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Moon Miner by FROG5TAR

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made by FROG5TAR for LD 44 (JAM)

Lore- You run out of fuel and land on a Stray Moon, you find a cabin in the middle of the barren asteroid and find Bill the shopkeeper. He offers to sell you the required fuel to get home but the catch is he only takes oxygen as currency your "Lifeline". To get home you must mine the Moon of its valuable Metals well battling the natives before you run out of oxygen.

Instructions-
Mine the Metals Take note of how hard they are to mine in the top right hand corner when looking at them.
Look out for The Native “Rocks”
Sell your Metals to Bill for Oxygen
Buy Upgrades at the two vending machines (Tool Upgrade ‘n’ Oxygen Tank Upgrade)

Controls-

Movement-
WASD- Forward, Left, Back, Right
Space- Jump (Take Note of the Gravity)

Other-
Left Mouse Click- Mining/Shooting
E- Interact Button (You will be prompted when you can use this button)
Scroll Wheel OR Q – Switch Between Tool and Gun

Known Bugs-
Flying, When heading upwards on the terrain you start to fly this is a bug best fix atm is to stand still and float down will try to fix tomorrow

Future Dev-
Add Starting/Ending Animations
Add ending to game
Animation/Lighting Overhaul
Redo Gravity System
Planet Terrain/Decoration Overhaul
First Person Option / Better Use of Third Person

Software Used-
Engine- Unity
Art- MagicaVoxel
Music- FL Studio Pro
Coding - Visual Studio

Team-
(Emperor Eagle)- Majority of Code
(FROG5TAR)- Code/Art
(Illumin8)- Music/Sounds

Please Leave Comments With Suggesions :)

Windows https://frog5tar.com/MoonMiner-Win
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/bills-shop

Ratings

Given 23🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

GeneralAnimal
30. Apr 2019 · 13:31 UTC
game doesn't load for me...
kapitstick
30. Apr 2019 · 14:02 UTC
Had web version open 5-10 minutes but didn't load in either Firefox or Chrome.
mimusangel
30. Apr 2019 · 14:03 UTC
Game doesn't load for me too...
svdvorak
30. Apr 2019 · 14:14 UTC
Very cute game and nice work on getting all those features in, including an intro and an exit! Also nice that you added a enemy proximity warning. I did have a few issues though: enemies wouldn't spawn or wouldn't try to get to you, I would often fly high up in the air for no reason and I was unable to buy the fourth level tool.
koemeterion
30. Apr 2019 · 14:45 UTC
Felt like a core loop of a game. It gets repetitive fast and as a player you miss some more content/features. Obviously not after a jam like this, just overall. Well yeah. It was fun, but it felt like something is missing. Always when I ran back to the store I moved more upwards than forward. Mining Tool Upgrade worked 2 times ... guess not everything made it into the game?
I liked the graphics, very clean. The music was calm and fitted perfectly.
Oh, the enemies. I've got maybe 6 or 7 at the beginning, but that was all. Bug or didnt just made it completly!?

Still. Well done guys!
lot9s
01. May 2019 · 03:16 UTC
I tried to play the web-based version of the game but couldn't. When I checked the web console, I noticed several errors like the following: "Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404".
🎤 FROG5TAR
01. May 2019 · 04:23 UTC
@lot9s @mimusangel @kapitstick @generalanimal Hey Fixing The Issues Now Will have a working update up soon :) will ping ya again when its working sorry for the delay
🎤 FROG5TAR
01. May 2019 · 04:43 UTC
FIXED Web Version Now Works Win Version Is Now BROKEN
hbocao
01. May 2019 · 12:11 UTC
Nice entry! The controls felt a little bit jittery, but I got used to it. I really like the sky texture! So beautiful!

