Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD15 → Cave Miner

Cave Miner

By wiering

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD15Ever
Graphics114.054492.982.5
Community134.003890.196.3
Innovation1302.05437.83.5
Fun842.634340.418.0
Theme383.564373.756.4
Audio1141.431417.62.7
Humor1071.912223.58.1
Overall812.814342.516.7
Coolness25085.748.3

Ratings received

OverallAudioCommunityFunGraphicsHumorInnovationTheme
32533143
342323
252424
31534233
31224334
232423
21325324
21413
232323
3424224
253413
323322
4
453524
41335124
353434
2324212
3534115
33525
351423
332423
31534225
222124
343424
44535
252322
31344334
31344214
342323
3454515
2424213
353522
353423
31324224
31525334
31235234
343425
31433123
4335323
1323111
3545224
3535124
343423
3424235

Comments

nilsf

I collected all the gold I could find but nothing happened. Is there a way to win?
The ladders were tricky to grab on to when jumping.
Cute graphics.

doohan

I couldn't really play this on my machine. The frame rate was too low.

dave1

It's a pity this is nothing more than a tech-demo - controls feel solid though.

chia

I wish I could have played it more, but it ran poorly for me on my cruddy laptop (2.0ghz core duo but with x3100 integrated graphics.) From what I played, though, it seemed to be a great Wiering platformer!

gorgoroth666

The controls are solid and the framerate is a gameplay killer :( but overall a decent demo.

dock

Nice graphics! I found the ladders pretty hard to jump on though. The frame rate was also pretty poor on my laptop.

thiagocamposviana

nice graphics! nice journal.

erki

Platforming gameplay is solid, and nice art. I had keys get stuck a couple times (had to press the direction again to unstick), and also the aforementioned slowness was noticeable.

simon

Ditto the other comments. Great art, great controls, but lack of win conditions or sound hurts the score. :( It would be nice if you could hold down the up button while jumping to grab onto a ladder, instead of having to tap it when you're over the ladder.

sparky

Awww, it's looking nice.

A shame really that you couldn't get the win/lose part in. Also, grabbing ladders in midair is hard.

cpowell

Frame rate was low, so I'm commenting on the post compo version. Your main character is great, with retro sprite animation of the sort that I can only dream of doing.

fydo

Frame rate was very low, I hope you can get it fixed up in a post-compo version. The graphics are pretty good too, though your miner looks quite a bit like Mario ;)

niallm

Really nice graphics, and you've got the beginnings of a great platformer, but the lack of any objective kind of spoils it for me. I'd love to see it fleshed out into a full game.

eka

Fairly well-made.

It's a shame the speed fix is post-compo, it would've really helped make it more fun. :-(

I /love/ the graphicsm though. very well-done. :-D

funkyjive

Pretty neat game, I'll try the fixed version at some point, because it seems it would be more fun at a normal speed. Other than that, pretty nice. Could have used some audio, too.

sparky

The environments look pretty nice. I get a very low framerate- is that deliberate, or is it slowdown?

entar

Good graphics, needs more to it though, some additional mechanic like physics puzzles or enemies.

ondrew

Very nice graphics, but not much gameplay.

kobel

While this game has nice art and playing a coprophile mole-man has an intrinsic amusement factor, the lack of actual goals is kind of a drag.

foureyes

Something about the graphics is really familiar. I think it's the palette. Maybe it reminds me of amiga era games? I'm not sure. But it's cool!

daithi

Nice graphics for your entry! The basics of the platforming are good, but it does seem a little too simple as is.

hybridmind

Well.. collected all the gold but didn't notice anything happen. Controls seem almost perfect except for interacting with the ladders. Those seem really touchy and only worked for me if I was very careful about only holding up-arrow if trying to jump onto one to climb up.

I like the old school amiga style pixel graphics and palette choices. Just wish there was a bit more game in here as it is a pretty solid platformer.