gentlemelon01 2021-04-27 20:06
the game crashes upon attempting to click play.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD48 → Diamonds and mud
By gildar76
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.83 | 14 | ||
| Fun | 2.70 | 14 | ||
| Innovation | 2.20 | 14 | ||
| Theme | 3.62 | 14 | ||
| Graphics | 2.37 | 14 | ||
| Audio | 2.40 | 13 | ||
| Mood | 2.72 | 13 |
the game crashes upon attempting to click play.
The game worked for me, needed a lot of time to load, but then worked. As for the gameplay, I think it was ok, but the jumping worked only sometimes and you need to head to the top way too often. Additionally some tool upgrades to be able to dig faster would be nice.
Cute! I like the realtime shading effects. I'll second the "jump works only sometimes" though. Unity physics are a real pain.
@ultimatewalrus And @momo-hunter. Thanks for the comments. I fixed the Jumping issue the other day. It was a thing that showed up only in build because of a timing thing.
I'm aware that the loading time is a bit to long. I should at least have showed something while the game was loading. I ran out of time. Will add a comment about it in the description.
Thanks for the comments and reviews
liked it! reminded me of that old game motherlode a bit. took me a while to load too; just wait for it a minute or two if you're having issues
Thanks @aes. Never played that game, but I recognize the name from somewhere.
Haha, it also reminded me a bit of MotherLoad. This is a cool mining game, well done!
The idea is definitely fun, but needs more polish. I like the idea of creating your own path and then try to get back to the surface. However I don't like that my only incentive back to the surface is my carrying capacity. I wish the game was smaller in level design and more variety in that way.
I think smaller levels with a more puzzle oriented design would fit the game better. It would allow the player to take more creative approaches. And severely helps with the lag when creating the level. Furthermore food as a time limited resource is not a bad thing and wish to see this expended upon. Perhaps trade the gems/gold in for currency. And buy with that more food. This would allow the player to create more strategic tunnels with future planning in mind. Instead of focusing on just the short goal.
Furthermore with currency in play. You can add things like torches to light up underground. Certain upgrades. Or even explosives for more dedicated clearing measures. And maybe even ladders/elevators in later stages.
If you would do all of this you will give the player short term goals of grabbing as much gems, long term goals of creating a nice path and planning ahead, and decent rewards when backtracking. Maybe find a way to make backtracking less of a pain in these situations.
@kaytrill Thanks a lot for the review. I like all of these ideas.
Very simple game, there isn't much to do right now since the concept lacks complexity. But with enough polish it could probably evolve into a fun gameplay loop of going into the mine, grabbing diamonds and then trading them for some type of equipment to speed up the process of mining.
The game is simple, but it is cool. I like the idea of having to be able to come back and the food being the limiter.
I think one of the simplest ways to direct the game would be to set goals to be met, a minimum amount to be collected, you could also specify the type of diamond and maybe put some bombs on the way. Either way, the game can be expanded in many different ways. Good job!
This has a lot of ways this can be expanded - I think using light would be an interesting mechanic, something like torches or lantern oil or something to add an additional depleting mechanic. If only food disappears, it would be nice to add other "things" going on at the same time.
A few suggestions: 1. A loading screen would be great for the procedural generation 2. The mining sound is rather painful to my ears when using headphones. I had to turn off the audio as I was in actual pain from the mining sfx.
Good core mechanic, nice shiny gems effect. Generation seems to be working well - though by the time it takes to generate I feel like it is a really big map... Wanted to reach the bottom, but felt like I was being punished for digging deeper because character seems to get stuck on walls a lot when climbing back up - using stairs is not the smoothest experience. Still it was interesting to play for a bit.