FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD29 → Mole Position

Mole Position

By glint-games

View on Wayback Machine

CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Graphics5793.14
Theme5883.23
Humor7142.22
Audio10021.64
Fun10292.43
Innovation10462.38
Overall10602.63
Mood11002.28

Comments

captainkraft 2014-04-28 02:21

500 internal server error

tentativedibs 2014-04-28 02:21

Can't run on my mac firefox

derosa 2014-04-28 02:23

Nice little game. The controls get choppy sometimes, but overall a nice mini-puzzle. Thanks!

move127 2014-04-28 02:27

Interesting little game. Controls seem a little messed up.

pete_h 2014-04-28 02:34

Liked it!As others have mentioned the controls are a bit weird. Was cool to be able to climb!

ix 2014-04-28 02:42

I can't seem to get the hang of the wall-grabbing/climbing movement.

fuzzywuzzie 2014-04-28 02:43

Really cute graphics! The controls were tight, though the sticking to the walls controls took a little bit of getting used to. Some nice light music would have gone well with it too!

dpulrich 2014-04-28 02:43

Nice game! It is pretty fun, but next time, try to add some sound effects or music into your game

attractivenerd 2014-04-28 02:44

Runs pretty slow on my computer, nice little game though :)

smilingcat 2014-04-28 02:45

Seems to have a resource leak or something - I started playing it, then it and my entire browser kept running slower, and slower, until it would barely run anymore. Using Windows/Firefox. Looks fun, I'll make another pass later and see if I can rate it then.

nimblegorilla 2014-04-28 02:45

Took me a while to figure out that I should drop the chests on the spikes instead of finding a key.

rincewind_cz 2014-04-28 02:46

Weird.. I was living even after I was killed X times :D Seems bit unfinished to me :-)

atomic_swerve 2014-04-28 02:46

I had fun, but the controls were a little difficult to manage. Sticking against a wall while falling was the biggest issues, followed by sometimes only digging one space instead of 2.

omaha 2014-04-28 02:47

It was going well at first but I started sticking to every wall I touched, and couldn't seem to get back to playing normally.

andrewkennedy 2014-04-28 02:50

It seems like a cross between Dig Dug and a DOS game called Jetpack. Pretty sweet!

afrosatan 2014-04-28 02:51

Ran very slowly on firefox on windows...
It ran better on chrome, but controls didn't seem to work very well and I would get stuck jumping around.
The graphics were nice.

sim00n 2014-04-28 02:52

The controls are pretty clumsy and that takes away a lot from the overall fun. I know how much work it takes to make this kind of an engine in 48 hours though so good job. Good luck in the standings. I invite you to see my game also.

lostautumnguy 2014-04-28 02:58

Game crashes on OSX Firefox.

archaeometrician 2014-04-28 02:58

Cool mining game ! Run very well with Chrome

andrewjamesadams 2014-04-28 03:02

Nope... just nope

gigitrix 2014-04-28 03:06

Clumsy controls/collision detection and a bit of a framerate drop in the second level. but I like what's there and the art style is fun!

gafblizzard 2014-04-28 03:58

At least on Firefox, the framerate very quickly gets really bad, so I couldn't really play long.

I also couldn't figure out what to do with the treasure chest. I dug up to the one on the right (digging up doesn't seem to require the 'x' key), and it fell down, but I didn't find any way to break it open. Then I tried digging down, and got trapped underneath it on the bottom right. :P

terraco 2014-04-28 04:14

Was really clunky and I got stuck in the wall a lot. couldn't figure out what to do

alvarop 2014-04-28 04:23

Game runs VERY slow on my computer for some reason.

theholychicken 2014-04-28 04:42

Great job :D
It ran fine on my Firefox.
I think the gravity could be lowered so that you decelerate gradually, which would give a more smooth feel.

lacaranian 2014-04-28 05:05

Neat little game. Digging was sometime tricky, and I got stuck under the treasure chest on the left. But I liked it!

priorblue 2014-04-28 05:30

Funny game and nice animations/effects, but the controls are difficult.

endesga 2014-04-28 05:36

Cool little game :) I like it

fyberoptic 2014-04-28 05:45

I saw some people saying that the game ran too slowly for them, but in Chrome for me it was the opposite; it ran too fast! Sounds like just a timing issue rather than a performance one. Looking beyond that, though, it looks like it would be a fun game. The wall grabbing and digging and everything seemed like it would have worked well. And the graphics are certainly nice. It runs a bit too quickly for me to play but I can definitely see that it's something to look back at once that's worked out. Nice job!

