Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD58 → M.A.T.O.
By kuggenhoffen
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 318 | 3.61 | 29 | |
| Fun | 192 | 3.66 | 29 | |
| Innovation | 303 | 3.38 | 29 | |
| Theme | 311 | 3.79 | 29 | |
| Graphics | 431 | 3.57 | 29 | |
| Audio | 381 | 3.18 | 26 | |
| Humor | 624 | 2.28 | 23 | |
| Mood | 647 | 3.05 | 28 |
I really liked the graphics, and the digging felt great, the animation and sound really gave that "this is hard work" vibe. I love the idea of different materials with different densities, it adds a lot. But damn those bats! Great job!
It's cool overall, but it seems more suitable for mining. But the game is high-quality, and the developer did a great job.
Cool casual miner simulator, I like these kind of games)
Good job! it was fun, it matched the theme well. -J
Really like the digging mechanic! Nicely done!
I couldn't figure out the how to handle with the bats - shooting from the front seem to be a lost cause, and there spawn rate is really long. I understand this is a rouge lite and you improve as you go, but the drilling was so fun I wanted to focus on that :)
Nice job!
A little rough on the edges, but man.. I love that type of games! I took me a little while to get used to controls and the basic princiles, but then I realized how to upgrade properly and I was all in the flow :) I played for 15 or 20 minutes, and I would have played more if not the fact it crashed (the screen went completely dark and I only heard some audio). Anyway... Strong Dome Keeper vibes but actally with a better hook of this whole snake-like drilling machine. Good luck guys!
Lovely gameplay, very fun and addictive! Honestly I stopped because more I dig and more the game get laggy. Without that I would have tried to unlock all the upgrades.
Btw bats are kinda hard to see (at least on my screen), maybe a higher contrasted color or light overlay around would have add more confort ^^
Thanks all for playing!
@atsh Thanks for feedback. Maybe the bats are a bit too difficult to start with. I think the progress could be a bit faster which would allow unlocking turrets and upgrades to deal with them a bit sooner.
@dr-braur @eliasou Thanks for feedback. Unfortunately I noticed the performance issues only after running it in the browser just before submitting so didn't manage to fix it in time. It starts getting quite laggy if there is a lot of empty space (so after mining for a while).
Really cool and addictive entry, a mix of Dome Keeper and vampire surivor! I like the mining SFX, it's very satisfactory to push digging through the dirt. I don't know if I would have opted for regenerating the level every time, cause as a player I wish I could back to where I left orbs I couldn't take. Also, maybe a potential addition could be some scarce health pickup (in the ground), or bats randomly dropping some loot (orbs or health). Just some small ideas, but the game already stands on its own!
Very satisfying game. Mining can be boring in game so it's nice to add chalenges (exploration, enemies,...) around it.
My two biggest gripes are how opaque the menu system is (there's no indication you can use ESC to exit a run, and I spent most of my time unaware that the upgrade menu had multiple pages!) and how *incremental* the upgrades feel. It takes too many tiers of the mining power upgrade to see any difference; digging through rock was still a slog by the time I got bored, and the harder stuff I could barely dig through at all. I also don't think the gun upgrades had any effect at all (bats were still taking two hits to kill after 4 tiers of upgrade!)
Very fun, though the progression is a little slow and I think it needs an ending that encourages you to keep going, otherwise it can feel a bit Sisyphean. Nevertheless I played way longer than I had budgeted, time-wise, and the dirt physics and building extra bays etc are very cool, great work!
@vpro @divarium @ryusui @poboy Thanks all for playing and appreciate the great feedback! Will certainly look into addressing all of it whenever I get the chance!
Very satisfying, I love the little detail of the blocks falling down your tunnels with physics when your cargo is full! I wish the upgrades were impactful more quickly, instead of upgrading mining power slightly, it could be a tier where now you can dig this type of rock, etc... More types of ennemies, with different attachments to your machine for different situations!
Very solid base though! Hope you continue!
Nice! Especially after I upgraded the movement speed. I wish the MATO sprite were a bit bigger.
Love a good digging game, the graphics also look great!
I thought the bats & the way they spawned were kinda annoying; I wish there were hazards that fit the way you move a little better, maybe something like explosives to avoid down in the rocks? Maybe the bats would feel a little better to fight/avoid if they were larger and slower.
I also didn't realise there were multiple pages to the upgrades menu until I read the comments.
Very fun game, played for a long time! But there are some performance issues
I love these kinds of games :D
I actually loved this. The most go brr of this jam. I spent longer than I want to admit That said I wasn't able to full screen it and it was really really small on my monitor. The bats were really oppressive to the extent I added nothing but turrets and the drilling started lagging really badly after a bit.
Interesting twist on the classic formula. Though a little bit too punishing to the player. Returning with a big haul and losing because the gun can't shoot over the head is very annoying. Also, could really use save. At one moment screen went black, and I had to reload, but the progress was lost.
Great game! The power creep is addictive and its cool to get more and more modules so the mato gets longer. I played it for a long time and would have even longer, but got black screen and error in console.
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I liked the retro feel of the graphics. It reminded good old games from 90's and the destructible ground made me remember Liero. The soundscape was nice, but some music or ambience would have added to the mood.
Other than the initial crash, a nice matopeli!
Nice game, I like the upgrade system but it feels wrong to me you have to die to be able to apply upgrades. The game was pretty laggy on my rather low end system so I haven't made it very far, unlocked some turret upgrades and a cargo container. It would've been great to kill bats with the driller too as well and may some _total gems collected_ score. :)