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Drill a Kilometer by Clavus

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made by Clavus for LD29 (COMPO)
Fame and fortune are said to await the driller that reaches a 1000m into the earth. A few obstacles are on the way though, such as hard rocks, TNT caches, and underground drill-missile systems. But what is a drilling life without a little challenge?

Post your run times in the comments. Bonus if you make it without taking damage.

Controls explain themselves. Arrow keys to steer or speed up.

OS/X version is UNTESTED. Please let me know if it's working.
Windows http://www.clavusaurus.net/static/hosted/ld29_release.zip
Windows (mirror) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11217331/releases/ld29_release.zip
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11217331/releases/ld29_release_osx.zip
.love https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11217331/releases/ld29_drillakilometer.love
Source https://github.com/Clavus/LD29
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=18043

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1547
Overall 3.75 124
Audio 2.89 472
Fun 3.86 54
Graphics 3.69 246
Humor 2.22 714
Innovation 2.96 626
Mood 3.13 431
Theme 4.00 43

Feedback

diemer
28. Apr 2014 · 07:41 UTC
Works swimmingly on OS X. 751m was as far as I've made it thus far.
PartyBoat
28. Apr 2014 · 20:50 UTC
Really fun to play! Loved the missiles just coming out of nowhere. Beat it in 141 seconds.
longshorts
28. Apr 2014 · 20:52 UTC
Bloody missiles! I keep dying at around 800 meters! If I wasn't rushing to get to 1k I could probably actually finish it :P Very good gameplay!
Druid
28. Apr 2014 · 20:54 UTC
I hate controls little bit :D Can you add something like swap controls? I really need Key left = right and Key right = left :D
MSaul
28. Apr 2014 · 20:56 UTC
I reach the 1000m in 143.4 sec (dunno if it's a good score).
I've got the same idea at the begining but I change some things (but it still a cool idea). It's great to see my first idea implemented. Good job.
Ellian
28. Apr 2014 · 21:00 UTC
Wish there were different neemies, or something more likely to be underground (dinosaur bones, oil/gaz layer and such!), but a very solid entry.
Well done!
Zazibar
28. Apr 2014 · 21:07 UTC
Simple and fun to play, great entry.
ioboi
29. Apr 2014 · 17:58 UTC
Nice, really fun to play!
I was killed by 995m, dammit :D
Snowflower
29. Apr 2014 · 21:37 UTC
Plays nice and smooth on osx for me, would love a swap left/right keys option as well , the default mapping fights against my intuition.

Would be cool to have a version of this game with a longer vertical playfield (an aspect ratio similar to vertically scrolling arcade shooters) so you could plan out your drilling path just alittle more.
King_Mew
03. May 2014 · 20:05 UTC
Cute game! The missile sound effects were a bit loud.
Idkfawin32
05. May 2014 · 15:44 UTC
addictive, I can't seem to get past 900ish meters without getting destroyed
gmaker
05. May 2014 · 18:31 UTC
great job!
Photon
05. May 2014 · 19:01 UTC
Got down on my first try! Pretty good in my opinion, if not a little too spammy with the obstacles, but its still pretty good for an endless "driller" with random obstacles. :)
kevinAlbs
05. May 2014 · 19:05 UTC
This was really fun and the graphics and sound all fit together very nicely. The difficulty was maybe a little too easy as it took only 4-5 tries to beat. If you made an infinite version as an app, I would definitely get it.
romandtom
09. May 2014 · 06:58 UTC
I think it's too much CPU/RAM for this game
Anyway, great idea, I loved it, reached 1000m :)
AmmarAlsharekh
09. May 2014 · 07:53 UTC
Nice Game I reach in 164.1 seconsd
finefin
09. May 2014 · 10:28 UTC
beat it on the third try and had fun. well done :)
Moosefly
16. May 2014 · 18:21 UTC
116.4 seconds with 3 units of life left. Took me almost 10 tries though. I also would've loved inversed controls, and maybe some kind of a short turbo-boost that automatically recharges over time? Would'v ehelped with those missiles. The gameplay was nice and juicy and the difficulty of the randomly generated map felt really good.

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