The digging is motivating to play again

I love the mining / oxygen concept. I think if you add more variety to levels, more stuff to dig up, maybe even some upgrades, you could really expand this into something great.

Very nice and fun. The controls and music are good. I survived until the sudden death.

Thank you so much to everyone who played, and thanks for the praise :D - It's great to hear I made a game that was fun, and will definitely take into account the suggestions people have made :)

Nice little gem, too hard for me though. :)

@Tanser
Thanks so much :D

Very nice! and my comments are pretty much what everyone else already said so far :) No additional complaints/comments ^_^

@Foxtacy Thanks as well :D really appreciate it!

Very satisfying gameplay. The music was nice too. Only question is why is the .exe so freakishly big?

Played and rated, good game!

Surprisingly fun to blast through, probably because finding bubbles is so rewarding!

Quite fun and engaging, mining is always great.

That was really really fun XD
Though, I never reached a sudden death or anything. I'm definitely going to continue playing this little game!

Fun game and cool idea! :D

Gameplay was really cool, could've used better visuals though. But otherwise, really good!

Thanks to everyone! :D You all have made my summer, letting me know I made something fun :)

@almightyzentaco Thanks :), I don't know why its so large. I'm going to develop it more, and give it better visuals, and I will definitely do my best to optimise it!

Simple, fun and addictive. Good work!

@designatius Thank you :D

Really cool and got me playing for a while, nice!

@Joxno Thanks :)

Fun game! The main menu could be controlled with the keyboard as well, otherwise the flow (from the menu to the game... and then back to the menu) breaks in the transition.

Regarding the exe file it's definitely not normal for a game so short to be that "big". I can totally see the file size being a deal-breaker for some potential players so here's my advice; Ensure you are not compiling your project with "include debug information" (A "build for release" option/profile should be available in most dev environments) and also see if your IDE/toolchain offers the option to "strip" unneded/unused symbols when compiling. That usually removes any portion of code that your game is not ACTUALLY using (sometimes your game gets compiled together with the FULL runtime and libraries you are using even when you call a function or two from them).

Funny and stressful game, maybe a bit too hard.

@ConflictiveLabs Thank you for your feedback, I really do appreciate it, and will look into this right now :D)

@iterative deepening heh, thank you, It is quite hard.

Maybe the graphic for bomb and air bubble should be different colors or shapes or something

@wally2069 Thanks for the feedback. Don't worry, when my sprite artist turns up, the game will get a complete graphical overhaul! :D

Ha ha, fun little game! I like it, you immediately grasp the interest and it's good to run. Reminds me of Boulder Dash for some reason, although it's actually quite different. Nice entry!

BTW I'll check this page often to see if you have uploaded source. I'll take a look at why it is so big a file as you requested on the blog :)

@Lightmare Studio Thank you for your kind words :) I will upload the source right now, check back in about five minutes :D - and thank you! :D

Cool game, really enjoyed it. Regarding the file size, uncompressed audio files are usually the culprit for that sort of thing. Hope you can get it sorted out, this one deserves to have more people check it out :)

@jay griffin :D Thanks for the praise and advice! You made The
Duellists! I really enjoyed your game :)

Well yep, no mystery here! You have ~3Mb of sound effects, and 110Mb of music! 3'30" is awfully long for an uncompressed .wav. I'm pretty sure GM8 accepts MP3, so you should definitely go for it when it comes to BGMs. You can keep .wav for SFX, though.

@Lightmare Studio Really? MP3 is better for bgm's than wav? Okay, thanks so much for your help!

Oh my God! Thanks to Lightmare Studios, the file size has reduced from 110 mb to just 16! Freaking amazing!

When I try to download it from the google-drive, I get a 404 Error. That's really sad, because the game seems to be fun.

Are you sure?
Ill try re-uploading.

Try again now.

Make holes in the ground is really fun for a bit.
You can add some more stuff and make a really interesting game. :)

Cool survival concept! The music fit well with the gameplay.
Great job!

@Pickens Inc. > No problem! Yeah MP3 is a compressed format while WAV is lossless. You seldom need lossless sound, believe me :)

A smart little game with a nice mechanic. Maybe a little more variety would be nice but I enjoyed playing this.

@panurge Thank you! I am planning, once I've had the graphical overhaul, to add a tonne of content :D

Wow, this was actually MORE fun than I expected :D
The music is really great, and I like just running around and spamming those gravity-defying bombs.
Then suddenly an alarm rang and the music changed, and I was like "WTF!" and then it rained giant drills. Really cool.

@kilanc09 Thanks :D I am most proud of my Sudden Death :)

The explosions made it worth playing again :)

This is so addictive! I just wished I could get some power ups to increase the oxygen. Gotta love the digging. Add more power ups, more terrain and random items to find and I could spend hours playing.

@hbocao Thanks for the kind words! You are (and I am) in luck, I was planning to do just that! Just as I give this game a graphical overhaul.

Good game ^^ Wish it was easier to download (Please add another download link that just works xD Dropbox maybe?)

Wow not had a play in a very long time D:

Ahh this is super fun. I really love the music too! Great stuff!

nice game with great graphics,
but gameplay is bored

Very nice work! Cute little destruction game. I don't really think the the theme was designed for building and or destruction games, but you made it work! Nice sounds, good graphics. Alright animations. 8/10

good work