The Alien Miner

Category	Rank	Score
Coolness	3	57
Theme	545	3.28
Audio	841	2.18
Overall	912	2.81
Graphics	925	2.59
Humor	1052	1.47
Fun	1063	2.38
Mood	1073	2.33
Innovation	1134	2.19

eldog 2014-04-28 09:20

Eek dude, looks good, I want to play, but trying to play on linux 64 bit.

Got this error when I ran 'java -jar AlienMiner.jar'

com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.ResourceLoadException: Error loading sound from /jump.wav
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Sound.<init>(Sound.java:42)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Sound.init(Sound.java:22)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Game.init(Game.java:110)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Game.access$0(Game.java:106)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Game$1.run(Game.java:100)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException: line with format PCM_SIGNED 44100.0 Hz, 16 bit, mono, 2 bytes/frame, little-endian not supported.
at com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDevice$DirectDL.implOpen(DirectAudioDevice.java:513)
at com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDevice$DirectClip.implOpen(DirectAudioDevice.java:1304)
at com.sun.media.sound.AbstractDataLine.open(AbstractDataLine.java:121)
at com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDevice$DirectClip.open(DirectAudioDevice.java:1085)
at com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDevice$DirectClip.open(DirectAudioDevice.java:1175)
at com.andrebaltazar.alienminer.Sound.<init>(Sound.java:40)
... 5 more

mat4dor 2014-04-28 09:45

Thats some error with the format of the sound :S Some people played it on Linux already, don't really know how to correct that bug, so I made that its plays even if it has no sound.

Thanks for trying to play :)

manabreak 2014-04-28 12:51

Nice work there. :) Could have used some "real" objectives, but I had fun digging around and then trying to get back to the shop as I had digged all the ground surrounding it... Duh. :P

greenowl 2014-04-28 13:08

I really like the animations of the ores and how it bounces back if you don't hold long enough. An ending would a great addition.

sam101 2014-04-28 13:29

I really liked the music for some reason ! Good job ! It remided be of Steam World Dig. Good job, even if it lacks some sort of ending :)

hexagore 2014-04-28 14:19

Quite fun this. Got nicely distracted picking up yellow blobs until I got myself completely stuck :)

figglewatts 2014-04-28 19:43

The best part is navigating your way up to the surface when you're done digging. Nice work!

leddkire 2014-04-28 20:33

I enjoyed the controls. I found myself dancing with my fingers trying to climb back up many ledges and jumping from one wall to another.

marcellus 2014-04-30 01:29

nice little game, could be more interesting with some objectives, the controls are a bit messy, you should consider using the left hand to move and the right hand for actions

cr2crstudios 2014-04-30 01:32

So chill. :)

jools64 2014-05-01 19:05

This was quite a fun relaxing game. The only real problem with it was that there's no goal except buy upgrades so you can mine for upgrades faster. If you had some kind of boss to fight or some deep cave you have to reach that would be cool.

None the less, great effort!