Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD58 → Collect all these stones!
By xahon
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 397 | 3.50 | 28 | |
| Fun | 270 | 3.53 | 28 | |
| Innovation | 393 | 3.25 | 28 | |
| Theme | 482 | 3.53 | 28 | |
| Graphics | 628 | 3.00 | 28 | |
| Audio | 1 | |||
| Humor | 639 | 2.26 | 25 | |
| Mood | 506 | 3.36 | 28 |
Nice touch at the end, like post credits on Marvel movies... haha
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It is really addictive, thank you for stopping on level 20 :smiley:
The only thing I missed, was some way for losing workers or machines, like accidents or failures, because it only goes up and up in number. But it is really fun to watch them collecting, and the SFX really suits the game, well done!
Pretty fun and satisfying. At some point the limiting factor becomes how many stones are exposed and your workers start to idle. I like the sound of the workers chipping away.
This was a lot of fun. I played three games, but couldn't get my time below ~3600s. What's your strategy? :D
@xlambein Well, I first buy a couple of workers, then I tier them up 2-3 times in a row, so they dig faster and it gives me more money. Until the very first level finishes, I already have 2-3 tractors and tier them up to a decent level 5-6 until drones come up. I get rid of humans at level 4-5 (I guess) and max drones tier balancing with buying new ones
I love a good idle game, and this is a good one! Thank you very much for the time multiplier slider. It made it much more bearable to grind out multiple games to try and get the most efficient build.
Here's my best run!
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Update, can't stop optimizing
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Maximize for early worker upgrades because that first upgrade is huge. I think I'm selling my workers around level 10. Though I've found they only slow me down at the end of a level, so I'm experimenting with buying a bunch at the beginning of a level, and selling them before the end of the level so they don't hoard the final blocks. My last run I did this around level 10-15 or something. I never end up selling tractors at all, with the upgrades it's better value to keep them since the price of upgrading/buying drones to out pace tractors isn't worth it.
Anyway, I had way too much fun with this game. If you ever did an update, hotkeys for buy/sell/upgrade for each type would be amazing.
Q: sell worker, W: buy worker, E: upgrade worker A: sell tractor, S: buy tractor, D: upgrade tractor Z: sell drone, X: buy drone, C: upgrade drone
Letting me hold down the button so that it buys it as soon as it is available would let me be even more precise without having to spam button presses. My mouse finger is tired now lol.
@cameronpenner My congrats! :) 2710 is the world record now! Thanks for sharing your strategy, you are right, workers will slow down the gameplay at some point and I believe I get rid of them too early. However, I don't yet know if continuous boosting of workers will work out on the late game against mixed units with lesser tiers, because worker upgrade #10 is far more cheaper than #10 for trac or drone. I think will check it a bit later
Hotkeys feature is a great idea, I wonder why I missed it in the first place when was finalizing the game
UPD: No, workers don't work out in the late game. My best now 2889 on all drones upgraded to 10, can't go any better
quite satisfying, I personally like the feedbacks when something is mined, through sound effect or just visually
Nice game! At a glance, when I saw the textures, I said: "A 2D Minecraft version is here!" :rofl:
Back to your game, textures are good, audio part is nice, and the game mechanic is satisfying. And didn't expect for the last part to happen...
Well done!
Really impressive work! Very satisfying to watch it get more complex over time
Pretty addctive!
Cool, I love idle game, and not just a game where upgrade whatever they have, there are some strategy, such as workers should being eliminated in the later stages to avoid wasting the efficiency of advanced machines. I like this game.
Cool! Like It!.
Didn't expect the music to be so nice!
Really enjoyed optimising in this game! I've played it twice so far.
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OOO i love me an idle game :) nice one!
Nice little idle game, didn't manage to get it done too quick but it was definitely fun to play and the graphics are also cute and simple. My only gripe is that the sound progressively gets louder and louder, could have done with some adjustments to reduce the volume of each worker the more of them are on screen ^^
Here's my score:
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Nice and cozy game! It's very satisfying to see the levels gradually being cleared, especially towards the end when everything happens so fast! ^^ Nice idea with the level 20 screen :)
Nice simple clicker!
A charming idle game with simple, cute graphics. I took my time with it and found the experience very enjoyable. My only suggestion would be to add sound mixing; as more workers appear, the cumulative sound effect becomes progressively louder. An option to reduce each worker's volume as their numbers increase would be perfect.
A nice little idle game- really well done for a solo project! Runs smoothly with no bugs or lag.
@fernando-tonon-de-rossi, @staticrose, @xlambein, @cameronpenner, @temmyt, @planetary, @schu, @dagon, @nilan, @eugenik, @ira-baciu, @reivilibre, @avi, @aurora-bee, @kitira, @ruruie, @semenchk, @yness
Thanks you all for your support! Your support means a lot to me! I've decided to go Post-LD and release the game on Steam with a few updates to the gameplay, UI and visuals. The estimated date of the release December 1, 2025. The title name will remain the same (Collect All These Stones), so you will find it easily!
Nice, good luck!
@fernando-tonon-de-rossi, @staticrose, @xlambein, @cameronpenner, @temmyt, @planetary, @schu, @dagon, @nilan, @eugenik, @ira-baciu, @reivilibre, @avi, @aurora-bee, @kitira, @ruruie, @semenchk, @yness
The game is released on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/4117750/Collect_All_These_Stones_CATS/