Space Diggers

Category	Rank	Score
Coolness	3	59
Graphics	472	3.33
Mood	625	2.88
Theme	648	3.39
Fun	682	2.82

mildmojo 2014-12-08 20:18

Cool game. Kind of like an RTS without the pressure of an enemy bearing down on you. It took me a while to figure out the interface. Things I had to figure out:

- Clicking a spot mines it for resources.
- The red bar is your stored resource capacity; expand it with silos.
- The resources shown beside unit types in the help panel correspond to resource icons in the resource panel at the bottom of the screen.
- Energy (E) units are the solar panels you need to escape.
- The small progress bar above the resource panel at the bottom of the screen tracks your progress toward enough solar panels to escape the surface.

Once I got past all that, the game was pretty nice. I liked the way a single square of terrain had strata that yielded different resources as you dug down.

I think the game could use more explanation. It might help if the speech bubbles said "MISSING <resource icon>" instead of "MISSING RES".

And here's what it looks like with a lot of miners. =D

http://imgur.com/O2sFFy8

arg-games 2014-12-08 22:14

Thanks a lot for the explanations (and for playing the game!). There was no time left for clarifying the gameplay more, so we just all it a mix of strategy and point and click adventure :P Your miner farm is awesome, made my day! :D

gallerdude 2014-12-08 22:27

Desperately needs a tutorial, but fun when figured out!

evergreen-games-ludum-dare 2014-12-08 22:28

Looks cool but i can't figure it out. nice ui.

jadernak 2014-12-08 22:32

Thanks mildmojo, as well, for the explanation. A little bit confusing UI and the economy escalates very quickly. Reaching the end goal is just matter of time and knowing what to do :) Cool game though.

arzi 2014-12-08 22:35

Base building is my favourite thing in RTS games so I really liked this one. I'm not sure if I understood it totally, even though I was able to escape the planet :P

ossi 2014-12-08 22:55

Great graphics and a good use of the theme. It took a while to figure out and with the help of mildmojo's comment I got something going! Very well made, good job!

borgi 2014-12-08 23:59

Cool idea, nice implementation! I liked tha graphics too! Good job!

jaycee23 2014-12-09 00:11

It was fine while it lasted. It took awhile to figure out what was going on, that the tiles wore out and dug down to other tiles. Fun stuff, though. It would be nice to see more.

mechabit 2014-12-09 00:11

fun game

hazard 2014-12-09 04:49

Great idea and art. But understanding what's even going on takes a while.

lereveur 2014-12-09 23:47

I needed a little time to figure out how to play, but I managed to finish the game. Good entry, simple and fun.

wertle 2014-12-10 22:58

I had a really difficult time figuring out how the resource and space management system worked. It would probably be helpful to have some sort of tutorial segment where the concept of digging and releasing was introduced in a more gentle and clear manner.

farwyler 2014-12-11 19:34

Looks like fun, but I don´t know what to do

pht59x 2014-12-18 16:14

It took me far too long to figure out the logic behind this: a real tutorial would be a big plus. I don't mind the rough aspect of graphics.