Petrucio, the gem stealer by Thiago Ferraro

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made by Thiago Ferraro for LD 40 (JAM)

You're playing as Petrucio, that needs to steal gems from the minecarts by throwing your pickaxe at them, but be careful, the game gets harder when your score is getting higher! "A" & "D" to move. Left Mouse Button to throw your pickaxe!!!

If you want, post your high score on the comments below! Thanks for playing!

>Note: After you throw your pickaxe, you can take it back! - Added on instructions screen now;

>Movement fixed;

>Blur fixed;

Highest score so far: 2020

Ratings

Overall 430th 3.579⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 269th 3.641⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 289th 3.513⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Theme 989th 2.795⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 517th 3.59⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Audio 272th 3.539⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Humor 703th 2.662⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 693th 3.132⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 90🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

krasse
04. Dec 2017 · 21:11 UTC
Nice game! Took a while before I understood that I was supposed to capture the pickaxe :)
That could have been part of the instructions text.
Simple but effective music and solid gameplay fun.
Virtual Turtle Studio
04. Dec 2017 · 21:17 UTC
I really like the main mechanic of this game! It's pretty tense to try and catch and the pickaxe and the gems. Some critique: I think either the movementspeed of the character is too high, or the basket he's holding is too small, because it's REALLY hard to accurately catch these tiny objects, and I overshot quite a few times. I also didn't really see the rocks you're suppose to avoid, because they all bunched up with the gems. This could easily be resolved with some tweaking though. I think this has potential for what it's trying to be! Very lovely graphics and crisp sounds. The throwing physics feel really good too. Good job guys!
BoltKey
04. Dec 2017 · 21:20 UTC
Fun quick little game with very juicy feel. Got 1070 after a while. I don't get the point of the time limit, when there is rising difficulty over time. I loved how you could lose axes by throwing them on the carts.
Antoine Vion
04. Dec 2017 · 21:26 UTC
I liked but difficult to move correctly ! but very cool ;) gg
headchant
04. Dec 2017 · 21:55 UTC
Such a good game. Probably my favorite right now. Very interesting core mechanic. Throwing the axes is so satisfying. Great entry!
🎤 Thiago Ferraro
04. Dec 2017 · 22:00 UTC
Thanks for the comments guys <3
happygreenfrog
04. Dec 2017 · 22:13 UTC
A decent concept, but the movement is a bit slippery and the game needed to do a better job of explaining that you need to catch the pickaxe.

Pretty fun once you have it all worked out however! My best score so far is 650.
realryanrogers
04. Dec 2017 · 22:42 UTC
I liked this a lot! Like the above poster said, the movement was a bit slippier than I'd like, but it didn't stop me from enjoying the experience. Well done!
🎤 Thiago Ferraro
04. Dec 2017 · 23:02 UTC
Thanks for the feedback guys! We've adjusted the movement to be less slippier.
papacheech
04. Dec 2017 · 23:55 UTC
Nice! Kinda feels like a new iteration of brickbreaker, with alot more depth. Great work, keep it up!!
el-pepi
05. Dec 2017 · 00:19 UTC
Feels very solid. Graphics and audio are on point. I think it'd be less frustrating if the gravity where weaker. Also, I'm not sure I like that blur effect on the player, maybe it's too strong.
Xacur
05. Dec 2017 · 03:07 UTC
Forget the gems, catch the pickaxe! Lol, once my pickaxe get on one wagon and I had to use another one to recover it. It almost worked, but I only could catch one of them.
GameQuester
05. Dec 2017 · 14:23 UTC
Got 910 Points after a few tries. I really like your game and the music and graphics are fitting very well. One of the most fun games I played so far on this LD.
josefnpat
05. Dec 2017 · 18:16 UTC
Nice game! I wish there were some extra pickaxes in the minecarts, but catching it is a part of the game! Nice!
Moionese
05. Dec 2017 · 18:22 UTC
@josefnpat Actually there's a small chance of spawning pickaxes on the carts depending on how many pickaxes you still have.
Micahtron
06. Dec 2017 · 00:11 UTC
Great game! I found myself aiming more for the pickaxes than the gems. Nice graphics and music too, everything fit really well together. Found "just one more turn" becoming a problem, which is always good.
howardcs
06. Dec 2017 · 14:42 UTC
Original and surprisingly fun. There's something satisfying about throwing the pickaxe at the cart and causing it to release the gems. A few times I had to make a snap decision to sacrifice the pickaxe to avoid being hit by a stalactite, which added more pressure to the game. Well done overall.
smogen
06. Dec 2017 · 15:06 UTC
Fun little game. Like the graphics and the misuc. All works very smoothly. Well done! :)
X Budsterized X
06. Dec 2017 · 15:10 UTC
Nice, simple and fun. Congratulations :)
🎤 Thiago Ferraro
06. Dec 2017 · 15:13 UTC
**Thank you all for the comments!**
CoderK
06. Dec 2017 · 15:21 UTC
Great game! The mechanics were well done, and I enjoyed playing. The only issue I had was how the pickaxes felt random when they bounced off the cart.
Lucas Ferrantelli
16. Dec 2017 · 13:07 UTC
Nice game dude ! Thats a good entry, I like the gameplay, good job !
UnidayStudio
22. Dec 2017 · 20:52 UTC
very fun game! I liked it! Good job! :D