Also, you should put http:// ou https:// on your links :)
Emperor Eagle
02. May 2019 · 09:58 UTC
Thanks for all the comments! You are what make the game better!
🎤 FROG5TAR
02. May 2019 · 11:16 UTC
Update- All GameBreaking Bugs other than Gravity are now fixed :)
angiemon
02. May 2019 · 17:17 UTC
Hey, that was really good!!!!
The graphic and music fit together so perfectly.
Also I really felt like I was in outer space, the physics were well done :)

Only thing that was :( is that after a while going forward I started to fly? :/
I tried to keep going for 5 more minutes, but it wasn't really working :(
Did I do something wrong?
Really cute game and I want to emphasize again that the choice of music was really splendid :D
The sky was pretty too. shooting felt kind of rewarding altough there were no projectiles but seeing the health bar of the enemies going down made me felt like "YES! I'm such a sniper!" xD
🎤 FROG5TAR
02. May 2019 · 17:20 UTC
@angiemon Yeah Flying is a Bug we are still trying to pinpoint the issue we think its the shape of the moon. but yeah thats a problem to fix tomorrow :) glad you enjoyed it though
Attala
02. May 2019 · 18:30 UTC
Good entry. I liked the atmosphere of the game. A little more effects, (and polish), could make this a great game.
multiplexor
02. May 2019 · 18:49 UTC
Nice! Good job, really enjoyed going around and farming and improving my tools! The athmosphere is also quite well done and other than the gravity clunkiness it plays quite well.

I found it hilarious that when you jump all the enemies lose their shit and start barrelrolling XD.

Well, done, keep up the good work!
Emperor Eagle
02. May 2019 · 23:03 UTC
@multiplexor It's like tumbleweeds, I think we'll keep that because it's hilarious!
pcmaster
03. May 2019 · 07:49 UTC
Hi guys. I like the models and sounds, I like that you can go around the moon. The only and critical problem with this game are the mouse controls and the missing gamepad controls (aim on right stick). Had those been usable, it'd be awesome. Any kind of bullet effects (when shooting enemies) would help. Furthermore, I wasn't really sure if I was mining or not and whether I could sell or buy or not. That needs to be communicated to the user via UI and more sounds. Perhaps flash an icon on the UI or animate the text or anything to make it apparent. Next time :) Still a good job!

If I may, I recommend the following very rough production practices next time, as you now have a rough idea of what takes how long to implement:
1. assign priorities to your features (is it critical, important or nice-to-have?)
2. assign time estimates to your features (if a feature would take a whole day and isn't critical for the successful release of your game in the constrained time, well, ...)
3. bump up the priorities of user action feedback (animated UI, sounds, screenshake, ...)
4. start implementing the top minimum set of features your game needs and time allows
5. don't start polishing before your core gameplay works
6. don't start on low priority and/or too difficult features
7. test ALL features every single time you add something, to catch any regressions
8. don't put a ZIP file without an extension (!) on your webhosting :)

Good luck :)

**EDIT:** Guys, why don't you provide a link to the WebGL release? I tried it now and the MOUSE is fine, so I take that back! Also the UI is slightly better in the small window (compared to the Windows version @ 2540x1440px).
Dev_For_Pizza
03. May 2019 · 09:26 UTC
Really nice idea, just felt the graphics are a little bit too soft but nice work !
TheCrittersCove
03. May 2019 · 14:49 UTC
For some reason the download file is showing as an unknown file type for me.
Emperor Eagle
04. May 2019 · 02:02 UTC
@thecritterscove Are you on Windows? We will put up a Mac and Linux one up soon. Also, make sure you unzip the folder so you can play. Thanks!
Emperor Eagle
04. May 2019 · 02:05 UTC
@pcmaster Thanks for the advice! We'll work on what you said and improve the game. I'm not sure if the WebGL is working so I'll have to check.
🎤 FROG5TAR
04. May 2019 · 14:49 UTC
Update- Windows version has been fixed. Web Version is still have funny issues will try to solve tomorrow
TheCrittersCove
05. May 2019 · 01:06 UTC
There's a lot of interesting things going on in this game, but there are some issues. The gravity bug is a known issue, but it got so bad I finally gave up playing. I seemed to be in an area where I couldn't walk more than a few steps without getting stuck in the air. I also saw some enemies roll backwards like tumbleweeds. On separate note, the mining angle is awkward.

The music is really suitable, but the mining sound effect is quite loud.

As someone else mentioned, more player feedback/UI is needed. For instance, when mining a sound effect could go off. I also couldn't tell if the enemy was hitting me or not, or if they even came close enough. I wasn't really sure how to end the game either, but perhaps I didn't get far enough. Still would be nice to know the exact goal from the beginning.

This game idea actually has some potential to it. I really was enjoying myself up until the gravity bug took over. With some more effort this could become something very good.