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Drill Through The Earth

By alttabber and baton

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall11013.4221
Fun11613.1821
Innovation4083.6620
Theme9723.6021
Graphics7813.7821
Audio10522.9721
Humor7982.8118
Mood9483.4721

Comments

xpoho 2021-04-27 02:40

Оригинально и необычно. Хотя я до конца не прошел, устал ^_^

sharks 2021-04-27 03:35

I loved how the controls were spread out across the scene, it would have been nice if the little shaft in the center spun but hey you don't have a whole lot of time in a weekend right? Some things like water temperature felt redundant and over complicated but overall I thought it was nice. It took me a little to figure out some things like needing to go to the cabinet to upgrade my energy and such but I got there in the end. The music loop was simple but didn't get annoying. The air raid sirens and rotating lights were a really good way of letting me know when I needed to take action. I feel like there's some missing from a gameplay perspective (Something that is the same with *all too many* of my games) but again it's a weekend so what are you going to do? The 3D models had nice simple textures and overall it was pretty polished! Nice job!

supergamersgames 2021-04-27 03:42

Not bad. Most tycoons of this sort aren't first person.

colapolka 2021-04-28 08:50

Huh, well I've never played a first person tycoon/clicker before, so bonus points for innovation!

I found that spin interesting, but the execution could be approved up. I found the exponential costs of the energy generator too harsh. While exponential costs are a common tool in traditional idle clickers, I don't think it works quite as well here. Maybe one additional task to perform while waiting for upgrades would have done the trick.

Otherwise: Liked the models, the layout of the room and the overall mood. Keep on going!

keppersnapper 2021-04-28 09:04

Really nice management game in third person! Very interesting take on the genre! Only gripe is when I first launched the webgl it was so pitch black (I think I was facing thee wrong dierction) that i thought the game hadnt even launchhed and it was broken. It was until I caught a glimpse of something green that I realised it was just really really dark. But at least the lights turned on after finding the computer desk modules :D

rawb 2021-04-28 09:05

Awesome idea. The game also looks really good, I love the drill graphic on the monitor

3dflow 2021-04-28 09:08

Cool mood and nice visual for a idle/clicker game !

nvrskipgameday 2021-04-28 09:13

I'm pretty sure I bribed my way into this lab with free pizza for the other legitimate employees cuz I definitely had to figure out what to do on the go, ha. Kept the base from exploding though, so that's something! SFX worked well on the computers and buttons here, I dug the drill graphic on the screen as well and the general ambiance. I had an issue with the character controller where it didn't allow 360 degree rotation, it seemed to clamp within a range of 220 or so. I actually dug being in a 3D room for this, I don't often play clicker games but that put a neat spin on it for me.

vrerabek 2021-04-28 09:55

Very interesting idea. Love the effects when the reactor starts overheating!

corruptor2037 2021-04-28 09:59

Finally a game without diving into the ocean or going down, my god. Made a similar game in the past, but in the space. It's so much fun. Sad that there is no much to do in your game. Definitely needs some more complex system.

sleepystudios 2021-05-12 00:01

Quite liked this because you made these somewhat menial tasks pretty satisfying to do. I enjoyed the risk-reward aspect. Would be good to have a sped-up mode just so it's faster to get upgrades. Nice job.

masterkrepta 2021-05-12 22:58

I really like the way you implimented the interface into the world instead of making a basic hud. I liked having to juuggle the multiple responsibilities

gnaro 2021-05-13 01:34

I love this kind of game that feels like work, in a good way. Congratulations! I think you should keep developing this further!

secretjuice 2021-05-13 19:22

What do you mean graphite on the ground in the rubble? You didn't see graphite.. It's not there!

Fr tho, this was a really cool idea! The lighting and models were super well done, and the mechanics were super unique.

If your interested, I played it on stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1020802507 starting at about 00:10:00ish.