game after playing several levels though.
I found the gameplay to be surprisingly compelling. It's sort of like a video game equivalent of one of those "scratch and see if you won" tickets. I made it to level 7 or so, and I lost while I was in the middle of jumping at the last gem :(
Very fun!
I guess I have to agree that the default pick is kind of weak - maybe have 2 pick upgrades, silver and gold?
fun game, but the chore mechanic gets a bit boring after a while. Death with timers is always something I dislike, especially if it's only displayed with a small number hidden in the gui, but I did love how the grid fades in and how you end up digging yourself pathways in the cave.
I really liked this game and think it should be taken further. More items need to be added I think to make it more interesting as once you get the golden hammer it becomes easy.
Level 7, 409 seconds, score of 45470, 41 gems collected. It was fun to search for stuff by digging. The time pressure added a lot. Unfortunately by level 7 the time was near impossible. There didn't seem to be much of a challenge because the blocks regenerated... this would probably be more fun if you had to be scared that you would destroy your path to get somewhere. As it was, once I got the gold pickaxe I was just going left and right across the screen destroying everything looking for things. (That WAS pretty fun, though. :)
I enjoyed your game :) Decent graphics and sounds, solid fun. Digging via mouse is quite original and provides an interesting gameplay.
Ack, mediafire advertisement pop-ups!
Anyhoo, the game is oddly addictive, especially once I figured out that I could hold done the mouse button for mass destruction of cavernous formations. Good music too.
Nice game, but gets pretty easy once you get the yellow pick axe. The timer should probably be a little less unforgiving.
I like the idea a lot for a puzzle game. The jumping does seem a little wonky and the game is basically a quest to find the golden pickax, but otherwise good job!