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Driller Instinct

By maximeg and TheLink

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall294.3121
Fun44.5521
Innovation1873.8621
Theme904.3621
Graphics2034.2121
Audio1323.9420
Humor2.7816
Mood2713.8621

Comments

alpie 2023-10-03 12:52

WebGL version on this page is "404 Not Found" :( On windows gameplay is fun tho.

I really like the visuals here. And terrain editing is one of my favorite features in every game :D

luksor 2023-10-03 17:39

This is a really fun game, the drilling is very satisfying and I had a lot of fun trying out different upgrades. The lava constantly trying to get you adds a lot of thrill to the experience. Would love to play a polished post-jam version of it in the future.

farlands.png Found the far-lands! :D

sebi 2023-10-03 18:15

The game is really cool, it's hard to imagine you did all this in just 72 hours!

I think this might be another bug - where you can't modify the black terrain:

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sebi 2023-10-03 18:20

And it appears lava in farlands crashes the game ^^' but it's really fun!

jetmarch 2023-10-05 08:23

This game sucked me in for a good half hour. No regrets, I enjoyed it, it was fun! I must found the far-lands too :^)

ricardobusta 2023-10-08 15:04

Wow, addictive gameplay there. Kept playing until level 120ish, even if I kinda got too strong for the lava to catch up with me, and could choose from 6 different upgrades all the time. I could totally see this scaling up a lot more with more tiers of soils and minerals to drill from.

Amazing game!

ynnon 2023-10-08 18:01

really really GOOD!I was stuck in this game for 15 minutes XD

jacobingalls 2023-10-08 18:13

Destructive terrain in a JAM? Crazy. Cool take on the theme!

goddoesplaydice 2023-10-08 18:14

I've played your game longer than any other, but it was a pain to die. I didn't realize it was so important to level up HP! Very good entry

oscar-berry 2023-10-08 19:41

Congrats omg awesome for a Jam!

frankdev 2023-10-08 23:34

Great game, really addictive! GJ

alextengu 2023-10-09 03:34

I've played this game too much. Let's say, digged too deep...

You can check the playtest on youtube. I edited the 1 hour video to be short as possible to highlight essential things I explored in your game.

Spoiler: dying being unable to get safe - that is the real tragedy of this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxbMfvL3ty4

231009 - LD54 Driller Instinct Playtest.mp4_snapshot_01.10.971.jpg

231009 - LD54 Driller Instinct Playtest.mp4_snapshot_07.50.469.jpg

magnanix 2023-10-09 11:20

I spent a very long time playing this, what a wonderful idea. Very good graphical representations of everything and the audio was great too! the constant increase in danger from faster and faster lava kept me on my toes - ultimately I died to the evil invisible wall XD. My only suggestion would have been to add a quick tutorial on the goal, I started off not understanding that I had to mine the orbs, instead - I was trying to dig around them (to free them from the terrain). Overall excellent submission! :).

spica 2023-10-09 18:15

This is sooooooo addicting! Really nice entry! Wish you added a "pause" button though so I can take breaks sometimes :smile: (or did I not notice it?)

joror 2023-10-09 19:59

Neat visuals and fun smashing of rocks! The tension ramps up as you go, but it seems hard to avoid the lava at times? Busted around quite a bit, good job!

keichits 2023-10-09 21:43

Very clever usage of the theme. The game looks very pollished with good level progression.

It's impressive for a 72h jam time.

I really enjoyed!

chompdev 2023-10-22 22:15

Super fun! Congrats on the excellent score. I love how you've distilled the fun of mining into a very smooth and enjoyable gameplay loop, and the expanding lava mechanic is a great way to add tension and put an emphasis on meaningful perk choices. Great job!