slader16 2014-04-28 06:14

Controls are pretty funky, but it's a nice simplistic game!

drprettypatty 2014-04-28 06:25

Nice, I really like the ghost's face haha

mark-feaver 2014-04-28 06:30

Fantastic Graphics. The controls are a big fidgety

gikdew 2014-04-28 06:43

The pixel graphics feel good, and also the music. Nice game, I really enjoy it!

techblogogy 2014-04-28 07:46

Good and nice!

orangepascal 2014-04-28 08:10

Some bugs with movement (getting stuck for no apparent reason). But overall a nice idea. Hint: maybe double the resolution of the graphics to make the game area bigger and easier on the eyes ?

jase 2014-04-28 09:38

Ran really slowly :( I liked the graphics though

bazld 2014-04-28 10:29

Controls are a little tricky (not quite intuitive), but definitely a great effort, and could be developed further.

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-04-28 10:41

It seems nice but I didnt know what to do... Can you open the chest or dig upwards? Got stuck a bit on the walls also, don't know if it's a bug or a feature XD

enzo42 2014-04-28 11:54

Little glitchy controls

donan 2014-04-28 14:32

Enjoyed it for a while. Good graphics and idea, but after 2 minutes the game starts to be reaaaally slow :/

pietro-ferrantelli 2014-04-28 15:02

Really like the use of theme ! You're entry is really fun ! Great job !

jacob-peltola 2014-04-28 17:15

Controls are a bit laggy, but past that I see a fun game with an adorable mole searching for clues.. WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?

superzac 2014-04-28 18:43

Fun little game, controls are a bit sketchy in some places but overall decent.

badlydrawnrod 2014-04-28 19:17

On the plus side, the climbing up the walls thing was innovative, but on the minus side that made it a little tricky to play. It's a shame you didn't manage to get any sound in there.

ioboi 2014-04-28 19:29

Fun little puzzle game :)
The digging is a bit difficult as sometimes you don't get the right tiles.

craigsmye 2014-04-28 19:47

Controls hard to use in Chrome.

kimau 2014-04-28 19:55

The digging is very glitchy kept getting caught on stuff

bombjack 2014-04-28 19:57

Nice graphics and game

daanvanyperen 2014-04-28 20:07

Cutest mole ever! Like the artwork.

colludium 2014-04-28 20:08

Good fun game. The digging was a bit hard sometimes when near the edge of a block of earth. Nice graphics I thought.

pawegio 2014-04-28 20:23

Nice game, however, sometimes "hero" locks.

wakka 2014-04-28 20:35

hum ran very very slow on my machine (I5!) and was unplayable. The graphics looked good so far

Bactopiad 2014-04-28 20:49

Got stuck under the first chest.

jotson 2014-04-28 21:08

Funny name, could be funner but the controls are glitchy.

binary_girl 2014-04-28 21:36

nice little game :)

gins 2014-04-28 21:55

Very slow on Firefox, very fast in Chrome :o
Also it's easy to get stuck in walls.

I see a lot of potential though :) If you fix up the controls and those frame rate problems, it could be great.
The graphics are very pretty too!

codermusgrove 2014-04-28 22:04

I found it hard to use the navigation, I would get stuck in one spot. However, it was quite fun. :)

stenol 2014-04-28 22:54

Nice little game.

friken 2014-04-28 22:58

loved the ghost and the graphics. a bit hard to control, but that was probably me. :-)

shuandang 2014-04-28 22:59

Nice graphics! I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do to to open the chest.

mollymus 2014-04-28 23:16

Lagged pretty bad in firefox, might want to put a note and suggest people use Chrome (in which it worked fine)! Other than that I think it was pretty fun, but the collision seemed a bit glitchy and I often found myself stuck:(

ninjacharlie 2014-04-28 23:25

Interesting game. The wall hanging is a little buggy and it would be nice to have some sound. I like the character, and the digging. Good job :)

evildan 2014-04-29 01:30

Not bad - very digdug-esque. A bit hard to control but nifty all the same

pent 2014-04-29 02:18

fun game! controls are a bit tough at times though

omgnoseat 2014-04-29 02:24

The digging felt pretty satisfying. I got stuck under the chest and was too lazy to try again though :p

iamspencer 2014-04-29 02:29

Seeing the tiny little mole arms furiously dig attempting to avoid the ghost is a pretty funny image. Great job :)

greysphere 2014-04-29 03:27

The shiny coins and gems are compelling . The art is vibrant and clear, and makes me want to explore the game.

