Gold Rush

massillon-magic 2021-04-26 11:04

Hi, Um I liked your game I had a fun but I would say that the audio kinda hurt my ears and a little background music would habe been appreciated ! I like the graphics even though they are relativly simple ! Keep it up!

ryan-romero 2021-04-26 14:37

I like the aesthetic of your game! Good job! The control felt good and intuitive

pseudohausen 2021-04-26 14:40

The sound effects were very aggressive and repetitive, but this was pretty fun! It wasn't clear that you could dig anywhere on screen, and I think it would be easier to control the game if you could only dig out blocks next to your character. I also wish there was a high score table or something at the end to track your progress.

pookipoot 2021-04-26 15:00

I really like the glow effects and the overall aesthetic. You did a pretty good job there.

euske 2021-05-01 06:22

Hmmm, my high score was 4.

keppu 2021-05-01 11:27

I've not read any of the comments so I write my review as a pure first experience.

The premise is a classic miner game. One can not go wrong with that, although there might be a lot of competition. ;)

The game is clear and it's immediately clear what to do. The pickaxe can mine from everywhere on the screen which seems a bit odd. It could be worth investigating to have it mine only 1 or 2 block in distance near the player like in Terraria. With this system, it would also be nice to have the gained gold be block-based like in Minecraft, so when you mine these it would yield the coin instantly. This might be the affordance (player expectation) from playing similar mining games from the past. Currently the player can pass some gold blocks and gain the gold without actually mining it, taking away from the core loop of mining.

The game could use more sound effects for the most important game events like a loss.

Nice game you got going here. I could see it be expanded with pickaxe upgrades and harder blocks to mine when the player gets deeper. Maybe add some un-minable so that the player needs to use some tactics on what routes to mining downwards.

link270 2021-05-02 04:31

Nice job! I liked the art and the idea of the game. What it needs is upgrades of some sort. Maybe a shop that you go to after each game over, and the gold you collect you can spend on upgrades. This could give you extra time, a better pickax (Maybe incorporate some harder blocks, etc.) But a good job and a good stat to the game!

sarafilipa 2021-05-02 12:47

Neat little game! I had fun, albeit my maximum was only like 3 gold before I ran out of time ahah. The graphics and overall gameplay are very polished. There's multiple features that you can add if you want to take this further to bring it to the next level, but for a LD entry, it's very solid. :D

justcamh 2021-05-06 14:01

Hey matey, thanks for submitting your game to stream, I really enjoyed it! I hope my feedback helps, if you'd like you can rewatch the vod here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1012941526

yword 2021-05-07 17:38

Nice gameplay, with cool lighting and graphics style! Maybe it will be great to play if can use keyboard keys to break the bricks.

exilegl 2021-05-07 20:12

Simple but fairly fun and challenging. I think some form of upgrade system to use the coins for (maybe an upgrade the makes coins move toward you if you're close enough to them? for example) could be a good addition.

Here's my highscore over a handful of tries :)

Screenshot from 2021-05-07 15-08-27.png

prof-suarez 2021-05-12 15:49

I felt the game was simple: Everything works. I felt it was too short. Adding more time to explore, maybe to 30 seconds. I would also recommend not needing to click, but simply dragging the mouse. If you want to make it more challenging, giving dirt random health so that there is some strategy.

ausstein 2021-05-12 18:45

Hi,

Here is my Video Playthrough of the game. I managed to dig all the way through the ground haha

https://youtu.be/VdKrCq4MwnI

patrickrmc 2021-05-13 14:11

Fun and small game that fits the theme well, I like the sound and how easy it is to learn the controls etc. My highscore in the end was 34, got some really good veins of gold.

jonathan-lorenz 2021-05-13 18:02

Fun little game. It could use a tutorial part with unlimited time. And maybe a difficulty setting where you can choose to play with more time. Other than that, it's cool!

turkey 2021-05-13 20:21

Nice simple game. Do wish I could jump, but maybe that would go against the idea of deeper and deeper...