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Diggin' Dodge

By wheelsx

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness287
Theme1753.55
Fun2923.13
Overall3163.30
Audio3913.02
Innovation3952.96
Humor4462.38
Graphics4653.15
Mood4912.85

Comments

seraphicmedia 2014-04-29 01:44

omg that totally sounds like us! My husband does the programming and I did most of the art for our game (plug, check it out!). Your game was so much fun! Loved the artwork and it was super hard which is good :)

seraphicmedia 2014-04-29 01:46

Also, you guys should find us on twitter or something. We're seraphicmedia. I couldn't find you...

jayemjee 2014-04-29 01:55

It's got a nice look, and the controls are pretty good, too. It's a little difficult, lacking the ability to defend yourself. Very colorful, very well-made, and really nice music and sounds.

gravitygames 2014-04-29 02:52

Pretty fun game, the digging mechanic reminds me of the dirt from Super Mario Bros 2. I don't like how there's no way to defend yourself though (and the saws take a bit too much health IMHO).

okeedokeben 2014-04-29 02:53

Fun game! Very challenging. The artwork is awesome! My wife suggested that I try a similar SMB2 digging concept, but I didn't think I could pull it off in time. You guys did great with it!

elforama 2014-04-29 02:53

Nice graphics and gameplay, hard too. Good job guys!

xbcw 2014-04-29 03:44

I enjoyed this game.

sputnikgames 2014-04-29 04:13

I played for quote a while on this games :) Really good game.

atlantian 2014-04-29 04:14

Fun game. Cool concept.

wheelsx 2014-04-29 04:53

We originally had plans to help defend yourself, but we ran out of time, and we didn't think it was as important as what made it into the game. As a few of you pointed out, it's obvious that I was influenced by playing SMB2 in my childhood (aah, the 90's had good games). We plan on finishing it and releasing a new version, but we will keep this version here, and on our brand new (currently otherwise blank) website.

tikilittle 2014-04-29 06:03

Nicely polished. I like the art. It didn't quite make sense to me that you could go through dirt sideways. I didn't really understand the powerups until they were first used. It might be good to introduce the power ups exactly when enemies appear as well. It would also be nice to somehow store them, so you could have more control over when you can deploy that power up.

loneshark 2014-04-29 08:24

Good audio, though I think the BGM could have been tuned down a bit =P

Love the animated eye on that drill =)

tehryanx 2014-04-29 15:50

anyone else get mario2 flashbacks ? This was super fun.

spotco 2014-04-30 07:28

lol dat explosion when you die

depp 2014-04-30 07:28

It's fun. It's frustrating about how hard it is to dodge, but it's balanced by how much damage you can take before losing.

ruerob 2014-04-30 08:37

Thats a good game. The music and graphics completely fit together. Nice work, thank you two.

thorig 2014-04-30 08:38

Maybe needs a bit more balancing and it would been nice if you just could hold down s instead of pressing it to move down. Still I like this game! Keep it up.

nezzhil 2014-04-30 09:26

Very fun!, it remembers me Mario 2 from the NES.

delca 2014-05-01 09:45

I cannot play your game: when I click the "Web" link, it sends me to a WordPress page with a HelloWorld post...

teambrookvale 2014-05-01 09:50

Game link doesn't work

jacob-peltola 2014-05-01 10:16

Great game, super loud music though

wheelsx 2014-05-01 16:57

If you hit escape or p, you can adjust the volume of the sound effects and music. Also, installing Wordpress managed to break the link, I'm trying to fix it now.

wheelsx 2014-05-01 17:29

Seems to work now.

degtyarev 2014-05-02 18:41

Great debut. Congrats!

doser_42 2014-05-07 20:34

nice. good job.

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-08 21:48

Really sweet concept! I included it in part 15 of my Ludum Dare Compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/f3WpQDAZRnI

wheelsx 2014-05-10 16:30

Thank You Jupiter! We have been enjoying watching your video series, and look forward to more!

sevenkingdomssurvivors 2014-05-17 18:56

Nice game! I really like the music. I felt like I needed to be able to shoot to the sides. It was a pretty difficult game.

delca 2014-05-17 19:26

Dodging missiles was hard, and digging by holding down the down arrow would be nice.
However, graphics and audio were very good, as was the concept. I liked it!