twelveplusplus 2014-04-29 04:48

I liked the first level, but when i got to level two, i got horrible slowdown (google chrome). I have a very fast computer too...

nice game, though... and funny name... i was kind of sort of thinking about doing a dig-dugger myself.

bumblebirds 2014-04-29 04:50

Runs impossibly slowly for me i'm afraid :(

liens 2014-04-29 04:56

Pretty good, I wondered what was happening with the jumping and stuff but it was the wall climb mechanics at work. I ended up getting a bug where I got stuck on the spikes under the middle chest and couldn't get out or dig.

bugninja 2014-04-29 05:03

Pretty good game, impressive for 48 hours for sure!

gertjohnny 2014-04-29 05:42

I'm into the wall climbing thing, but the controls were really hard to get used to. I kept getting stuck on things I didn't intend to stick myself to.

danidre14 2014-04-29 06:00

Had no idea what to do.

tuism 2014-04-29 06:21

Quite lovely, I enjoyed the idea but the controls were slippery and too fast to master. The graphics and level design was cool :)

Eventually I got stuck under the leftmost chest and that was embarrassing XD so that was a game deadend :P

But good job the game could just do with polishing, solid idea :)

skywilly 2014-04-29 06:26

Great little arcade game. Sweet :)

godeatgod 2014-04-29 07:05

Really nice puzzle game.

georgebroussard 2014-04-29 07:34

Good game for 48hrs. I got confused a lot about jumping and wall hanging, but that was my fault. A little strange to mix that with smoothly digging around.

rnlf 2014-04-29 07:57

Nice little game. I like the art style, very cute. As other have mentioned, the controls are a bit weird and the mole gets stuck every once in a while.

You should make the spikes hurt the mole, because I was trapped beneath the chest on the left side. Had to restart :-(

ruerob 2014-04-29 08:20

Runs very slow on my PC. But looks very nice.

lars-faust 2014-04-29 09:20

I got stuck under a chest and couldn't get out.

Fun digging mechanic though, although the mole seemed to dig even if i wasn't pressing X.

mclewis 2014-04-29 09:52

This little guy was on the juice for me

mir007 2014-04-29 09:53

Pretty nice game! You can get stuck underneath a chest, but that's ok. R is your friend. :)

neekobus 2014-04-29 10:09

A bit buggy but fun old school game, with nice graphics.
What can we do with chests ?

zzorn 2014-04-29 10:41

Nice boulderdashery game.

Controls seem a bit inconsistent, sometimes I can walk up underground with the up arrow, sometimes jump, and sometimes I just get stuck.

blazingfanfish 2014-04-29 11:08

Run slow on firefox. Also some control are bugged. Not sure if that was caused by the lag :v

jeffalisk 2014-04-29 12:04

Nice idea, I like the mole sprite!

Quite liked the wall-climbing ability - maybe would have worked better if the up arrow did both climb and jump though? Also not sure if it was just me but I couldn't find a way to open the chests.

recursor 2014-04-29 16:20

This didn't run well in Firefox, but it was just fine in Chrome...go figure. Can the treasure chests be opened?

paperblurt 2014-04-29 16:29

Good as hell.
The mole looked a bit like a bird, but that only makes it more fun!

danvil 2014-04-29 23:10

After a few seconds the game gets very slow...

afal 2014-04-29 23:33

Controls are incredibly frustrating, but cute player charater

conormn 2014-04-30 00:18

Very cute game. Well done!

mrshoestore 2014-04-30 01:01

could use some audio, also it seemed to run slow, but don't know if that's my computer.

hybridmind 2014-04-30 02:09

The controls/collisions kind of really hamper this game from being fun. It is just too hard to move/dig through the dirt. I like the concept and the artwork though, it just needs a little more love. Also, how the heck do you open the treasure chests??

