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Small Town Mines

By m2tias

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.207
Fun3.207
Innovation3.207
Theme3.407
Graphics2.407
Humor3.407
Mood3.407

Comments

2017-04-25 22:01

This game is loads of fun, and my favourite use of the theme so far. The simple animations (especially the helicopter!) actually give it a lot of character. It's interesting to see how different actions affect the suspicion (even eating!), but I think it says a lot about real life. I found it all (especially the utterances of the townsfolk) very funny, while also quite disturbing, which IMO is a great achievement!

It wasn't completely clear what my goal was at the start, but maybe that's intentional? Anyway, I figured it out after playing for a little while, and managed to escape with 40 gold! One thing I wasn't sure about was whether the fire had any purpose; I think I managed to use everything else. Perhaps I should have paid the tip portal some more gold... :D

dragonzlay 2017-05-06 18:09

This game was really fun! I really like how much exploration you can fit into such a small world. The animation of the helicopter was hilarious! There was only two things that I disliked about this game.

1. I didn't realize until really late in the game that I could walk up to the fire. It didn't seem accessible, but I do see an attempt on your part to make it more visible with the sloped hill.

2. I really disliked how the people came out and questioned you anyway, even when my suspicion was at -74/100.

Juggling between smelting the ores, mining, eating and fishing was quite fun. All in all, you did a good job.

P.S. I got 69 Gold. Not intentional, I Swear!

dragonzlay 2017-05-06 18:09

I accidentally posted the above comment twice, and there is no way to delete comments so instead I just edited this one to say this. Smart, amirite?

zener 2017-05-16 20:57

Nice game, interesting concept. The crowd following me was disturbing :D

eli-delventhal 2017-05-19 23:55

Cute little game. Good feel to it and cool mechanics. I wasn't clear on what was increasing the suspicion, or what would end the game.

2017-05-25 14:37

Neat game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKyqjTvBURc