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Grow a Goldpile

By skaz

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness350
Graphics714.13
Mood1973.43
Overall2783.50
Fun3303.35
Audio4312.73
Humor5282.28
Innovation6252.91
Theme7463.35

Comments

realbogart 2015-12-14 13:56

Clever use of the theme and very moody graphics!

darkgrisen 2015-12-14 13:57

Fun game! It reminds me a lot from the game Minecraft.

designernap 2015-12-14 14:01

This is a tidy entry. Great use of theme, lovely visuals and nice loop in gameplay. Great work

saymon 2015-12-14 14:01

Epic game, really cool graphics !

ripatti 2015-12-14 14:09

Whoa, so much gold to collect! Love the pixel art. It was very fun to jump over jelly monsters. Also maybe it's a bug - the game generated the same dungeon for a few times.

skaz 2015-12-14 14:47

Thanks everyone!

No ripatti, it's not a bug it's a feature... I started making level wayyyyy to late (like 1 hour before the deadline). There is only tow "real" levels, the first to one being dedicated to teaching you the basics.

Lesson: don't spend more time making the dirt mining effect than you spend making actual LEVELS.

aamatniekss 2015-12-14 14:57

It's pretty nice! The art is what shines the most! Wish it was a bit more challenging though!

silkworm_sweatshop 2015-12-14 17:50

I got into the gold pile by holding left after dying. Bug or feature? :P

graceavery 2015-12-14 18:36

Really lovely pixel art, the controls work well and feel nice. Great work on the mechanics! :)

skaz 2015-12-15 14:38

Ahah Silkworm, wasn't it funny to mine all those piles of gold? Yeah ok, BUG. Bug I squashed, 0.1.1 is out, with the room restart function WORKING (and not only trapping you where you already are), and level switch WORKING. Because it was really badly messed up.

coywolf 2015-12-17 03:43

Really impressive! The graphics were great, great mood to the game. Cool idea

kepab 2015-12-17 17:28

Sorry for not rating, but my Avira Antivir Personal virus scanner recognized the download file as malware (Gen.Dropper or something), so I didn't dare run it.

Also, "Downloads and links" with the "Web" option had me originally think this was a browser game.

Screenshots and description both look nice!

skaz 2015-12-17 19:29

I think the .exe is fine, some anti virus are a bit jumpy... My girlfriend browser wouldn't even let here DOWNLOAD the file. But if nobody had issues running it, I don't see why there would be a problem.

Oh and thanks, I fixed the web link, put it in the Windows field instead ;)

radmars 2015-12-18 02:10

Nice! At first I thought this was just another procedural game but the level design is actually really clever. Great graphics & animation too. My only complaint is it's a bit on the slow side, and that plus the moving jelly you have to jump on in the second level made me give up after a few tries :P Still, awesome work!

eingya 2015-12-24 16:36

Fun and interesting. Only 2 notes

1 - maybe make it clearer that getting to the bottom of the level is the win condition
2 - I feel like it would work better if it was a bit more fast paced. Digging blocks with one hit rather than two would probably have a worse game feel, but maybe make for smoother gameplay

nooner-bear 2015-12-30 20:22

If I could only give one Compo a perfect overall score it'd be this game. Incredibly well done. Great aesthetics and gameplay. I really hope you continue to develop this if it still interests you.

rogod 2016-01-04 23:20

Awesome little game, I was coming to the end of my spree of voting and saw this and decided to download it because I wanted to play it, not because I wanted to vote on it.
Shorter than I expected, but a neat little concept that could easily be expanded on (and has already inspired me a bit).
Possibly could have used some polish around the edge and maybe an objective but it has a clear purpose none-the-less. :)

patvanmackelberg 2016-01-05 00:22

Awesome entry, something about collecting little things like the gold is always satisfying.