roaet 2014-04-30 04:07

I love the graphics. The bounding boxes appear to be too strict. There is a bit of sticking on walls. I'm not really sure how to get the rightmost chest and I thought the spikes were gonna kill me. :D

scam 2014-04-30 06:17

I liked the graphics. Framerate dropped a lot after playing a while and game became unplayable.

javifugitivo 2014-04-30 08:50

Im my Pc it runs very slow, but its playable. Nice game but too simple. Keep improving its perfomance ;-)

hadesfury 2014-04-30 09:10

Run too slow on my computer but it's cute !

degtyarev 2014-04-30 14:24

Nice entry!

arrogant-gamer 2014-05-01 01:58

Well, that was a nice little game about digging. I agree that the controls could use some work. For me the jumping was too hyper, and the sticking to walls was hard to control. I got 3650 points!

tchem 2014-05-01 03:29

the artwork is great,,,, i loved this

saintheiser 2014-05-01 04:48

What the hell???
Slow down my PC even with my i5 quad-core...

teampurpledolphins 2014-05-01 05:18

very colourfull. Looks nice. The climb control was a little irritating as it was difficult to unstick yourself

tomvert 2014-05-01 10:39

Nice, too bad I got stuck in walls pretty often, also it's a bit hard.

artylo 2014-05-01 18:14

Controls are kinda choppy at times, and it is kinda strange opening a chest with spikes.

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-01 18:22

Super nice graphics, though there were some glitches. Well done over all! I included your game in part 6 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series! http://youtu.be/K5ATRciKj24

cambrian_era 2014-05-02 03:10

Very nice pixel art. Can I give bonus points for the name?

lyje 2014-05-02 06:35

Nice puzzle elements - but I think the platforming physics/feel could definitely be tweaked!

nezzhil 2014-05-02 09:14

You need to work in the controls: the jump is too powerful and digging need to many keys.
Also, some sfx and/or music is needed. If you don't know how compose music (like me) or know someone to help you, I recomend you use some free music available around the web.

plaw 2014-05-02 18:55

Nice sprites. The mole gets stuck in the air or at walls quite often, which might become annoying sometimes.

noom 2014-05-03 02:18

That mole is so freaking cute hahaha. Nice work, simple and solid.

gamertaters 2014-05-03 08:13

Nice game. Jumping felt a little awkward to me. Very colorful look which I enjoyed. Good work. Well done!

hanoth 2014-05-04 00:47

Great look. The controls were really glitchy for me though. I kept getting stuck on things.

kirbytails7 2014-05-04 03:29

Heh, nice name.
Pretty fun, but the controls need some work. I couldn't stop clinging to walls that sometimes didn't exist, or just getting stuck in the falling animation while hanging on a wall and not being able to move.

phocker 2014-05-04 05:47

controls are messed up - cannot figure out the object - nice effort

gre 2014-05-04 14:22

Nice mecanism.

thingostudios 2014-05-04 17:28

I got stuck in the walls a lot.

I think you have the funniest title though.

sevenkingdomssurvivors 2014-05-04 20:27

Arrow keys don't really work.

hyouko 2014-05-05 00:25

Almost got everything, but got trapped under the last treasure chest. The controls listing doesn't mention the ability to climb, which is fairly important - you should add that.

ryan-up-in-here 2014-05-05 02:42

I enjoyed the look of the game. Not much besides that though.

seconddimension 2014-05-05 11:55

Nice graphics but the controls seems little odd, kept getting stuck.

wschorn 2014-05-05 12:42

i think this comes pre installed on old nokia phones B)

ariake81 2014-05-05 20:15

shame it ran really slow on an up to date pc.... a frame rate ester or something may have helped, but it might be firefox i guess.... but a good effort though, great tile maps and idea.

jsmars 2014-05-06 06:16

Looks really promising and great graphics, but I get stuck on edges here and there and not sure how to open chests? Could really use some music and sound effects too :)

paps 2014-05-08 14:45

Nice game

jaj 2014-05-10 16:23

The controls arn't the best, but it's a really cute game.

delca 2014-05-10 17:10

I could hardly play it, as it made my Firefox lag like hell...
That being said, graphics are very nice.

framematt 2014-05-12 20:16

Seems pretty fun. My experience was a little laggy, guess its chrome's fault. And couldn't shoot anything.

udo 2014-05-12 23:03

This one has potential, I liked the idea and the graphics. The controls were very difficult to handle though. Good job!