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Beneath the Core by Pickle

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made by Pickle for LD29 (JAM)
A, D, left, and right arrow keys move the drill left and right respectively. S and down arrow moves the drill downwards. Space bar fires a laser beam.

The white marble and semi-molten rock can only be destroyed using the laser.

Don't let your drill overheat or you'll explode!

Story:
Some time in the near future…

Humanities endless pollution of the planet has become so bad The core has become unstable and is causing Earth's magnetosphere to fail, allowing deadly radiation to bombard Earth's inhabitants. A team of drillers and geologists have been selected to drill to the core to use a device designed to stabilize the core before the magnetosphere fails.

PS. push "P" to jump to the bottom for a fast ending.
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59119474/LudumDareBuilds/BeneathTheCore/web/web.html
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59119474/LudumDareBuilds/BeneathTheCore/Windows_x86.zip
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59119474/LudumDareBuilds/BeneathTheCore/MacOSX_x86.zip
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59119474/LudumDareBuilds/BeneathTheCore/Linux_x86.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=28959

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1460
Overall(Jam) 2.52 687
Audio(Jam) 2.80 476
Fun(Jam) 2.15 703
Graphics(Jam) 2.93 539
Humor(Jam) 2.41 436
Innovation(Jam) 2.50 601
Mood(Jam) 2.38 667
Theme(Jam) 3.41 247

Feedback

orangepascal
29. Apr 2014 · 09:13 UTC
we saved the world!! okay, I cheated and pressed P to skip to the ending :) Found it a bit tedious to play, not a lot happens except the engine overheating if you aren't careful. Feels like a great start of a game.
FatJoe
29. Apr 2014 · 21:39 UTC
Was a bit too long with very few variations in gameplay, so I ended up cheating as well, hehe :)
Good job judging by the time frame!
uRLgR3y
29. Apr 2014 · 22:43 UTC
We saved the world!
Warzone Gaming
29. Apr 2014 · 22:44 UTC
It needs more of a point than just digging down.
Gins
29. Apr 2014 · 22:45 UTC
Maybe I missed something but if you just press down the drill goes down and you win eventually :o
It has potential though, I can see the heating mechanic explored for more fun :)
legendpaul
29. Apr 2014 · 22:47 UTC
Really liked the sounds and music, graphics are nice, just needs more fun/ playability
Tuism
29. Apr 2014 · 22:48 UTC
I'm sorry, I don't get the point of the game :/ the graphics and the premise showed promise, but there was no variance on the way down, there's no point to drill anywhere but down, then I couldn't even get through the granite/white rocks bit at all.

The P button didn't "skip", it just showed you something you can't get to otherwise :/
🎤 Pickle
30. Apr 2014 · 00:14 UTC
"The white marble and semi-molten rock can only be destroyed using the laser." And "P" teleports you next to the goal.
And yeah, I understood that the game lacks variety, but I didn't really know how to generate random maps. But I do plan to explore how to that, so I'll know how for the next LD.
Jacksendary
30. Apr 2014 · 02:49 UTC
Would benefit a lot from some randomizing of the ores/material
StencylTuo
30. Apr 2014 · 02:52 UTC
FYI, it seems like Chrome can only play the game once. I used P to fast-forward to the end and couldn't try again. From what I did play, it was an alright game. My biggest compliment is I did find the ending rather funny, so I can actually give humor a rating for once.
cr2crstudios
30. Apr 2014 · 02:53 UTC
That little drill is really cute! :D "Cool" game!
justinmchase
30. Apr 2014 · 02:58 UTC
Decent, I couldn't figure out how to not blow up, even by going very slowly though.
TheGameFather
30. Apr 2014 · 03:12 UTC
Solid drilling :)
However, more variety could be added to make it more challenging I guess :)
LazyParia
30. Apr 2014 · 19:41 UTC
Yep shows a great potentials, graphics are cool :)
Christophe
01. May 2014 · 17:18 UTC
Would be better with more variations and some upgrades for the driller. Nice work.
mimiga
03. May 2014 · 23:56 UTC
its an alright start, could be cool if there was more time to work on it but its just nothing right now. also ive seen the exact same game on some flash game sites and probably in this LD
Exergy
03. May 2014 · 23:56 UTC
Good work.
Raiyumi
04. May 2014 · 04:57 UTC
Haha, the ending. (I cheated) It seems like an ok game, although it was pretty repetitive.
InvisibleWonder
04. May 2014 · 16:33 UTC
It could work as a straight down digger, like a Canabalt where you manage your heat instead. The tiles should be randomly chosen, but weighted by depth. That would force you to pay attention to your heat management more.