Gnome Digger by bobsleigh
Description:
You are a small gnome exploring your small world with a pickaxe! And with other awesome stuff too, once you buy them off the fat merchant with the gems you gather. A surprise is waiting for you at the bottom of the garden!
For those who wonder, there is a final objective. Once you reach the bottom, try going left and right to find it!
Controls:
LEFT CLICK: Use main (pickaxe or drill)
RIGHT CLICK: Use secondary (ladder, trampoline or dynamite)
1 to 5: SWITCH ITEM
1 = PICKAXE
2 = DRILL
3 = LADDER
4 = TRAMPOLINE
5 = DYNAMITE
M = Mute the game music and sounds
Have fun, and be sure to leave a comment!
Links:
- Windows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b1mwlwgf1mavgpo/LD38_Win10.exe
- Mac: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdy6jsclw0pbhr6/GnomeDigger.zip?dl=0
Note :
For Mac, xquartz is necessary : https://www.xquartz.org
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/gnome-digger |
Ratings
| Overall | 414th | 3.324⭐ | 70🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 233th | 3.456⭐ | 70🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 671th | 2.471⭐ | 70🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 595th | 2.926⭐ | 70🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 549th | 2.985⭐ | 70🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 228th | 3.364⭐ | 68🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 367th | 2.645⭐ | 64🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 484th | 3.048⭐ | 65🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 40🗳️ | 40🗨️ |
Couldn't start on Windows 7. Error message: "ucrtbase.terminate" was not found in "api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll"
I love dig game!!! It's so cool. I don't know why but the right clic wasn't working... I experience your game in dark soul mode ;)
The music is really cool, I appreciate it. Is there an end?
Good job.
As a sidenote, it's funny how we're tiering pickaxes in wood, bronze, steel, gold and diamond now. I am waiting for the real world to catch up with that trend. :pick:
Well done, thanks for sharing!
I thought it was a really enjoyable experience with pretty graphics and funny non-annoying music. The gameplay is quite addictive as I kept wanting more and more gems even thought I had bought all the stuff available. In short : that's a very good game.
@SvartTand, there is a 'win' condition at the bottom, you just have to explore left/right to find it.
- Digging
- Shop!
- Background music
Could be improved
- I think rocks needing multiple hits to remove them detracts from the game
Notes
- You can easily get stuck if you don't buy any ladders, I don't think this is necessarily bad, as the game is essentially a mine-building simulation and if you build a mine that you get stuck at the bottom of, well that's your fault.
- If the game is a mining simulation, then adding more mechanics around that (rocks that fall and crush you if you dig under them, pockets of water, mine carts - automation, etc...) might be a good way to move forward
- I'd consider either making it turn based without enemies, or adding enemies and making it a more action oriented title, and maybe getting rid of jumping entirely - have to buy ladders!
Cheers
Just loved the Surprise :D
It seemed to just not collide with anything, falling forever.
This was kind of weird near the start area, but actually caused the game to crash at the end, as it would fall off the edge of the world.
Other than that, very enjoyable, played through the whole thing.
Not a whole lot to say that others haven't covered, but it was fun to play through. (No issues on win7 x64, btw)
You need to have xquartz, maybe it's your problem.
https://www.xquartz.org
I've found the most precious gem of all. Good job!
All in all it was a well fleshed out idea, with some solid gameplay, and if you added some more content it would be a lot funner.
The graphical style was simple and effective, but could use a brush up. Other than that great job!
The only problem I really have with it is the dynamite seemed bugged, and would just fall through the floor and blow up a random place, so it wasn't much use.
It's just not very original..
The music is pretty nice, tho. I like how it changes as you get deeper.
I did actually really like this game, good job.